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Top 23 Material science companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 63 material science companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,662 professional contacts across them, including 632 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers material science 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 20, 2026.
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The 23 largest material science companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Howco is a global distributor and processor of high-performance alloys and manufacturer of precision machined components for deployment in the world’s most challenging conditions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 330 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AIS (ASX:AIH) is a global leader in materials science technology for the protection of critical infrastructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 212 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lucideon is a materials science consultancy, solving your most complex challenges through materials development, process optimisation, and characterisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Goodfellow supplies a comprehensive range of Metals, Alloys, Ceramics, Polymers, Compounds, and Composites to the research and industrial markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “M&I Materials is an independent business with a rich heritage of commercialising materials for demanding applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Diamorph Group is a global leader in advanced material solutions for safety-critical and high-performance applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 30 years we’ve been enabling the scientific research and technology worlds to push boundaries and create breakthroughs, proudly partnering with some of the most…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “R-TECH Group ( Formally R-TECH Materials) provides a comprehensive testing, analysis and consultancy service on all types of engineering materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ZwickRoell is a leading, global supplier of materials and component testing machines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Keighley Laboratories Ltd - Specialists in the Analysis, Consultancy and Testing of Metals Keighley Laboratories Limited has been operating since 1920.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tufcot is a specialist manufacturer of high-performance composite engineering materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Centre for Industrial Rheology provides expert materials characterisation services in the field of: Rheology and Viscosity Surface and Interfacial Characterisation Powder…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Smiths Advanced Metals - we specialise in the supply of alloys and engineering plastics for high-technology industries and general engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hive are experts in designing, developing, testing and certifying new composite materials, processes and products including: • Next generation composite battery boxes for electric…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fibre Technology (Fibretech) is a world leading manufacturer in Rapid Solidification Technology (RST) for the production of stainless-steel fibres and filaments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TISICS have been at the forefront of the development, design and manufacture of innovative unique Metal Matrix Composites for over two decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ITA Labs is a materials based consultancy and testing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Suppliers of metallographic consumables and capital equipment for material science specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fiberstone Products is the market-leading manufacturer of Fiberstone ceramic composite materials, designed for superior performance across a wide range of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specialist advisory and consultancy services for materials science innovators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2008 by Professor Markys G Cain, Electrosciences provides specialised scientific and technical expertise across all aspects of multi-functional materials research and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Integ Metals are an international supplier and distributor of metals and composites for the engineering industy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: material science 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 material science companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of material science companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name material science 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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Material science companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 63 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 material science 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 “material science 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 material science 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 material science 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, 632 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
- 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 material science 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 material science companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 63 material science 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?
Howco Group, headquartered in Glasgow, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most material science companies?
London leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (3) and Pinxton (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 632 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 63 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.
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