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Top 25 Materials testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom

Name: Materials testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 109 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 109 materials testing laboratories headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,169 professional contacts across them, including 424 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers materials 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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The 25 largest materials testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 109 materials 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 materials 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Impact Solutions	Indirect evidence	Livingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Impact Solutions is a leading UKAS and ISO 17025 accredited test laboratory (No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Geolabs Limited	Indirect evidence	Watford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Geolabs Limited is an extensively equipped soils, rocks and aggregates laboratory in the UK, accredited by UKAS for a wide range of tests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	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
8	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
9	VJ Tech Limited	Partial evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “VJ Tech are a leading supplier of high quality test instruments for the geotechnical testing industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Smithers	Indirect evidence	Shrewsbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Smithers is recognised as a world leader in rubber, plastics and composites expertise, delivering trusted solutions by integrating science, technology and business expertise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	R-Tech Group	Strong evidence	Port Talbot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Strong 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, 2026
12	Hydrajaws Limited	Indirect evidence	Tamworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hydrajaws is the worldwide brand leader of portable pull testers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Zwickroell UK & Ireland	Strong evidence	Worcester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ZwickRoell is a leading, global supplier of materials and component testing machines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Professional Soils Laboratory LTD	Strong evidence	Doncaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Professional Soils Laboratory Ltd (PSL) is a fully independent 4043 UKAS accredited geotechnical and materials testing facility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Keighley Laboratories Limited	Strong evidence	Keighley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong 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, 2026
16	Special Metals Wiggin LTD	Indirect evidence	Calver Hill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Stable Micro Systems	Partial evidence	Godalming, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stable Micro Systems is the global leader in physical testing of foods, pharmaceutical and personal care/cosmetic products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Wallace Instruments	Strong evidence	Dorking, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wallace Instruments is a manufacturer of precision materials testing equipment for measuring physical properties such as hardness, plasticity, viscosity, cure, compression.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	CE Geotech	Partial evidence	Chesterfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CE Geotech is a leading specialist in delivering high quality geotechnical testing for the construction and civil engineering sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Attain RTC	Partial evidence	Church Fenton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Attain RTC provides research, testing and certification services to the construction sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	White Rose Laboratory Services Limited	Strong evidence	Castleford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Welcome to White Rose Laboratory Services Ltd, your trusted partner in construction materials testing, located in Castleford, West Yorkshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Cooper Research Technology	Strong evidence	Ripley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cooper Research Technology is a world-leading British manufacturer of high-performance testing equipment for civil engineering and road construction materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	ITA Labs	Strong evidence	St Albans, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ITA Labs is a materials based consultancy and testing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	PTS TQM LTD	Partial evidence	Stafford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PTS are specialists in the provision of inspection by Non Destructive Testing (NDT Inspection).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Product Assessment & Reliability Centre LTD Apave Group	Indirect evidence	Bideford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “P.A.R.C.” 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: materials 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 materials testing laboratories.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of materials testing laboratories, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name materials 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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Materials testing laboratories based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

36.3%Verified-email coverage

10.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 109 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 materials 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 “materials 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 materials 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 materials 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, 424 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 materials 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 materials testing laboratories are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 109 materials 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?

Sandberg, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most materials testing laboratories?

London leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Leighton Buzzard (3) and Reading (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 424 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 109 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.