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Top 25 Medical research organizations based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 239 medical research organizations headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 13,424 professional contacts across them, including 7,998 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers medical research organizations 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 15, 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 medical research organizations based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,577 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Partnering to Advance Human Health A unique culture delivering exceptional solutions: Almac is a financially secure, privately owned organisation with 7,800+ employees globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,197 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Expanding on their combined 50-year history, Perceptive provides best-in-class specialist support to global pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical research organizations, spanning…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 582 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Sygnature Discovery, a global drug discovery CRO, we create exceptional scientific outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 452 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Calyx and Invicro are now Perceptive!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 438 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Veramed is a Clinical Research Organization (CRO) that provides expert data management, biostatistics and programming services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 409 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “LifeArc® is a self-funded medical research organisation with one clear purpose – transforming the lives of people living with rare diseases and drug-resistant infections.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 387 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Phastar is an award-winning specialist biometrics and data science CRO, trusted by pharma, biotech, and medical device companies worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MAC Clinical Research is a leading full-service, global Contract Research Organisation (CRO) with over 30 years of experience in clinical trial management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 321 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At WEP Clinical, we operate as a specialist CRO with a proven track record of excellence in designing, managing, and executing Clinical Trials, Expanded Access Programs (EAPs)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Concept Life Sciences is a knowledge-based, science-led and customer-focused contract research and manufacturing organisation with world-leading expertise in the pharmaceutical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Illingworth Research Group™, a Syneos Health® company, is a leading provider of clinical research home health services, providing highly trained, qualified and experienced…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clintec, an IQVIA company, is an innovative, medium-sized, global Contract Research Organization providing global full and functional service support to the pharmaceutical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Panthera is an independent SMO working with pharmaceutical and contract research organizations to find the right patient, for the right trial, at the right time through the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Transpharmation is a contract research organisation led by scientists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Huntingdon Life Sciences was founded in 1952.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Medicines Evaluation Unit (MEU) Ltd, an IQVIA business, is one of the UK’s leading contract research organisations, a facility where commitment to excellence is paramount.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IXICO is no ordinary Imaging Contract Research Organisation (iCRO).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RoukenBio – CRO redefined.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “great people, great work, real results Sequani’s heritage spans more than 50 years when a company called Toxicol Laboratories opened for business in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OXON Epidemiology is a European full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) specialised in real-world evidence (RWE) and observational research across all major therapeutic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Protas is transforming clinical trials for the benefit of patients worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Purdie Pascoe is a privately owned market research firm specialising in delivering quality insights and regulatory support to the medical technology industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2003 by Dr Graeme Ladds, PharSafer® is a specialist Contract Research Organisation (CRO) in Global Clinical and Post Marketing Drug Safety, and Medical Services, with a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arctoris is a tech-enabled Partnership Research Organization (PRO) headquartered in Oxford.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ARC's purpose is to expedite access to precision medicine clinical trials for patients globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 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: medical research organizations. 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 medical research organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of medical research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name medical research organizations. 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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Medical research organizations based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 15, 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 239 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 medical research organizations, 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 “medical research organizations”. 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 medical research organizations), 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 medical research organizations, 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, 7,998 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 15, 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.
Medical research organizations by metro
- Medical research organizations in London68
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 medical research organizations, 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 medical research organizations are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 239 medical research organizations 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?
Almac Group, headquartered in Craigavon, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most medical research organizations?
London leads with 68 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (12) and Nottingham (9).
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 7,998 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 239 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 15, 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.
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