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Top 25 Drone manufacturing companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 154 drone manufacturing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 432 professional contacts across them, including 114 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers drone manufacturing companies 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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154Companies
432Contacts tracked
114Verified emails
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The 25 largest drone manufacturing companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 154 drone manufacturing companies 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 drone manufacturing companies: 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, 202651-20062 contacts →

Partial 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
2Partial 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
3Indirect 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
4Indirect evidenceLee-on-the-solent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We reduce the cost, risk and environmental impact of aviation services such as methane measurement, offshore monitoring and high-value logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Partial evidenceThruxton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hydra is a British UAV innovation business focusing on pioneering heavy lift and hybrid drone technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceRotherham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial 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
7Indirect 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
8Indirect 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
9Strong evidenceWinfrith, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Partial 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
11Partial 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
12Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A leader in autonomous drone systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Partial 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
14Partial evidenceHuddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,0002 contacts →

Partial evidence

Drones Direct is part of the Buy It Direct Group based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSimonstone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dedicated to advancing UAV Development for Government & Defence organisations Having developed a strong understanding of customers’ challenges, our small tactical UAS portfolio is…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceStratford-upon-avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a Midlands based company using UAV technology to provide aerial images and video.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSwansea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceSouth West Uk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Using specialist cameras and sensors on UAVs (or drones as they're often known as), we aim to get experts' eyes into difficult places.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BML develop and manufacture unmanned aircraft systems for use in civilian and military applications around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Partial evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gorilla Drones Ltd: Elite Photography, Cinematography and specialist digital services; delivering powerful imagery & content to our customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceAberdeen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With “Permissions For Aerial Work” (PFAW) granted by the CAA, Rise Above provides remote controlled UAV (drone) aerial media, mapping, 3D modelling and inspection services across…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceBurghead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PB Aerial Imaging: Elevating Industry Standards with Cutting-Edge Drone Technology Company Overview PB Aerial Imaging is a premier drone services provider, delivering high-quality…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Partial evidenceFulbourn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Cambridge Aerial Works Ltd, a nationwide drone service supplier.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceKendal, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hovershotz are an energetic aerial filming, photography and aerial surveying company based in the heart of the English Lake District, Cumbria and operating across the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Drone manufacturing companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
26.4%Verified-email coverage
2.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
14.3%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
130
11-50
15
51-200
6
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 154 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 drone manufacturing companies, 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 “drone manufacturing companies”. 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 drone manufacturing companies), 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 drone manufacturing companies, 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, 114 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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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 drone manufacturing companies, 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 drone manufacturing companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 154 drone manufacturing companies 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?

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

Which city has the most drone manufacturing companies?

London leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Sheffield (6) and Manchester (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 114 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 154 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.