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Top 24 Nanoscale optics companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 52 nanoscale optics companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,092 professional contacts across them, including 472 with verified work emails. Edinburgh is the largest hub.

This list covers nanoscale optics 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.

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.

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The 24 largest nanoscale optics companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 24 of 52 nanoscale optics companies 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 nanoscale optics companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceIlminster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000391 contacts →

Partial evidence

“G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceOxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“See protein, DNA and RNA molecules that make life work, in nanoparticles, viruses, bacteria, cells and tissue.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBelfast, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since the formation of Andor Technology in 1989 we have grown to become the global leader in pioneering and manufacturing high performance light measuring solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceRuncorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nanoco Technologies is a UK based nanotechnology company specialising in the development of quantum dots (QDs) and advanced nanomaterials with tailored optical and electronic…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceDalgety Bay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PowerPhotonic are industry leading experts in high precision low loss fused silica optics for beam/image optimization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceHarrietsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Here at Knight Optical, we enable pioneers to harness the power of photonics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Partial evidenceBegbroke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DEVELOPING THE FUTURE OF LASER TECHNOLOGY AND PHOTONICS Opsydia develops and manufactures advanced laser processing systems for next-generation optical packaging and photonic…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Skylark Lasers engineers ultra-stable single frequency CW DPSS lasers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kelvin Nanotechnology are an internationally recognised provider of Advanced Photonics and Quantum Components.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Helia Photonics specialises in demanding optical coatings for micro-optics and light-emitting semiconductor devices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Comar Optics has over 40 years of experience in suppling custom optical components and assemblies for OEMs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wave Photonics is taking a computational approach to integrated photonics design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceFaversham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Photonic Solutions are the exclusive representative of over 40 of the world's premier manufacturers of lasers, imaging solutions, modular spectroscopy instrumentation, detectors…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Crystran Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of high quality optical components.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Siloton specialises in miniaturised optical technology for medical imaging, using quantum photonic chips and OCT to detect and monitor major diseases like macular degeneration…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Looking for the right coating and nanofiber technology for your needs?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceEynsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Uniquely bringing together expertise from the often disparate worlds of optics and ophthalmics to create better products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Partial evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Northern Light Microscopy is a Glasgow‑based precision photonics company developing advanced optical imaging solutions for the life sciences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSt Albans, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elliot Scientific is a major supplier of Opto-Mechanic, Laser, Cryogenic, Magnetic and other systems and components to Science, Research and Industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBasingstoke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RayFos is a scientific software company specialising in high-performance, GPU-accelerated computing for real-time processing, sensing, and imaging.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Metahelios prides itself on providing completely new imaging technologies for several industries through a nanotechnological approach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LIG Nanowise is a Manchester based scientific instruments company founded in 2014, developing world leading product offerings in microscopy and nanopatterning.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Partial evidenceToft, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-501 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to Durham Magneto Optics Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Nanoscale optics companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
43.2%Verified-email coverage
21.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
9.6%Largest-city concentration · Edinburgh
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
19
11-50
27
51-200
4
201-500
1
1,001-5,000
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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 52 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 nanoscale optics 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 “nanoscale optics 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 nanoscale optics 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 nanoscale optics 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, 472 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
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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 nanoscale optics 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 nanoscale optics companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 52 nanoscale optics 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?

G&h Gooch & Housego, headquartered in Ilminster, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nanoscale optics companies?

Edinburgh leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (5) and Cambridge (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 472 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 52 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.