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Top 25 Creative economy development organizations based in the United Kingdom

Name: Creative economy development organizations based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 258 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 258 creative economy development organizations headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,870 professional contacts across them, including 663 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers creative economy development organizations 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

258Companies

1,870Contacts tracked

663Verified emails

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The 25 largest creative economy development organizations based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 258 creative economy development organizations 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 creative economy development organizations: 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	QUOD	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	154 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Quod is a specialist, independent consultancy at the cutting edge of planning and development economics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Creative UK	Indirect evidence	Salford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here for those who dare to imagine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Creative Review	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We share insight and inspiration from across the creative industries, connecting brilliant minds to make brilliant things happen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	The Audience Agency	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Audience Agency (TAA) is a non-profit research and development organisation whose purpose is to help the cultural sector shape a vibrant, relevant offer that better serves…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	BOP Consulting	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BOP Consulting is an international consultancy with a 25-year track record of working in the cultural and creative economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Nerve Centre	Partial evidence	Derry~londonderry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland’s leading creative media arts centre.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Confetti Media Group CMG	Indirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994 by Craig Chettle MBE, the Confetti Media Group (CMG) is a family of innovative and entrepreneurial businesses that work together to support and develop those…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Creative Access	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Creative Access is a social enterprise providing career-long access, opportunities, support and training to make the creative economy better reflect society.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	WSX Enterprise	Strong evidence	Fareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “WSX provides services to stimulate the growth of our local and regional economies by enhancing enterprise development and improving businesses’ performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Broadway Cinema	Partial evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Currently in its 22nd year of operation and attracting visitors annually, Broadway is located in the Creative Quarter of Nottingham and is recognised as one of the leading…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Barbican Theatre Plymouth	Partial evidence	Plymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Barbican Theatre: supporting Plymouth’s own creative voice and giving them platforms to be heard!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Lyva Labs	Strong evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LYVA Labs was created to deliver economic growth through commercialisation of innovation; inspiring ideas, creating partnerships and attracting investment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Rinova	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rinova is a social enterprise group operating in the fields of social, economic and cultural development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Creative Edinburgh	Partial evidence	Edinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As the largest membership organisation of creatives in Edinburgh, we are committed to advancing the value and impact of creativity, both locally and internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Screen South	Strong evidence	Folkestone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Screen South is a Creative Development Agency delivering and supporting innovative projects across screen-based media and the wider cultural and creative industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Creative Kernow	Strong evidence	Redruth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A Cornwall and Isles of Scilly where creativity is at the heart of how we live, work and build our economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Creative United UK	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creative United is an entrepreneurial community interest company supporting creative livelihoods across the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Leicester And Leicestershire Business And Skills Partnership	Strong evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Leicester and Leicestershire Business and Skills Partnership (LLBSP) works to drive economic growth, business development, and skills improvement in the region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Olsberg SPI	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Olsberg•SPI is a creative industries strategy consultancy that provides high-level advice to public and private sector clients, specialising in the worlds of film, television and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Kada Research Limited	Indirect evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kada Research Limited is a research company based out of 3-4 South Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom.(https://kadaresearch.co.uk)” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	The Policy Practice	Strong evidence	Brighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Policy Practice Ltd was established in 2004 as an international development consultancy firm specialising in political economy analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Biggar Economics LTD	Strong evidence	Edinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BiGGAR Economics Limited is a leading independent economic consultancy based in Edinburgh providing a range of services for central and local government, economic development…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	CAVCA	Indirect evidence	Scarborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our Strategic Vision is of thriving communities which are independent, entrepreneurial and connected.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	GLIC	Strong evidence	Argyll & Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Glic are business, community and economic development consultants who work with public, private and third sector organisations, helping them to thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	SQW Group	Indirect evidence	Oxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At SQW Group, everything we do is about making society a better place to live and work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: creative economy development organizations. 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 creative economy development organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of creative economy development organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name creative economy development organizations. 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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Creative economy development organizations based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

35.5%Verified-email coverage

7.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

34.1%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

190

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

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 258 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 creative economy development organizations, 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 “creative economy development organizations”. 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 creative economy development organizations), 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 creative economy development organizations, 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, 663 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.

Creative economy development organizations by metro

Creative economy development organizations in London88

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 creative economy development organizations, 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 creative economy development organizations are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 258 creative economy development organizations 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?

QUOD, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most creative economy development organizations?

London leads with 88 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (6) and Belfast (5).

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 663 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 258 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.