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Top 25 Catering and food service based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,863 catering and food service headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 19,982 professional contacts across them, including 4,044 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers catering and food service 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 catering and food service based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,027 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re thousands of talented people bringing you all of the great tasting food, memorable experiences and vital support services that can transform every day into a great day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 625 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Thomas Franks is a family-owned catering partner with a global reputation for serving exceptional food made from locally sourced produce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 585 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Aramark, we create memorable food experiences where people work, learn, recover and play by channelling a collective passion for food and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 565 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Holroyd Howe is a specialist caterer dedicated exclusively to independent schools, with nearly three decades of experience focused on creating exceptional food and dining…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 497 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a catering company who specialise in the education sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 374 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lexington - Super people, providing great food and service, having fun and enjoying success!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a specialist London caterer, dedicated to delivering the highest quality food and service to discerning business organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 291 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We energise workplaces through trusted partnerships, exceptional food, and responsive service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 283 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Entier is Scotland's largest independent contract catering and support services company, created in 2008 to meet the evolving requirements of the oil and gas industry as well as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Absolute Taste is part of a group of businesses operating in a range of food and beverage sectors – from luxury inflight meals to sports and leisure event catering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 200 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Passion, integrity and teamwork underpins everything that we do At Taylor Shaw, we honestly do see food differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CGC is a long-established caterer with a distinctive British identity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 182 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cater Link is the UK's leading contract caterer in primary and secondary schools and colleges providing fresh, healthy foods to over 1 million children and young adults every week…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Craft at our core.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Venues & Events | Business & Industry | Commercial | Corporate Graysons is a dynamic and innovative contract catering company specialising in creating seasonal and bespoke menus…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Accent Catering are committed to delivering fabulous food to businesses and education sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its founding in 1994, Harrison Catering Services has always been about quality fresh food prepared on-site and served by skilled professionals who love what they do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 160 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heritage Portfolio are bespoke caterers crafting exceptional events across Britain - from castles and galleries to stately homes, marquees and private spaces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Genuine Dining is a vibrant collective of creative thinkers and passionate food lovers on a mission to transform the world of contract catering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in by our Managing Director Tim Brennan, Caper & Berry is an independent, privately owned catering company with strong ambitions but a grounded outlook.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2002, En Route is a global food service partner to many of the world’s most recognised airlines and airline catering organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We help our clients maximise the potential of food in the workplace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AGGORA is a leading provider of catering equipment solutions to the foodservice industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Total Catering Solutions (TCS) Recruitment is a one stop shop specialising in staffing and recruitment solutions within the hospitality, catering and food production industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Green & Fortune we don’t do catering.” 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: catering and food service. 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 catering and food service.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of catering and food service, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name catering and food service. 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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Catering and food service 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 1,863 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 catering and food service, 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 “catering and food service”. 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 catering and food service), 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 catering and food service, 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, 4,044 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.
Catering and food service by metro
- Catering and food service in London380
- Catering and food service in Birmingham25
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 catering and food service, 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 catering and food service are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,863 catering and food service 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?
Compass Group UK & Ireland, headquartered in Chertsey, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most catering and food service?
London leads with 380 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (25) and Leeds (22).
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 4,044 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,863 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.
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