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Top 18 Food cooperatives based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 75 food cooperatives headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,053 professional contacts across them, including 1,069 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers food cooperatives 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 20, 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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The 18 largest food cooperatives based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 75 food cooperatives based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food cooperatives: 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 evidenceLichfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,000909 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe in doing things differently.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceWherstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000719 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We got started because we felt there was a better way of doing business; one that would make a difference for its customers and the communities that we live in.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLincoln, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000587 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lincolnshire Co-operative (known as Lincolnshire Co-op) is an independent consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom and is a registered Co-operative and Community Benefit…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceChelmsford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000124 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to Chelmsford Star.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceHigh Wycombe Bucks, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IPC EMEA (formally IPC Europe) was formed in 2001 to enable Subway Franchisees to benefit from the discounts that come from purchasing and supplying products in large volumes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceElland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50082 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Specialist distributors in vegetarian, organic, fairtrade, natural and fine foods in the UK and beyond.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceRadstock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are one of the few truly independent co-operative retailers and sit at the heart of the communities in which we serve across the retail estate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Woldmarsh is a leading farmers’ co-operative, with over 1,100 members.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceSwansea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Here at Bako Wales, we pride ourselves on being a trusted and cost-effective organisation that supplies independent and multi site food industry businesses across Wales and in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Unicorn Grocery is a company based out of 89 Albany Rd, Manchester, United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBoston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Speciality Produce Limited is a Producer Organisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-2005 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We have been trading in wholefoods since 1978.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceBath, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“It is our mission to help those within and around the Somer Valley®, which is located just to the south-west of Bath, to make a closer connection with their food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMaldon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Strength Through Co-operation Founded in 1966, the Sterling Supergroup is a true member’s buying co-operative, with 36 wholesalers and an annual turnover in excess of £500 million.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChatteris, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceMilnathort, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tayforth Machinery Ring is a company based out of United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBromborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-5001 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceChippenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CLEVER SUPERMARKET Powered by CLEVER Health Ltd The core purpose of Clever Supermarket is to provide a responsible, ethical and not for profit focus upon a "cooperative discount…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Food cooperatives based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
26.4%Verified-email coverage
54.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
12.0%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 75 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 food cooperatives, 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 “food cooperatives”. 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 food cooperatives), 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 food cooperatives, 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, 1,069 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 20, 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 food cooperatives, 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 food cooperatives are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 75 food cooperatives 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?

Central Co-Op, headquartered in Lichfield, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food cooperatives?

London leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (4) and Bristol (2).

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 1,069 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 75 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 20, 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.