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Top 25 Fine chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 179 fine chemicals companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 6,349 professional contacts across them, including 2,906 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers fine chemicals 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 15, 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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179Companies
6,349Contacts tracked
2,906Verified emails
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The 25 largest fine chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 179 fine chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to fine chemicals 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
1Indirect evidenceGoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20265,001-10,0002,780 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1925 we have been the name behind sustainable, high-performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2Indirect evidenceWincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000620 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“You may not realise it, but THOR’s extraordinary ingredients are likely already a part of your life.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3Indirect evidenceWellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000523 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chemistry is at the heart of everyday life, and this is where you’ll find Scott Bader.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4Strong evidenceMiddlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lianhetech Seal Sands is a leading European contract manufacturer of high quality fine chemicals for use in the Crop Protection, Pharmaceutical and Performance chemicals markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5Partial evidenceNorwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500150 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Briar Chemicals delivers contract and custom manufacturing solutions to customers across the globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Indirect evidenceConsett, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Thomas Swan & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7Strong evidenceMiddlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-50084 contacts →

Strong evidence

Fine Organics, a Lianhe Chemical Technology business, is a leading European contract manufacturer of high quality fine chemicals for use in the Crop Protection, Pharmaceutical and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8Indirect evidenceEly, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In September 2015, GFA became Envigo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSaffron Walden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Accelerating chemistry Radleys provide innovative productivity tools helping chemists discover amazing things.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Indirect evidenceRuncorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,00050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The 2M Group of Companies supply added value chemistry-based products, services, and applications know-how to the life science and material science sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11Partial evidenceRuncorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20050 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1860, Banner supplies an extensive range of solvents and specialty chemicals to a variety of market sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12Strong evidenceLeek, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Eternis Fine Chemicals is based in Leek, Staffordshire and is a global supplier of Liquid Chemicals for the use by manufacturers in Primary Production Processes Exporting to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Indirect evidenceDenton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re specialists in the manufacture and supply of aromatic, heterocyclic and aliphatic compounds, fluorochemicals and life sciences reagents, offering unrivalled service and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14Partial evidenceIrlam, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20047 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Libra Speciality Chemicals, we have been setting the standards in the provision of high-quality chemical and speciality surfactant manufacturing for over 50 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Strong evidenceDarlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20044 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Molekula is a manufacturer and distributor of Fine Chemicals and Biochemicals in Bulk and Research quantities Founded in in France and the UK to initially support the Chemical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16Partial evidenceHartlepool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Exwold is a contract chemical processing company based in the UK with decades of experience formulating and processing speciality chemicals for multi-national chemical and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Strong evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5040 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Powder Systems Ltd (PSL) is a global manufacturer of innovative technologies and process services used in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and fine chemicals industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Indirect evidenceRedditch, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Lake, we’re innovators – we bring thinkers together to make incredible things happen – delivering real value for suppliers and customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19Partial evidenceDurham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“High Force Research specialise in chemical synthesis and R&D and offer chemistry built on many years of experience in development and scale-up of complex syntheses of molecules…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Partial evidenceNorthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1979, Miswa Chemicals is a leading supplier of specialty chemicals serving B2B markets across multiple industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Partial evidenceDaventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Endeavour Speciality Chemicals is an innovative UK-based manufacturer of speciality organic intermediates and together with our parent company Robinson Brothers we offer products…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Partial evidenceHadfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fluorochem is a leading supplier in the chemical industry, with nearly 60 years of experience supporting scientists in chemistry, pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemistry, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Partial evidenceHaltwhistle, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A trusted global leader in bespoke chemical formulation that enable businesses and agencies in highly-regulated markets to enhance the quality and performance of their delivery…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Indirect evidenceAlderley Edge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Apex Molecular is a leading UK based Chemistry Services Contract Research Organisation based at Alderley Park, providing specialist chemistry services to the pharmaceutical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Indirect evidenceHigh Wycombe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Experts in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients(APIs), Intermediates and other difficult to source Pharmaceutical ingredients- Cover APIs requirements from Development, Scale-Up and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Fine chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
45.8%Verified-email coverage
35.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
68
11-50
69
51-200
25
201-500
7
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

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 179 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 fine chemicals 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 “fine chemicals 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 fine chemicals 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 fine chemicals 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, 2,906 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 15, 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 fine chemicals 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 fine chemicals companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 179 fine chemicals 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?

CRODA, headquartered in Goole, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most fine chemicals companies?

London leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Runcorn (8) and Liverpool (4).

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 2,906 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 179 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 15, 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.