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Top 25 Packaging research firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Packaging research firms based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 448 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 448 packaging research firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 16,066 professional contacts across them, including 6,676 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers packaging research firms 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest packaging research firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 448 packaging research firms 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 packaging research firms: 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	DS Smith	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	10,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DS Smith provides innovative packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	MMR Research	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	596 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With unrivaled experience across food and drink, household and personal care and beyond, we design qualitative and quantitative solutions that address your business issues -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Macfarlane Packaging	Partial evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	401 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We want your business to benefit from the best ideas and products in packaging.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Equator Design	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	289 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Equator, a division of Marks and part of the Propelis Group, is a global packaging design agency, delivering strategy to shelf without compromise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	HCP Global Cosmetics Packaging	Partial evidence	Bournemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	177 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HCP is one of the world’s leading primary packaging suppliers with a particular focus on the design, development and production of packaging materials and solutions for the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Mailway Packaging Solutions	Indirect evidence	Bradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1977, Mailway is one of the longest established co-packers in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Keenpac	Indirect evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Luxury is in everything we create.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Alexir Partnership	Indirect evidence	Edenbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Turning heads made easy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Interflex Group UK	Indirect evidence	Scunthorpe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	74 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	KEN Wilkins Print Limited	Partial evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	71 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Wilkins Group are specialists in supplying retail packaging worldwide to a wide range of markets such as food – chilled and frozen, textiles, confectionery, toiletries and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Robinson Packaging	Partial evidence	Wheatbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	69 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Robinson understands the critical role packaging plays in engaging the consumer and conveying brand values.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Fords Packaging Systems LTD	Indirect evidence	Kempston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	69 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Shaping the Future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Go-Pak Group	Partial evidence	Yate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Go-Pak is an award-winning manufacturer providing packaging solutions to the food service, cash & carry and retail sectors globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Samuel Grant Packaging	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Samuel Grant Packaging is a full-service protective packaging consultancy and distributor with its head office in Leeds, United Kingdom and branches in Jarrow and Stockport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Waddington Europe	Partial evidence	Milton Keynes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Waddington Europe™ a division of Novolex®, is a leading European plastic packaging specialist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Hazel 4d	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WE’RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE PACKAGING SUPPLIER.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	idpdirect.com	Partial evidence	Huntingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Factory-direct retail packaging manufacturer of paper bags, rigid boxes, tissue & accessories in 100% owned factories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Ecoveritas	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ecoveritas is a packaging data specialist providing a range of tools and expertise to brands, retailers and their supply chains to efficiently minimise their environmental impact…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Tri-Star Packaging	Partial evidence	Enfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We understand food and we understand packaging.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Acopia Group LTD	Indirect evidence	Bognor Regis, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We've been supporting leading brands for nearly half a century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Pulpex	Partial evidence	Sawston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PULPEX is a world-class, sustainable packaging technology company with the single-minded mission to use material science innovation to enable and deliver much-needed and highly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging	Partial evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are one of world's largest independent packaging manufacturers and the only company in mainland Europe who can offer a combined solution for both internal and external…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Polybags PB Packaging Group LTD	Partial evidence	Greenford Middlesex, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Polybags is the UK's number one flexible film packaging manufacturer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Smithers	Indirect evidence	Leatherhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With over 90 years of experience, Smithers provides strategic and technical consulting, testing, intelligence and events to help clients gain market insights, identify…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Constantia FFP LTD	Partial evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Constantia FFP is based in Northamptonshire in the UK and is a leading flexible packaging manufacturer, supplying award-winning, innovative printed and plain films and laminates…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: packaging research firms. 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 packaging research firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of packaging research firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name packaging research firms. 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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Packaging research firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

41.6%Verified-email coverage

35.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

11.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

204

11-50

138

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 448 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 packaging research firms, 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 “packaging research firms”. 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 packaging research firms), 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 packaging research firms, 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, 6,676 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: 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.

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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 packaging research firms, 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 packaging research firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 448 packaging research firms 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?

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

Which city has the most packaging research firms?

London leads with 50 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (13) and Leeds (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 6,676 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 448 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.