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Top 25 Optical electronics manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 108 optical electronics manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,763 professional contacts across them, including 612 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers optical electronics manufacturers 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 17, 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 25 largest optical electronics manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 108 optical electronics manufacturers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to optical electronics manufacturers: 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 17, 20261,001-5,000391 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200148 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HUBER+SUHNER Polatis delivers the world's lowest loss optical circuit switching solutions for dynamic remote fiber-layer provisioning, protection, monitoring, reconfiguration and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1971, Edinburgh Instruments Ltd is a global provider in the research, development and manufacturing of state-of-the-art spectroscopic instrumentation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Strong evidenceSouthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50081 contacts →

Strong evidence

“TRUMPF Laser UK Ltd (formally SPI Lasers) design and manufacture optical fiber-based lasers for a wide range of industries including automotive, medical, solar, printing and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceDidcot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As one of the most successful spin outs from Oxford University, Oxford Lasers have been at the forefront of laser technology for nearly 50 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceDalgety Bay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026
7Partial evidenceHarrietsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceHuntingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Laser UK is a major distributor of high-end photonics products, including laser-based systems, optical and fibre optic components, and premium telecoms and networking products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are specialist suppliers of compatible fibre optic transceivers and related networking solutions products since 2003.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBexhill-on-sea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Torr Scientific Limited is an innovative company that brings together a unique range of expertise, skills and equipment from the worlds of thin film vacuum coating, vacuum…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceSouthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HiLightSemiconductor is a fabless chip company founded by veterans of multiple previous successful start-ups in the optical communications industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Partial evidenceHaverhill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Specialty Fiber Optic assemblies, Components, and Integrated Optical Solutions with the highest quality, the best designs and most innovative engineering content for their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHarpenden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1977, Lambda Photometrics Ltd is a leading supplier of characterisation, measurement and analysis equipment, applied to signals from DC to Light.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceSouthend-on-sea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FOLAN is your one-stop solution for fibre optics, fibre optic data network and telecommunication products with associated services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Partial evidenceBournemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Approved Technology are a leading distributor of optical network connectivity solutions since 2008.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Partial evidenceHemel Hempstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Beck Optronic Solutions has a heritage stretching back to 1839 and a proud history of designing and manufacturing precision optical solutions to suit a wide range of briefs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Strong evidenceAylesbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Carclo Optics boasts unrivalled expertise in LED optical design, development and manufacture.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Partial evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial 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 17, 2026
21Strong evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Partial evidenceSedgefield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“aXenic are leaders in the design, development and production of optical modulators for communications and sensing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceLeigh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1994 as a specialist supplier of optoelectronic components into the electronic manufacturing industry, our continued success is based upon well-maintained…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Strong evidenceWokingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-509 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PFO is a world leader in the design and manufacture of optoelectronics test instruments for characterisation of Optical Fiber.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Strong evidenceTunbridge Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2009 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pyser Optics is a specialist independent UK manufacturer of precision optical and electro-optical equipment and associated components.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Optical electronics manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
34.7%Verified-email coverage
16.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
7.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
44
11-50
42
51-200
15
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
2

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 108 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 optical electronics manufacturers, 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 “optical electronics manufacturers”. 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 optical electronics manufacturers), 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 optical electronics manufacturers, 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, 612 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 17, 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 optical electronics manufacturers, 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 optical electronics manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 108 optical electronics manufacturers 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 optical electronics manufacturers?

London leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Edinburgh (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 612 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 108 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 17, 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.