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Top 25 Food manufacturers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,049 food manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 44,406 professional contacts across them, including 11,840 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers food manufacturers 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 manufacturers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,572 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Greencore is the UK’s leading convenience food manufacturer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the UK's largest food producers, we’re passionate about food and believe each and every day we have the opportunity to enrich life for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 3,211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are one of British business's most compelling success stories of the past 20 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,707 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pilgrim’s Europe is a top UK and European food company with 40+ sites in the UK, Ireland, France and The Netherlands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,615 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Samworth Brothers our business is food with our quality chilled and ambient products enjoyed by millions of people across the UK every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,173 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Princes Group is an international food and drink group involved in the manufacture, import and distribution of branded and customer own brand products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,041 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At The Compleat Food Group, we’re proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 684 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Saputo Dairy UK (formerly Dairy Crest) is a producer of leading British food brands and value-added ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 492 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “apetito | Wiltshire Farm Foods is an award-winning food producer, creating delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for everyone, from growing minds to older adults at home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are one of the UKs leading food companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 391 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For retailers, packers and food service clients, LINPAC Packaging is an international market leader in the production of primary fresh food packaging and food service solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 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. | |||||
| 13 | 368 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded by George and Margaret Baxter in the Highlands of Scotland in 1868, Baxters Food Group has over 150 years of provenance and history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Stateside Foods is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Freiberger Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 303 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 286 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are INSPIRED Pet Nutrition, an award winning and long established FMCG pet food manufacturer with market leading brands including; Wagg, Harringtons and Butchers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 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. | |||||
| 18 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Specialising in making and developing retailer label prepared foods for the top UK grocery retailers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Finnebrogue has been crowned UK Employer of the Year, Best Wellbeing in the Workplace and Food Manufacturer of the Year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 200 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inspired by his travels and love of cooking, Charlie set up shop back in 1996 with the sole aim of creating really delicious dishes for foodies – putting in all the care and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1991 Euro Foods Group has become one of the leading manufacturers, processors and distributors of frozen, ambient and food packaging.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Products From creating satisfying meals to indulgent treats and fabulous food on the go, Northern Foods is the expert.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Around Noon is an award-winning food manufacturer which specialises in food-to-go.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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. | |||||
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 manufacturers. 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 manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food manufacturers. 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 manufacturers 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 1,049 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 manufacturers, 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 manufacturers”. 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 manufacturers), 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 manufacturers, 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, 11,840 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 manufacturers by metro
- Food manufacturers in London155
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 manufacturers, 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 manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,049 food manufacturers 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?
Greencore, headquartered in Barlborough, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food manufacturers?
London leads with 155 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (17) and Manchester (15).
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 11,840 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,049 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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