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Top 25 Candy production companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 120 candy production companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,487 professional contacts across them, including 586 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers candy production 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.

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The 25 largest candy production companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 120 candy production companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to candy production companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceDerby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000536 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Here at Thorntons, we’ve been crafting chocolate for over 100 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidencePontefract, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000285 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to HARIBO: UK’s leading sweets manufacturer and one of Yorkshire's largest employers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceFakenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000230 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kinnerton is far from your typical brand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidencePontefract, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000162 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, 2026
5Indirect evidenceTelford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000142 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, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLoughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00094 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, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLoughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00055 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, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50055 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, 2026
9Indirect evidenceCarluke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20036 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, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5030 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, 2026
11Indirect evidencePolegate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20025 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, 2026
12Indirect evidenceStafford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50025 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, 2026
13Indirect evidenceKenley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We create exceptional confectionery that brings joy and delight to people worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBeverley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5022 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, 2026
15Indirect evidenceYork, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20020 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, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSkegness, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HAMES CHOCOLATES LIMITED have been making chocolate for business since 2005.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceHarrogate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1018 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 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSkelmersdale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The sourcing and distribution specialists, helping customers achieve beyond what they thought possible.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceGreenock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Golden Casket are a family owned, family run, confectionery manufacturer based in Greenock, Scotland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Progressive innovators in the world of packaged confectionery and gifting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceRawtenstall, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 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 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBilston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-2009 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 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceCrediton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sweet-making magic since 1932 Bristows of Devon has been bringing sugar and smiles to the town of Crediton for generations, with roots in the local sweet trade stretching back…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceBlackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For over a quarter of a century, Loynds, located in the UK, has been supplying candy, chocolate, and wrapping machinery to global confectionery manufacturers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceLeighton Buzzard, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial 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 19, 2026

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Candy production companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
23.6%Verified-email coverage
20.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
13.3%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
54
11-50
32
51-200
17
201-500
5
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
3

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 120 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 production 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 production 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 production 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 production 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, 586 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.

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 production 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 production companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 120 candy production 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?

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

Which city has the most candy production companies?

London leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Blackpool (4) and Sheffield (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 586 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 120 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.