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Top 25 Food distributors based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,301 food distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 49,093 professional contacts across them, including 6,698 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers food distributors 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.
The 25 largest food distributors based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23,405 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience you won’t find anywhere else.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,361 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are committed to serving up the recipe for your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,947 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gist is part of M&S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 885 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to enjoy chef quality ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 384 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Although we’ll always be a local fruit and vegetable supplier at heart, over the last 50 years we’ve grown into one of the UK’s biggest fresh food suppliers, delivering tonnes of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 364 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We provide a one-stop-shop, on-time and in-full specialist distribution service accross more than 30 countries, supplying a broad range of internationally sourced non-food…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're unique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bunzl Catering Supplies is the leading distributor of catering disposables, food packaging and hygiene products across the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 229 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Surya Foods boasts an extensive range of over 1,300 SKUs, offering customers a one-stop-shop for all their international food needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 210 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creed Foodservice is one of the UK’s leading foodservice wholesalers, delivering high-quality, multi-temperature products and tailored supply solutions to businesses across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 210 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We deliver seamless, end to end food supply and reliable routes to market, using our unrivalled networks to drive growth in everyday food goods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From our main depot at Cross Hands, and four satellite depots at Avonmouth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Chirk and Merthyr Tydfil, we service the length and breadth of Wales, the Welsh…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 179 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1997, Liberty Wines is a multi-award-winning wine distributor offering a range of exceptional wines, alongside unrivalled customer service, to the UK and Ireland’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a producer and distributor of speciality foods, working with artisan food producers across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Minor, Weir & Willis Ltd is one of the UK's largest handlers of fresh produce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dhamecha Group is very much a family-owned national cash and carry business with thirteen depots; eight around London, four in the Midlands and one in Liverpool.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Experts in Grocery Consolidation We operate a specialised food-grade distribution network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “It’s all in the delivery!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Vestey Foods UK Limited we specialise in the sourcing, development, import, and distribution of food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to chefs throughout England, Scotland and Wales each day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1862 our business was founded by Joseph Sykes, trading fresh and frozen seafood from Old Smithfield Market in the heart of Manchester; Sykes Seafood has come a long way since…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1991 Euro Food Brands have been building world renowned brands in the UK for 30 years, representing global brands such as Hershey's & Reese's confectionery, Barilla…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We search the globe to find exceptional producers and farms that take pride in their produce, from the everyday basics to the most exotic elements of your dish.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are proud to be a local wholesaler and feel this allows us to offer a flexible and reliable service to our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded upon Teesside in November 1975, Fleet Factors started out as a family run business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: food distributors. 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 food distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food distributors. 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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Food distributors based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 15, 2026Companies by employee count
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 1,301 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 distributors, 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 distributors”. 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 distributors), 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 distributors, 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, 6,698 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
- 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.
Food distributors by metro
- Food distributors in London223
- Food distributors in Birmingham38
- Food distributors in Manchester26
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 distributors, 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 distributors are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,301 food distributors 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?
Morrisons, headquartered in United Kingdom, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food distributors?
London leads with 223 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (38) and Manchester (26).
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 6,698 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,301 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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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.
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