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Top 25 Industrial microbiology companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Industrial microbiology companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 84 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 84 industrial microbiology companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,187 professional contacts across them, including 396 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers industrial microbiology 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 17, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest industrial microbiology companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 84 industrial microbiology companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to industrial microbiology 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	LAB M LTD	Partial evidence	Heywood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	171 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lab M specialises in the development, manufacture and supply of microbiological culture media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Biocatalysts LTD	Partial evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Biocatalysts is a biotechnology company producing speciality enzymes at commercial scales for a variety of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	GFA	Indirect evidence	Ely, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In September 2015, GFA became Envigo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Wickham Micro Limited	Indirect evidence	Gosport, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wickham Micro Ltd, A Cormica Lab, is a GMP / GLP compliant contract testing laboratory based in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Genesis Biosciences	Indirect evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Genesis Biosciences - a global biosciences company, based in both Atlanta, US, and Cardiff, UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Biological Preparations	Indirect evidence	Caerphilly, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Biological Preparations Ltd is widely recognised as the leading UK company specialising in the development of products based on microbial, antimicrobial, plant extract and enzyme…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Trafalgar Scientific LTD	Partial evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Trafalgar Scientific was established in 1993 by Matthew Bramley with the intention of selling 3M Petrifilm, an as then unknown product aimed at the food microbiology market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	E&o Laboratories LTD	Partial evidence	Falkirk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “E&O Laboratories Ltd specialises in the manufacture of Microbiological Culture Media and related reagents and is currently the UK’s largest privately owned manufacturer of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Analytichem UK Cherwell Laboratories LTD	Indirect evidence	Bicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AnalytiChem UK (formerly Cherwell Laboratories) is a manufacturing and distribution company offering a fully integrated range of products for environmental monitoring and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Isomerase	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Isomerase helps partners innovate and harness the microbial power of a wide range of bacteria and fungi to discover and produce native or novel natural products, peptides, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	MSL Solution Providers	Partial evidence	Bury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Experienced regulatory professional, with over 20 years’ specialist knowledge in microbiology and virology efficacy testing and claims support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Ncimb LTD	Partial evidence	Aberdeen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We supply strains from our collection of industrial, food and marine bacteria and provide a range of laboratory services to support your research and operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Pro-Lab Diagnostics UK	Partial evidence	Bromborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pro-Lab Diagnostics have been supplying the world with microbiology lab equipment since 1974.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	AB Scientific	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “To make the world a healthier & safer place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Echa Microbiology LTD	Partial evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ECHA Microbiology has been helping organisations solve their microbiological contamination and corrosion problems for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Microferm Limited	Indirect evidence	Malvern, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Microferm was established in 1985 and is a leader in the development and production of microbial solutions for animal health.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Aspire-Labs	Partial evidence	East Dagenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aspire Labs is a privately held contract analytical and microbiology testing lab in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	5d Health Protection Group LTD	Partial evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The 5D Health Protection Group Ltd is a multi award winning BSi certified ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:20015 and UKAS 17025 leading independent Contract Research and Microbiology…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Advanced Bacterial Sciences	Indirect evidence	Morecambe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ABS’s next-generation bacterial treatments for waste and water management, pollution remediation and agriculture boost efficiency, cut maintenance and running costs, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	MCS Laboratories Limited	Strong evidence	Tideswell, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MCS is an independent contract microbiology laboratory offering testing and consultancy to a wide variety of industries including: Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Toiletries…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Mycofeast	Partial evidence	Oxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mycofeast is a UK-founded industrial biotechnology company building a platform for fermentation-derived food, feed, and beverage ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	M.S. Laboratories	Indirect evidence	Wellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1983, M.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Assured Micro LTD	Indirect evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Virologica LTD	Partial evidence	Warrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a contract research organisation offering expert microbiological testing services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	H2o Scientific Limited	Partial evidence	Newmarket, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “H2O Scientific are an independent specialist analytical provider offering comprehensive microbiological & chemical testing services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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: industrial microbiology companies. 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 industrial microbiology companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of industrial microbiology companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name industrial microbiology companies. 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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Industrial microbiology companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

33.4%Verified-email coverage

14.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.8%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

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501-1,000

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 84 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 industrial microbiology 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 “industrial microbiology 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 industrial microbiology 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 industrial microbiology 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, 396 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 17, 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.

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 industrial microbiology 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 industrial microbiology companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 84 industrial microbiology 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?

LAB M LTD, headquartered in Heywood, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most industrial microbiology companies?

London leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Oxford (4) and Nottingham (3).

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 396 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 84 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 17, 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.