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Top 25 Materials testing labs based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 114 materials testing labs headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 8,381 professional contacts across them, including 3,720 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers materials testing labs 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.
The 25 largest materials testing labs based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Inspection Consultants Ltd.(InCon) has been established for over 30 years and has a demonstrable track record of providing the full range of non-destructive testing services both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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. | |||||
| 15 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Young Calibration, part of the NMi Group, operates an ISO 17025 Calibration and Thermal Test facility in Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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. | |||||
| 18 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LPD Lab Services Limited delivers a 'one-stop shop' for industrial process problem solving and materials analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ITA Labs is a materials based consultancy and testing company.” 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: materials testing labs. 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 labs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of materials testing labs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name materials testing labs. 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 labs 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 114 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 labs, 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 labs”. 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 labs), 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 labs, 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, 3,720 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 labs, 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 labs are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 114 materials testing labs 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 materials testing labs?
London leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Reading (4) and Birmingham (2).
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 3,720 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 114 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.