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Top 25 Footwear design companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 244 footwear design companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 14,932 professional contacts across them, including 1,460 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers footwear design 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.

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244Companies
14,932Contacts tracked
1,460Verified emails
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The 25 largest footwear design companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 244 footwear design 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 footwear design 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 evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,191 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,666 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Same, But Different At schuh, owning your style is everything.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000994 contacts →

Partial evidence

“OFFICE is a leading edge fashion footwear specialist, providing style conscious customers with innovative shoes to suit every occasion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500319 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an independent, family-run brand, founded in Britain and made in Italy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceSkelmersdale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000209 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hotter Shoes (Hotter.com) is one of the UK’s leading footwear brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000177 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Church’s history can be traced back to 1617, when Anthony Church, a master shoemaker was handcrafting shoes in Northampton, England, a town renowned for producing fine footwear…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceYork, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000170 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Jones Bootmaker was established in 1857 by Alfred and Emma Jones in a small shoe shop in Bayswater, London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-50122 contacts →

Partial evidence

“LAMODA is an empowering footwear brand established in 2013.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKings Lynn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20097 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fairfax & Favor was established by childhood friends in 2013 and we've been trying to redefine the term quintessential ever since.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNorthampton Uk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“John Lobb equips its wearer for life in movement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a71 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Established from London's Portobello Road, the mou brand sprang from the maverick desire to create luxurious, natural-fibre footwear as an antidote to the pressures of modern…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5070 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Miista brings together seemingly opposite elements, deliberately juxtaposing what would be at war without creative expertise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5040 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Penelope Chilvers designs footwear and accessories to fall in love – and stay in love - with.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceNorwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A British family business for eight generations, Start-Rite Shoes has helped children explore in comfort and confidence for 226 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5032 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Harrys London, the contemporary British footwear brand designed for elegance and engineered for comfort.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GINA is a refined design, manufacturing and luxury fashion brand established in London in 1954 by master shoemaker Mehmet Kurdash.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceRushden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Grenson was born in 1866 in Rushden, Northamptonshire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceAlfreton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1997, Rock Fall is a highly successful, award-winning, second-generation family-owned business that’s firmly established at the forefront of the safety footwear…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mallet is a luxury footwear brand celebrated for its innovative design and commitment to exceptional craftsmanship since 2015.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Footsoldiers Design Consultancy Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“John Lobb was established in 1849 and is now run by the fifth generation of the Lobb family.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceWellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NPS Shoes have been manufacturing footwear in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire since 1881.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SIX LONDON, the only creative shoe studio based in London offering service in design, production and distribution of designer contemporary footwear founded in 2001 by the inventor…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNorthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Edward Green founded his eponymous workshop in 1890, committed to making the finest shoes without compromise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rupert Sanderson founded his eponymous company after returning from working in Italy in 2001.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Footwear design companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
9.8%Verified-email coverage
61.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
41.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
140
11-50
65
51-200
19
201-500
7
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
4
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 244 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 footwear design 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 “footwear design 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 footwear design 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 footwear design 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, 1,460 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
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Footwear design companies by metro

  • Footwear design companies in London101

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 footwear design 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 footwear design companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 244 footwear design 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?

Dr. Martens PLC, headquartered in United Kingdom, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most footwear design companies?

London leads with 101 headquartered companies, followed by Leicester (5) and Manchester (5).

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 1,460 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 244 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.