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Top 25 Drone rental and leasing companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Drone rental and leasing companies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 290 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 290 drone rental and leasing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 531 professional contacts across them, including 130 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers drone rental and leasing 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 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

290Companies

531Contacts tracked

130Verified emails

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The 25 largest drone rental and leasing companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 290 drone rental and leasing companies 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 drone rental and leasing 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	RUAS	Partial evidence	Newport, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “RUAS is the UK's longest serving NQE provider and now Recognised Assessment Entity (RAE), delivering the very best drone training and commercial operation services in Europe…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	IRED	Partial evidence	Emsworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
3	Aerial Exposure	Indirect evidence	Richmond, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aerial Exposure uses unmanned aerial system for a range of professional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Iprosurv	Partial evidence	Rotherham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 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 19, 2026
5	Coverdrone Specialist Drone Insurance	Partial evidence	Cheshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Coverdrone was the first insurer to offer specialist cover to commercial drone operators - a fully comprehensive aviation insurance product for the unmanned aircraft (drone)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	IDI	Indirect evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IDI builds autonomous aerial intelligence for blue-light, estates, and live construction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Acs- Airobot	Indirect evidence	Walkerburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 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 19, 2026
8	The Helicopter Girls	Indirect evidence	Winchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Helicopter Girls is a specialist aerial cinematography company, founded in 2012 by Emma Boswell and Katya Nelhams-Wright.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Fleye Aerial Film And Photography	Indirect evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fleye is a professional and innovative aerial film and photography specialist, certified by the Civil Aviation Authority with permission for aerial works.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	The Aerial Film Company	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Aerial Film Company provide complete, end-to-end to aerial filming services for TV, Film, Commercials and Music Video productions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Upper CUT Productions LTD	Partial evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 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 19, 2026
12	AC Aerial Drone Services	Partial evidence	Harlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to AC Aerial Drone Services, your trusted partner for professional drone services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Aerial Insights Limited	Indirect evidence	Honiton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aerial Insights Limited!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Aerial Craft	Indirect evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Aerial Craft we build and fly our own, as well as DJI, state of the art aerial rigs to fly professional film cameras.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Hexcam	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
16	Tremio	Indirect evidence	Builth Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
17	Drones Direct	Partial evidence	Huddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Drones Direct is part of the Buy It Direct Group based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Squadrone Media	Partial evidence	Oxton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Offering a wide range of specialist commercial drone services - film & photography, corporate promotion, inspection & maintenance, real estate, property & land surveys, weddings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Quadrotor Services LTD	Partial evidence	Neston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Professional Drone Services Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture- Approved Spraying & Broadcasting of - Nutrients - Bio stimulants - Fertilisers - Seeds Additional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Levitate Aerial Imaging	Partial evidence	Claygate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aerial inspections, surveys, photography and filming Today's drones can go places traditional photography can't, lower and closer than helicopters, higher, faster and further than…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	FLY Through Films LTD	Partial evidence	Kent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CINEMA DRONE SPECIALISTS AND LEADERS IN 12K 360/VR CONTENT ACQUISITION.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Edinburgh Drone Company	Indirect evidence	Edinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Vantage	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Winner of Commercial Drone Professional Innovative Operator 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	BAD Wolf Horizon	Partial evidence	Helston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bad Wolf Horizon brings innovation and dynamism to the drone industry, specializing in exceptional first-person view (FPV) services tailored to production companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Bird's EYE Solutions	Indirect evidence	Wem, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UAV aerial imaging specialist with a day and night Permission for Commercial Operations (OA) from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and insurance provided by Moonrock.” 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: drone rental and leasing companies. 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 drone rental and leasing companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drone rental and leasing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drone rental and leasing companies. 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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Drone rental and leasing companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

24.5%Verified-email coverage

1.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

10.0%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

276

11-50

51-200

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 290 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 rental and leasing 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 rental and leasing 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 rental and leasing 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 rental and leasing 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, 130 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.

Drone rental and leasing companies by metro

Drone rental and leasing companies in London29

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 rental and leasing 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 rental and leasing companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 290 drone rental and leasing 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?

RUAS, headquartered in United Kingdom, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drone rental and leasing companies?

London leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (8) and Sheffield (8).

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 130 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 290 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.