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Top 25 Bio-based chemical manufacturers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 88 bio-based chemical manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,865 professional contacts across them, including 2,988 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers bio-based chemical manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest bio-based chemical manufacturers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,780 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1925 we have been the name behind sustainable, high-performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,996 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Synthomer plc is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Briar Chemicals delivers contract and custom manufacturing solutions to customers across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Celtic Renewables patented technology converts low-value byproducts, residues and waste into high-value green chemicals which directly displace chemicals made from gas and oil in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Holiferm develops processes for and manufactures innovative, green and sustainable biosurfactants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Xampla is creator of natural materials for commercial applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Molekula is a manufacturer and distributor of Fine Chemicals and Biochemicals in Bulk and Research quantities Founded in in France and the UK to initially support the Chemical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ensus UK Ltd is a sustainable biorefinery based in Wilton, Redcar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our products are used in some of the most demanding applications and are fundamental raw materials for industry sectors as diverse as automotive; building and construction; paints…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in Lankem Ltd is a UK-based manufacturer of speciality surfactants and performance additives, supporting a wide range of industrial sectors including coatings, emulsion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Makevale are developers and manufacturers of high performance polymers and biopolymers for clients all over the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are on a mission to make bio the new normal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Biome Bioplastics is one of the UK’s leading developers of intelligent, natural plastics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HydRegen’s industrial biotechnology platforms deliver sustainable, safe and cost-efficient chemical processes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1994, Greenlight is an award-winning international packaging manufacturer with a proud history of making a greener future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Let's bloom the future with algae!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bioataraxis is a UK-based deep-tech company and Imperial College London spin-out developing breakthrough bio-based surfactant technologies for the home care, personal care, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Made from wood cellulose, Woodly® replaces fossil based plastics across a wide range of applications, from films to thermoformed and injection-moulded products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “C3 Biotech is pioneering a new era in sustainable industrial chemistry, delivering biologically derived commodity chemicals and fuels that can finally compete, on price and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Floreon revolutionises sustainability in plastics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Re-Genus has a range of natural, regenerative fertilisers, growing media and natural crop nutrition which work to bring life back to soils and boost the health and resilience of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “17Cicada converts mixed, unsorted waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill or incineration into renewable chemical building blocks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A renewable and fully biodegradable earth-friendly plastic substitute that can be tuned to hundreds of short, and long-term applications, at a competitive price point.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chestnut Bio replaces persistent fossil-based plastics with non-persistent plastics that breakdown to biomass, water and C02.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mycofeast is a UK-founded industrial biotechnology company building a platform for fermentation-derived food, feed, and beverage ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: bio-based chemical manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names bio-based chemical manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of bio-based chemical manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name bio-based chemical manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Bio-based chemical manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 88 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among bio-based chemical manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “bio-based chemical manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names bio-based chemical manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among bio-based chemical manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,988 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names bio-based chemical manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many bio-based chemical manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 88 bio-based chemical manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
CRODA, headquartered in Goole, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most bio-based chemical manufacturers?
London leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (3) and Oxford (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,988 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 88 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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