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Top 25 Commercial drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 388 commercial drone manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 921 professional contacts across them, including 269 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial drone manufacturers 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.

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388Companies
921Contacts tracked
269Verified emails
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The 25 largest commercial drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 388 commercial drone manufacturers 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 commercial drone manufacturers: 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
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Skyports Drone Services is the world’s leading drone airline.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20062 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2017, Windracers is a British civil and defence drone company that engineers and manufactures the world's most accomplished dual-use heavy-lift drone, Windracers ULTRA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHampshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Evolve Dynamics builds rugged, battle-tested uncrewed aircraft systems for defence, emergency response, and critical infrastructure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Partial evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Coptrz, we eliminate organisational risk and inefficiency with impartial drone solutions that enhance operational performance, better, faster, safer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Strong evidenceEmsworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“iRed is a part of Volatus Aerospace group, which is the world’s leading commercial drone services & solutions provider company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceFrome, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Certo Aerospace is a UAV design, manufacture and testing organisation that has been actively developing heavy-lift long-range rotary wing UAV’s since 2014.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceInverness, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ROAVR | Group is an established and successful provider of survey, inspection and film services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidencePeterborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sky Revolutions is one of the UK's most authoritative voices in surveying and aerial surveying.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceRichmond, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aerial Exposure uses unmanned aerial system for a range of professional services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Strong evidenceRotherham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Operating in the commercial sector since 2014, Iprosurv actively pioneers the use of drones in a variety of commercial sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IDI builds autonomous aerial intelligence for blue-light, estates, and live construction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLymington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Upshot has grown from its early days providing ground based aerial photography into the UK’s top aerial imaging business that also provides a range of Products, Services and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceWalkerburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Airobot-dynamics (an ACS company) have been providing innovative UAV solutions to global companies for over 10 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Partial evidenceWinfrith, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dorset, UK Based Waterproof Drone Specialists - Design, Manufacturing & Supply.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Partial evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Upper Cut Productions Ltd is the leading provider of remote aerial video and photography in the UK using a fleet of military spec HeliCam drones.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceWestbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ocuair ® are data acquisition specialists, working nationwide with Surveyors, Portfolio Owners, Facilities Managers and others with a professional interest in the built space.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Partial evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Element Aero is a professional drone service provider specialising in aerial survey and inspection in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A leader in autonomous drone systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceLanark, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Aerial Vision deliver drone (UAV or UAS) operational services with a wealth of experience in asset inspection, topographic surveys, construction and corporate communication…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Partial evidenceHarlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to AC Aerial Drone Services, your trusted partner for professional drone services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHoniton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aerial Insights Limited!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMerthyr Mawr, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a trusted leader in the UK’s aerial surveying industry, delivering precise, reliable data that empowers smarter decision-making across sectors including Mining &…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceOkehampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

Drone services provision is a fast-evolving industry, driven by continuous innovation and cutting-edge techniques.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Strong evidenceNorwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“HexCam is a commercial drone operator with over 12 years of experience providing high quality survey, mapping and inspection services as well as aerial thermography, photography…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Partial evidenceBuilth Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Based in Builth Wells, Powys we provide high quality videography to use for a wide of range of applications, these include site surveys, events, commercial property, tourism…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Commercial drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
29.2%Verified-email coverage
2.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
9.3%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
353
11-50
23
51-200
7
501-1,000
2

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 388 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 commercial drone manufacturers, 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 “commercial drone manufacturers”. 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 commercial drone manufacturers), 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 commercial drone manufacturers, 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, 269 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
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Commercial drone manufacturers by metro

  • Commercial drone manufacturers in London36

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 commercial drone manufacturers, 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 commercial drone manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 388 commercial drone manufacturers 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?

Skyports Drone Services, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial drone manufacturers?

London leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (7) and Cambridge (6).

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 269 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 388 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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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.