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Top 25 Pharmaceutical wholesale based in the United Kingdom

Name: Pharmaceutical wholesale based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026 580 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 580 pharmaceutical wholesale headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 24,258 professional contacts across them, including 6,619 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceutical wholesale 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 15, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest pharmaceutical wholesale based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 580 pharmaceutical wholesale based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceutical wholesale: 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	Alliance Healthcare	Partial evidence	Woking, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	10001+	3,343 contacts →
	Partial evidence “o Alliance Healthcare is the licensed European wholesale distribution network for Cencora.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2	AAH Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,006 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AAH is a leading distributor of pharmaceutical and healthcare products serving pharmacies, hospitals and dispensing doctors nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3	Sciensus	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1,001-5,000	572 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sciensus is the UK’s leading provider of complex clinical care at home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4	Stada Thornton & Ross	Partial evidence	Huddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	501-1,000	434 contacts →
	Partial evidence “STADA Thornton & Ross focuses on a three-pillar strategy consisting of consumer healthcare products, generics, and specialty pharmaceuticals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5	Phoenix Medical Supplies LTD	Indirect evidence	Runcorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	5,001-10,000	320 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our vision is to be the best integrated healthcare provider, wherever we are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6	Mawdsleys	Partial evidence	Salford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	501-1,000	292 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1825, we are a UK-based pharmaceutical services provider with over 200 years of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7	B&s Group	Partial evidence	Perivale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
8	LEXON	Partial evidence	Redditch, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	176 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The UK’s largest short-line pharmacy wholesaler.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9	Wockhardt UK	Strong evidence	Wrexham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	139 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wockhardt UK (WUK) is a diverse pharmaceutical business being a major supplier of healthcare products to the NHS via Hospitals, Multiple Retail Pharmacy Chains, Wholesalers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10	Waymade PLC	Partial evidence	Basildon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	123 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vijay and Bhikhu Patel, who together founded Waymade Plc, have seen it grow from a single chemist’s shop in Essex into a pharmaceuticals company with a turnover in excess of £300m…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11	Avicenna Buying Group	Indirect evidence	Selsdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	120 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Avicenna group believes in a better pharmacy, and aspires towards this through operations across two core areas; the Avicenna Support Group & Avicenna Retail Pharmacy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12	Ethigen LTD	Indirect evidence	East Kilbride, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	n/a	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13	Xeal Pharma	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
14	Bestway Healthcare UK	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	5,001-10,000	96 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With the purpose of improving the lives of our patients and customers, Bestway Healthcare supports communities across the United Kingdom and Ireland through an extensive network…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15	Smartway Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Smartway Pharmaceuticals is a London based MHRA authorised distributor, standing at the forefront of pharmaceutical and healthcare products supply.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16	Clarusone Sourcing Services, LLP	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ClarusONE Sourcing Services' mission is to improve the health of people through responsible, best-in-class sourcing services that lower costs for our members and their customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17	Bell's Healthcare	Strong evidence	Widnes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Strong 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 15, 2026
18	Alliance Healthcare In The UK	Partial evidence	Chessington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	5,001-10,000	83 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alliance Healthcare is the licensed European wholesale distribution network for Cencora.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19	Astute Healthcare Limited	Partial evidence	Hitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	68 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Astute Healthcare Limited is a privately held & well established pharmaceutical distributor and supplier to the Healthcare sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20	Spey Medical LTD	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	68 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SPEY MEDICAL was established in 1990 as a regional pharmaceutical wholesaler in Central Asia (CA).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21	Teva UK Limited	Partial evidence	Eastbourne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “UK/IE operation of a expanding global conglomerate Company dealing in pharmaceutical generics with added-value as well as routine products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22	John Bell & Croyden	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1798, John Bell & Croyden are a multi-channel beauty and wellness business based within the Harley Street Medical Area, London, W1.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23	SIGMA	Partial evidence	Watford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 2026
24	Forrest Fresh Foods LTD	Indirect evidence	Rochdale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a family run business Forrest Fresh Foods was established in 1996, At Forrest Fresh Foods, we’re all about doing the right thing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25	CST Pharma Limited	Partial evidence	Aldridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 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 15, 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 wholesale. 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 wholesale.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of pharmaceutical wholesale, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name pharmaceutical wholesale. 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 wholesale based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026

27.3%Verified-email coverage

41.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

19.1%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

300

11-50

176

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 580 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 wholesale, 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 wholesale”. 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 wholesale), 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 wholesale, 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, 6,619 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.

Pharmaceutical wholesale by metro

Pharmaceutical wholesale in London111

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 wholesale, 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 wholesale are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 580 pharmaceutical wholesale 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?

Alliance Healthcare, headquartered in Woking, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most pharmaceutical wholesale?

London leads with 111 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (16) and Birmingham (15).

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 6,619 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 580 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.