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Top 25 Boring and drilling contractors based in the United Kingdom

Name: Boring and drilling contractors based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 229 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 229 boring and drilling contractors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,243 professional contacts across them, including 688 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers boring and drilling contractors 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

229Companies

3,243Contacts tracked

688Verified emails

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The 25 largest boring and drilling contractors based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 229 boring and drilling contractors based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to boring and drilling contractors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	VAN Elle	Partial evidence	Kirkby-in-ashfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	306 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Van Elle is the UK’s largest ground engineering contractor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Soil Engineering Geoservices Limited	Indirect evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	108 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Soil Engineering has been involved with the geotechnical sector since 1963.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Dr. Sauer & Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Causeway Geotech LTD	Indirect evidence	Ballymoney, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Causeway Geotech Ltd bring together a team of Chartered Geotechnical Engineers with over 100 years of experience in total of offshore and onshore geotechnical ground investigation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	ADP Group LTD	Strong evidence	Wotton-under-edge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ADP Group are an independent contractor specialising in the supply of drilling and associated services across the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Land And Marine Engineering Limited	Indirect evidence	Bromborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Land and Marine Engineering Limited, a part of the Murphy Group of companies is an international engineering and construction company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Robore	Strong evidence	Mitcham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Robore are the UK's largest Diamond Drilling, Sawing, Controlled Demolition & Passive Fire Protection contractor and undertake the most complex projects by offering and achieving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	HB Tunnelling LTD	Partial evidence	Doncaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HB Tunnelling Ltd are a rapidly expanding, innovative company who provide tunnelling solutions include- Guided/Unguided Auger Boring Pipe jacking Box Jacking Shaft Sinking…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Holemasters Demtech LTD	Indirect evidence	Bolton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Holemasters is a nationwide specialist service to the construction and civil engineering industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Stockton Drilling Limited	Partial evidence	Wakefield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stockton specialise in all areas of pipeline construction and installation, civil and mechanical works and Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)- now regarded as the industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	MGS LTD	Partial evidence	Bury St Edmunds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MGS manufactures and supplies specialist quality products for use in ground investigation, water well, and geothermal drilling applications, as well as a variety of railway…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	PBU UK LTD	Partial evidence	Sedgefield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PBU (UK) Ltd is one of the leading directional drilling companies in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Dando Drilling International	Partial evidence	Arundel, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dando Drilling International has over 150 years experience of supplying drilling rigs and equipment for the water well, mineral exploration, geotechnical & geothermal sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	GEO	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GEO is a global company whose mission is to improve the efficiency of the drilling and excavation processes in the foundation industry, through the application of unique products…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Igne Ground Investigation England & Wales	Indirect evidence	Ross-on-wye, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Igne is a UK-wide specialist in pre-construction services, delivering integrated solutions across ground investigation, surveys, UXO risk mitigation, geo-environmental services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	ADS Drilling	Strong evidence	Newton Abbot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ADS Drilling are a drilling contractor with over 35 years in the drilling and site investigation industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Drilcorp	Partial evidence	Seaham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Drilcorp was established in 1992 and since then has developed into one of the UK’s top drilling companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Martello Piling LTD	Indirect evidence	Dartford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Martello Piling patented and developed the unique Martello Piling System whereby large diameter rotary bored piles may be constructed to significant depths in restricted and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	AMS Trenchless Specialists	Strong evidence	Scunthorpe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AMS Trenchless is the largest privately owned Horizontal Directional Drilling and Guided Auger Boring contractor in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Rigibore	Partial evidence	Hayle, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At the forefront of innovation in the tooling sector, Rigibore produces the most advanced and accurate boring tools available.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	GB Land Engineering Limited	Strong evidence	West Calder, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GBLE is at the forefront of Scotland’s drilling industry and one of the preferred contractors for major house builders, Environmental, Mining, and Geotechnical Consultants, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Endeavour Drilling LTD	Partial evidence	Latchingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Endeavour Drilling Ltd the Geo Environmental specialists who can provide a nationwide service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Castle & Pryor	Partial evidence	Farnborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are leading diamond drilling, concrete cutting, infrastructure and aviation maintenance specialists, accruing over three decades of expertise within the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Marshall Drilling LTD	Partial evidence	Westbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Marshall Drilling offer a nationwide service providing a range of drilling services, specialising in geotechnical and geo-environmental rotary drilling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Dynamic Sampling UK LTD	Partial evidence	Derby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Working throughout the UK we offer a comprehensive range of drilling equipment to service the needs of the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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: boring and drilling contractors. 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 boring and drilling contractors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of boring and drilling contractors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name boring and drilling contractors. 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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Boring and drilling contractors based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

21.2%Verified-email coverage

14.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

6.1%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

109

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

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 229 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 boring and drilling contractors, 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 “boring and drilling contractors”. 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 boring and drilling contractors), 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 boring and drilling contractors, 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, 688 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 boring and drilling contractors, 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 boring and drilling contractors are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 229 boring and drilling contractors 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?

VAN Elle, headquartered in Kirkby-In-Ashfield, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most boring and drilling contractors?

London leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Northampton (5) and Sheffield (5).

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 688 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 229 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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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.