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Top 25 Material testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom

Name: Material testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 230 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 230 material testing laboratories headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 11,169 professional contacts across them, including 4,707 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers material testing laboratories 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.

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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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11,169Contacts tracked

4,707Verified emails

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The 25 largest material testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 230 material testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to material testing laboratories: 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	Element Materials Technology	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,200 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Element Materials Technology Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Alfred H Knight	Indirect evidence	Prescot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,239 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alfred H Knight is a leading provider of inspection, analytical and technical consultancy services for the metals, minerals, solid fuels and agricultural industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Socotec UK & Ireland	Indirect evidence	Burton Upon Trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	844 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SOCOTEC UK is a network of industry-leading experts we empower ambitious businesses at every stage of the asset lifecycle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Normec I2 Analytical	Partial evidence	Hertfordshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	218 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2003, Normec i2 Analytical is one of Europe's leading environmental testing companies providing its customers a comprehensive range of analytical, monitoring and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Lucideon	Partial evidence	Stone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	212 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
6	Warringtonfire	Strong evidence	Warrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	177 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Warringtonfire is proud to be part of Element Materials Technology, the leader in Testing, Inspection, Certification and Calibration services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science	Partial evidence	Abingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	171 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re a global Hitachi company offering a wide range of connected materials analysis products and services, either for use in the lab or in-field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Alex Stewart International	Indirect evidence	Aintree, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	154 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alex Stewart International is a leading worldwide supervision, inspection, and analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Sandberg	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	94 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sandberg is a privately owned organisation able to provide wholly independent professional and technical services to all concerned with the quality and performance of materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	ACS	Strong evidence	Poole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	90 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since its inception in 1987, ACS Testing Ltd have been providing quality materials testing and Consultancy services to the Building, Construction and Civil Engineering industries…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	AXIOM	Partial evidence	Stockton-on-tees, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AXIOM combine expertise in Inspection & NDT, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with Process Safety Services to identify and mitigate key through-life risks across the entire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Normec Latis Scientific	Indirect evidence	Crayford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Normec Latis Scientific is a market leading provider of laboratory services for a wide range of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	GDS Instruments	Strong evidence	Hook, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Strong evidence “About Us: GDS Instruments designs, develops and manufactures materials testing machines and software used for the computer-controlled testing of soils and rocks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Minton, Treharne & Davies Group	Partial evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Minton Treharne & Davies Group provide scientific consultancy, surveying and testing services to a worldwide client base from our offices in the UK, USA and Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Applied Inspection LTD	Strong evidence	Holmewood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Applied Inspection Ltd is an ISO 9001:2015 and RISQS (formerly Link-Up) accredited NDT services company providing Non Destructive Testing, Welding, Welder Training and Materials…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Cmtl LTD	Strong evidence	Hitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Construction Materials Testing Laboratories is a leading specialist in delivering high-quality geotechnical testing of construction and civil engineering materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	NDT Group	Indirect evidence	Deeside, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We protect people, assets and the environment in high-risk industries through precise, responsive and reporting-led inspection services that give our clients total confidence in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Envirochem Analytical Laboratories LTD	Indirect evidence	Fareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Envirochem, we empower businesses to stay compliant, safe, and efficient with our industry-leading environmental risk mitigation services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Morgan-Ward NDT Limited	Partial evidence	High Peak, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Morgan Ward NDT is one of the world’s leading providers of non-destructive testing, inspection and advisory services to the aerospace, petrochemical, defence and general…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Mecmesin	Strong evidence	Slinfold, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Tensile testing, compression testing, materials testing and torque testing machines from Mecmesin are used in R&D and quality control laboratories and manufacturing plants around…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	SGS GAS Analysis Services	Partial evidence	Stirling, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SGS Gas Analysis Services: Specialists in Gas Testing, Instrumentation, Validation and Design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	WQ Inspection & Certification LTD	Partial evidence	Tipton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WQ Inspection & Certification Ltd are a UKAS accredited Inspection Body, Certification Body and Testing Laboratory, Number 9430.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Connect NDT LTD	Indirect evidence	Aberdeen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a local company headed by a team of directors with over 100 years combined experience in the Oil & Gas industry ready to assist existing and new customers alike with a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Code A Weld	Indirect evidence	_, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quality and Excellence in regards to speed of results and documentation is the foundation of our service provision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Express Micro Science	Partial evidence	Linlithgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Providing meticulous scientific testing services and support to the Food, Leisure, Agriculture, and Pharmaceutical industries for over a decade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: material testing laboratories. 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 testing laboratories.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of material testing laboratories, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name material testing laboratories. 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 testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

42.1%Verified-email coverage

48.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

6.5%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

109

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 230 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 testing laboratories, 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 testing laboratories”. 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 testing laboratories), 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 testing laboratories, 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, 4,707 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 testing laboratories, 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 testing laboratories are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 230 material testing laboratories 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?

Element Materials Technology, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most material testing laboratories?

London leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (6) and Sheffield (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 4,707 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 230 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.