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Top 25 Commercial uav operators based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,374 commercial uav operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,345 professional contacts across them, including 848 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial uav operators headquartered in the United States, 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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1,374Companies
3,345Contacts tracked
848Verified emails
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The 25 largest commercial uav operators based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,374 commercial uav operators based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial uav operators: 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 evidenceBothell, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000100 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Autel Robotics provides aerial robotics to the public sector, public safety, enterprise, and commercial operations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Drone Nerds provides comprehensive drone solutions for enterprise, private, and recreational needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceWoodinville, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20060 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Freefly we have been focused on building the world's most efficient professional drone ecosystem for over a decade.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Luis Obispo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5050 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in San Luis Obispo, California, Inspired Flight Technologies designs and manufactures secure, high-performance unmanned aircraft systems built for operators who demand…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceHudson, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dronegenuity provides commercial aerial photography, mapping, drone training, and data services throughout the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceNashua, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rotor builds the most capable UAVs in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceLyndon, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hawkeye Helicopter is a leading aviation operator providing aerial construction and inspection services nationwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Strong evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Arch Aerial LLC is a commercial UAS operator authorized by the FAA for aerial services in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChesapeake, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hampton Roads, VA based aviation services company specializing in providing technical information support to energy transmission and natural gas pipeline companies regarding…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceDover, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WootTech is an aerospace company which Design & Manufactures innovative and customized drone technology solutions and provide services for a broad spectrum of applications…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aero Velocity, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceFranklin Lakes, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Safe and reliable drone operations with Luftronix Fused Flow™ precision navigation technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceBozeman, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5021 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Vision Aerial's mission is to engineer the best UAVs on the planet for commercial and public asset inspection applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceEl Cajon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Birds Eye Aerial Drones, LLC Aerial Intelligence for Safer, Smarter Infrastructure Birds Eye Aerial Drones is a veteran-owned UAS services company helping utilities, public…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCrofton, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SAFER - FASTER - BETTER Aerial Production Services, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceGrand Forks, ND, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ISight Drone Services is a leading provider of UAV operations in a wide range of industries and applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceEl Dorado Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“AirData is the world's most widely deployed commercial drone operating platform, powering commercial drone operations at scale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceSarasota, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lumenier is the US-based, global leader in custom manufacturing and online retail of high-performance, premium UAS/UAV/UGV/drone equipment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blue Nose Aerial Imaging is a nationwide drone services franchise delivering high-quality aerial data and actionable insights.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceColumbia, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ND3 Inc is a full-service, commercial drone provider.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For many years, the drone industry solved three problems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceTyler, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SmartDrone builds American-made drone mapping products and workflows for land surveyors and civil engineering teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceNatchitoches, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We know how to use technology to your advantage – everything from drones to aircraft to imaging technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidencePark City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DroneHive is the leading drone service provider for aerial data collection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBoulder, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Black Swift Technologies is an engineering firm specializing in the development of next generation small unmanned aircraft platforms and technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Commercial uav operators based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
25.4%Verified-email coverage
2.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.5%Largest-city concentration · Houston
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,236
11-50
109
51-200
18
201-500
3
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,374 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 uav operators, 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “commercial uav operators”. 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 uav operators), 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 uav operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 848 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
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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 uav operators, 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 uav operators are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,374 commercial uav operators headquartered in the United States 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?

Autel Robotics, headquartered in Bothell, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial uav operators?

Houston leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (21) and Dallas (18).

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 848 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,374 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.