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Top 25 Candy companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 255 candy companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,464 professional contacts across them, including 1,072 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers candy companies 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 19, 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 candy companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,242 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “United Biscuits is part of pladis- a global biscuit and confectionery company with operations in 120 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 536 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Here at Thorntons, we’ve been crafting chocolate for over 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 377 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 285 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to HARIBO: UK’s leading sweets manufacturer and one of Yorkshire's largest employers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kinnerton is far from your typical brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Here at The Silver Spoon Company, we are so much more than sugar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tangerine Confectionery is the leading UK independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery and is the home of well-loved brands including Barratt, Jameson's, Taveners and Lion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re the UK’s leading co-manufacturer for global chocolate confectionery brands, producing in excess of tons of chocolate products annually.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At OV we create confectionery ingredients and decoration solutions that add flavour, texture and visual appeal to bakery, chocolate, ice cream and sweet snacking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are the UK’s largest distributor, importer and wholesaler of confectionery products, you could say we make anything possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Humdinger, we transform coco, nuts, seeds, fruit, and pulses into delectable snacks and chocolates for both our in-house label and renowned branded ranges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hancocks is a confectionery cash & carry and wholesaler - the leading UK sweets and chocolates wholesaler to independent businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Walkers Chocolates we are proud that we have almost 60 years dedicated experience in chocolate and confectionery manufacturing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cake Décor is the largest UK- based manufacturer of cake decorations and toppings, producing an extensive range for major multiple retailers, plant manufacturers and specialist…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hey there, we're Candy Kittens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “R&W Scott: Ingredients for Indulgent Treats Since 1873 R&W Scott is a UK-based manufacturer specialising in chocolate flavour coatings, confectionery fillings, speciality icings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1995, Kervan Gida is a family-owned business with 25 years’ experience in the confectionery manufacturing sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Britannia Superfine is today one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of chocolate products, fondants, sugar and chocolate based ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The World has changed a lot in the last 2 years… in 2020, the global confectionery market stood at £146.14bln and is projected to reach £188bln by 2028 at a CAGR of 3.8%(Fortune…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We create exceptional confectionery that brings joy and delight to people worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Regal – A family business to be proud of.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creme d'Or is a specialist importer and leading distributor with over 30 years experience working with over 100 high quality suppliers across Europe and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1983, Fudge Kitchen has been redefining artisan confectionery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We have a passion for premium quality packaged confectionery, snacks and sweet treats and aim to supply an entire solution to our retail customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: candy 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 candy companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of candy companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name candy 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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Candy companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 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 255 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 candy 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “candy 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 candy 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 candy companies, 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, 1,072 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 19, 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.
Candy companies by metro
- Candy companies in London45
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 candy 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 candy companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 255 candy companies 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?
United Biscuits, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most candy companies?
London leads with 45 headquartered companies, followed by Blackpool (6) and Birmingham (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 1,072 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 255 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 19, 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.