Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Live culture companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 405 live culture companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 8,149 professional contacts across them, including 1,401 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Hyderabad the largest hub.
This list covers live culture companies worldwide, 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for live culture companies follow the table.
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 live culture companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1956, Daesang Corporation is one of the world's largest producers of fermented food products, with decades of expertise in food manufacturing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advanced Enzyme Technologies Limited is a Research driven company having global leadership in manufacturing enzymes and probiotics and dedicated to Marketing eco-safe solutions to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 309 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1995, GT’s Living Foods revolutionized how people perceived living, fermented foods when we brought the first-ever bottled kombucha to U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 236 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unique Biotech specializes in developing probiotic products of the best quality backed by scientific research to enhance health and wellness the natural way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For 30 years, Institut AllergoSan has developed and researched products made from substances provided by nature.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seed Health is a microbiome science company pioneering applications of microbes for human and planetary health.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yakult Europe B.V, located in Almere, is the European headquarters of the Yakult Group in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yakult is the world’s leading probiotic beverage created in Japan in 1935.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sanzyme Biologics is a pioneering leader in the field of probiotics and fermentation-derived nutritional ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BioGaia is a Swedish probiotic company that has been at the forefront of microbiome research for more than 35 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Winclove Probiotics, quality of life with probiotics Since 1987, Winclove Probiotics has specialized in the development and production of probiotics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sacco is an Italian, family-owned company that offers a large range of innovative products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1955 Yakult Beautiens 1961 1967” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Protexin Healthcare is dedicated to producing innovative, research based live bacteria (Probiotic) products of the highest quality for the veterinary, human, agriculture and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Happiness starts with a good gut feeling After a chance discovery on a Surrey farm, Symprove launched in 2002.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Microbiome Labs™ story: from pioneers to trailblazers 2004 Visionary research microbiologist Kiran Krishnan discovers the innovation of spore-based probiotics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Probiotical is an Italian family-owned company specialized since 1985 in probiotics manufacture, from the raw material to the finished products, with very high quality, guaranteed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AB-BIOTICS is a leading probiotics player inspired by developing probiotic solutions at the forefront of an expanding field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advenza Global Limited is an integrated nutraceutical company, focused on the development and delivery of probiotics and enzymes!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Make probiotics the foundation of a longer, healthier life - for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over its 20-year history, the company grew from 10 employees to over a hundred, and expanded its business from Québec-based natural food stores to an international network of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Physician's Choice manufacturers professional-grade supplements and nutritional products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pioneering microbial solutions for Nurturing Nature” S K Biobiz Pvt Ltd (SKBPL) is an Indian Biotech Company, established in 2015, and is committed to the goal of providing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Manufacturer and distributor of Yakult fermented milk drink.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: live culture companies. 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 live culture companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of live culture companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name live culture companies. 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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Live culture companies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 live culture companies, 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for live culture companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “live culture companies”. 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 live culture companies), 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 live culture companies, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 1,401 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 20, 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.
Live culture companies by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Live culture companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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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 live culture companies, 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 live culture companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 405 live culture companies worldwide 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?
Daesang Corporation, headquartered in Seoul, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most live culture companies?
The United States leads with 76 companies, followed by India (35). Every live culture companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most live culture companies?
Hyderabad leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Sofia (4) and Tehran (4).
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 1,401 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 405 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 20, 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.