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Top 25 Design consultancy firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom

Name: Design consultancy firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 263 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 263 design consultancy firms headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,763 professional contacts across them, including 780 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category (4,240 companies); Manchester follows with 263.

This list covers design consultancy firms headquartered in Manchester, 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest design consultancy firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 263 design consultancy firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to design consultancy firms: 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	Clancy Consulting	Strong evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We’re a specialist engineering consultancy working nationally to deliver industry-leading engineering services and creative engineering designs that work for today and for future…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Simpsonhaugh	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	107 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our passion for responsible, uplifting and beautiful design has informed our approach since 1987, when Rachel Haugh and Ian Simpson were united by a shared belief that innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	ONLY	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	86 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Only is an award-winning brand strategy and design agency helping organisations to use design to innovate and grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	DAY Architectural LTD	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded on the principle of putting people first, we pride ourselves on the strength of the relationships we establish with our broad client base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	AFL Architects	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AFL Architects create places for communities to live, play and thrive - working alongside you every step of the way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Crookes Walker Consulting Limited	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Crookes Walker and we do things differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	5plus Architects	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Informed Design at Every Scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Spaceinvader	Strong evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Interior design consultants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Incognito	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Incognito is an exciting new interior design and branding studio that is delivering high profile projects for global occupiers and funds on both a national and international scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Hodder Partners	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hodder + Partners is the incorporated continuation of Hodder Associates, founded in 1983.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Halliday Meecham Architects	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Halliday Meecham Architects are an award winning practice of Architects and Urban designers based in Manchester and London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Fletcher RAE Architects And Master-Planners	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovative design solutions delivering real value Our no nonsense, right first time ethos ensures speedy response, proactive problem solving, commercially viable solutions and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Koncept Interior Design	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “KONCEPT offer a comprehensive interior design service, taking initial ideas from paper through planning, to the last day on site and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	True North	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “True North is an independent brand and design agency based in Manchester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	WDC Creative	Strong evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a global brand and experience consultancy empowering ambitious businesses to grow through strategic clarity, innovative design and measurable performance outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	BGN Agency	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're BGN, a branding and digital agency that work with you to maximise your potential across all platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Harrison Ince Architects & Interior Designers	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1989, Harrison Ince has excelled in all areas of building design through quality of work, attention to detail and a creative design team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Project Studio	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Project Studio is a an award winning Manchester-based interior design studio founded by Director Martin Dourish.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	JB CO	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Jeffrey Bell + Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	BERT	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bert is an award winning, independently owned branding agency with studios in London and Manchester, where we were recently named ‘best branding agency’.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Modern Designers	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We build businesses and brands, create culture and design with one thing in mind – to put people first.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	jh.architects	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JH.Architects is a creative, solution-seeking architecture and interior design practice committed to delivering thoughtful, responsible design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Ncstudio	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NCstudio is a creative practice that shapes compelling narratives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Club Studio	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Club is a design studio-delivering brand strategy and marketing websites that help professional service businesses achieve brand clarity and attract right-fit customers and team…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	DAR Engineering Consultants LTD	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: design consultancy firms. 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 design consultancy firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of design consultancy firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name design consultancy firms. 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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Design consultancy firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

44.2%Verified-email coverage

6.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

220

11-50

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for Manchester, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Manchester, over 263 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 design consultancy firms, 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 Manchester, United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “design consultancy firms”. 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 design consultancy firms), 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 design consultancy firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Manchester 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, 780 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 29, 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.

Design consultancy firms by metro in the United Kingdom

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 design consultancy firms, 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 design consultancy firms are there based in Manchester, United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 263 design consultancy firms headquartered in Manchester, 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?

Clancy Consulting, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United Kingdom has the most design consultancy firms?

London leads the United Kingdom with 4,240 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (263) and Bristol (192).

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 780 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 263 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 29, 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.