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Top 25 Pharmaceutical ingredient distributors based in the United Kingdom

Name: Pharmaceutical ingredient distributors based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 291 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 291 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 8,141 professional contacts across them, including 4,568 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceutical ingredient distributors 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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8,141Contacts tracked

4,568Verified emails

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The 25 largest pharmaceutical ingredient distributors based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 291 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors: 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	Almac Group	Indirect evidence	Craigavon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	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 17, 2026
2	B&s Group	Partial evidence	Perivale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	250 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Operating since B&S Group with its global presence has become one of the leading Pharmaceutical suppliers in the UK, experts in nationwide distribution and at the forefront of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Wasdell Group	Partial evidence	Swindon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	192 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Wasdell Group provides the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries with solutions to a range of outsourcing requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	LEXON	Indirect evidence	Redditch, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The UK’s largest short-line pharmacy wholesaler.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Ethigen LTD	Indirect evidence	East Kilbride, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Xeal Pharma	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Xeal Pharma is a specials manufacturer with a reputation in the industry for quality, reliability and efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Cornelius Group PLC	Strong evidence	Bishops Stortford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	94 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cornelius is an independent European manufacturer and distributor of raw materials and speciality ingredients supporting new product development in the health & nutrition, care…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	IPS Pharma	Partial evidence	West Molesey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IPS Pharma is an independent international pharmaceutical services company operating in three main areas: Unlicensed medicines (Unlicensed Imports and Specials), Clinical Trials…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Bell's Healthcare	Partial evidence	Widnes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a leading manufacturer of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, Bell’s Healthcare have the quality and capacity, history and heritage, to supply UK wholesalers, international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Astute Healthcare Limited	Strong evidence	Hitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	68 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Astute Healthcare Limited is a privately held & well established pharmaceutical distributor and supplier to the Healthcare sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	SIGMA	Partial evidence	Watford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sigma has been established as a licensed wholesaler and distributor for over 35 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	CST Pharma Limited	Partial evidence	Aldridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 2002, CST Pharma have been procuring and supplying the UK pharmaceutical sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Molekula Group	Partial evidence	Darlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Molekula is a manufacturer and distributor of Fine Chemicals and Biochemicals in Bulk and Research quantities Founded in in France and the UK to initially support the Chemical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	MNK	Indirect evidence	S41, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Ransom Naturals LTD	Partial evidence	Hitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For over 180 years, Ransom Naturals has combined botanical expertise with scientific excellence to develop and manufacture premium natural extracts for the pharmaceutical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Lake Chemicals & Minerals	Indirect evidence	Redditch, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Lake, we’re innovators – we bring thinkers together to make incredible things happen – delivering real value for suppliers and customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	High Force Research LTD	Indirect evidence	Durham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “High Force Research specialise in chemical synthesis and R&D and offer chemistry built on many years of experience in development and scale-up of complex syntheses of molecules…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Thew Arnott	Partial evidence	Wallington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Thew Arnott is focussed on the development, manufacture and sales of speciality ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Mediwin Ppip LTD	Partial evidence	Littlehampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mediwin was established in 2001 and specialises in the importation, repackaging and distribution of pharmaceutical products throughout the UK and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Alium Medical	Partial evidence	Borehamwood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Specialists in the global sourcing and supply of pharmaceutical products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	A1 Pharmaceuticals PLC	Partial evidence	Rainham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Importer and exporter of branded pharmaceuticals and medical devices The product range includes major branded surgical dressings manufactured by large international companies eg…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Spectrumx	Partial evidence	Knutsford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SpectrumX is a UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer operating an MHRA-licensed facility for the production of unlicensed medicines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	KEY Pharmaceuticals Limited	Partial evidence	Cambridgeshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Based in Worcestershire, UK, with additional offices in Cambridge, Dublin and Pune, Key Pharmaceuticals is proud to be part of the Bestway Health Care Group, which has extensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Cross Healthcare LTD	Indirect evidence	Throsk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Parallel Importer of prescription medicines” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Fluorochem LTD	Partial evidence	Hadfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fluorochem is a leading supplier in the chemical industry, with nearly 60 years of experience supporting scientists in chemistry, pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemistry, and…” 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: pharmaceutical ingredient distributors. 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of pharmaceutical ingredient distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name pharmaceutical ingredient distributors. 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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Pharmaceutical ingredient distributors based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

56.1%Verified-email coverage

28.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

15.5%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

138

11-50

103

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 291 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors, 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 “pharmaceutical ingredient distributors”. 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors), 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors, 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, 4,568 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.

Pharmaceutical ingredient distributors by metro

Pharmaceutical ingredient distributors in London45

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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors, 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 291 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors 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 pharmaceutical ingredient distributors?

London leads with 45 headquartered companies, followed by Watford (8) and Birmingham (6).

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 4,568 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 291 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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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.