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Top 25 Candy distributor networks based in the United Kingdom

Name: Candy distributor networks based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 128 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 128 candy distributor networks headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,940 professional contacts across them, including 489 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers candy distributor networks 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

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1,940Contacts tracked

489Verified emails

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The 25 largest candy distributor networks based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 128 candy distributor networks 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 candy distributor networks: 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	Thorntons	Indirect evidence	Derby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	536 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here at Thorntons, we’ve been crafting chocolate for over 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Haribo UK	Indirect evidence	Pontefract, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	285 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to HARIBO: UK’s leading sweets manufacturer and one of Yorkshire's largest employers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	World Of Sweets	Partial evidence	Loughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	94 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
4	Bobby's Foods LTD	Indirect evidence	Bromsgrove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Bobby’s, we’re all about sparking moments of carefree joy for everyone, no matter your age.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Hancocks Wholesale	Indirect evidence	Loughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	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 16, 2026
6	Walkers Chocolates Limited	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	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 16, 2026
7	DDC Foods LTD	Indirect evidence	Hemel Hempstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DDC Foods Ltd is a supplier to the Food Service Industry with a comprehensive range of Snacks, Soft Drinks, Mineral Waters and Confectionery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Springvale Foods LTD	Indirect evidence	Clopton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Springvale Foods are experts in premium on-the-go snacks and speciality foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	MR Simms Sweet Shop	Indirect evidence	Stafford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	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 16, 2026
10	Regal Food Products Group PLC	Indirect evidence	Bradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Regal – A family business to be proud of.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Creme D'or LTD	Partial evidence	Beverley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
12	BON Bon's Confectionery	Indirect evidence	York, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	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 16, 2026
13	Automatic Retailing Northern LTD	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The UK's leading vending wholesaler, serving the independent vending customer for 15 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Hames Chocolates Limited	Indirect evidence	Skegness, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HAMES CHOCOLATES LIMITED have been making chocolate for business since 2005.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	The Serious Sweet Company Limited	Indirect evidence	Harrogate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It all sounds very serious here at The Serious Sweet Company, after all, we’re a serious bunch!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	J&k Confectionery LTD	Partial evidence	Skelmersdale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The sourcing and distribution specialists, helping customers achieve beyond what they thought possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	House Of Sarunds	Indirect evidence	Blandford Forum, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “House of Sarunds is an independently owned and managed business offering the largest collection of competitively priced premium British and Belgian chocolate and confectionery…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Golden Casket Greenock LTD	Indirect evidence	Greenock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Golden Casket are a family owned, family run, confectionery manufacturer based in Greenock, Scotland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Pimlico Confectioners LTD	Indirect evidence	Rawtenstall, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2010, Pimlico Confectioners is a private-owned business with 20 years of experience in the confectionery sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	WDS Group	Partial evidence	Bury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WDS Group was established in 2009 and is one of the regions premier wholesale distribution services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Churchill's Confectionery LTD	Indirect evidence	Watford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Churchill's Confectionery is a family-run business based in north London in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Monmore Confectionery	Indirect evidence	Bilston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Monmore Group brings together trusted brands including Monmore Confectionery, Candycrave, HS Wholesale Sweets and Kandy King, giving us one of the widest confectionery ranges…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Adamsons Drinks	Partial evidence	Dunfermline, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wholesalers of Soft Drinks, Snacks & Confectionery From its family roots, Adamsons Drinks has grown to become one of Scotland’s leading independent wholesale distributors of soft…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	The Sweet People LTD	Indirect evidence	Leighton Buzzard, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1998, we’ve grown rapidly, year on year, refining our production processes and building our range of sweets and chocolates as we go.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Meeran	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Meeran is one of the fast-growing independent Company of Confectionery, Food & Soft Drinks.” 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: candy distributor networks. 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 distributor networks.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of candy distributor networks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name candy distributor networks. 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 distributor networks based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

25.2%Verified-email coverage

15.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

14.8%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 128 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 distributor networks, 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 distributor networks”. 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 distributor networks), 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 distributor networks, 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, 489 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 candy distributor networks, 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 distributor networks are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 128 candy distributor networks 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?

Thorntons, headquartered in Derby, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most candy distributor networks?

London leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Belfast (2) and Birmingham (2).

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 489 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 128 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.