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Top 25 Professional football clubs based in the United Kingdom

Name: Professional football clubs based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 580 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 580 professional football clubs headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 25,644 professional contacts across them, including 4,565 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers professional football clubs 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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25,644Contacts tracked

4,565Verified emails

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The 25 largest professional football clubs based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 580 professional football clubs 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 professional football clubs: 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	Liverpool Football Club	Strong evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	3,134 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Liverpool Football Club was founded in 1892 and is one of the world’s most historic and famous football clubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Arsenal Football Club	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	2,247 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Arsenal Football Club exists to make our fans proud, wherever they are in the world and however they choose to follow us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Manchester City Football Club	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	1,943 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Manchester City FC was initially founded in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton and officially became Manchester City FC in 1894.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Everton Football Club	Strong evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	800 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation and professionalism during the course of a glittering history which now…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	The Premier League	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	757 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Premier League is the top tier of England’s football pyramid, which produces some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Leeds United	Indirect evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	708 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bremner, Charles, Gray, Hunter, Charlton, Lorimer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	West HAM United FC	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	685 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At the heart and soul of London since 1895 West Ham United is a dynamic, fan-focused football Club constantly moving forward but always with an eye on the past.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Nottingham Forest	Strong evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	560 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nottingham Forest is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Scottish Football Association	Partial evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	515 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Scottish FA exists to protect, develop and promote the game for everyone, at all levels – from grassroots to professional, and every kickabout in between.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Celtic Football Club	Strong evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	490 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The main aspect of our business is the operation of a professional football club.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Brentford Football Club	Indirect evidence	Brentford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	484 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Brentford, we make our own way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Rangers Football Club	Partial evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	477 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rangers Football Club is steeped in tradition, has rich and proud history and is a name that conjures up magical memories in the minds of thousands of supporters across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Birmingham City FC	Partial evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	459 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1875, Birmingham City Football Club is a proud, historic institution at the heart of English football and the city of Birmingham.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Ipswich Town FC	Indirect evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	432 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Having achieved promotion in the 2023/24 season, Ipswich Town are now members of the Premier League and play their home fixtures at Portman Road.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	AFC Bournemouth	Strong evidence	Bournemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	360 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AFC Bournemouth are a professional football club, formed in 1899, currently playing in the Premier League – the top tier of English Football, based at Vitality Stadium.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Blackburn Rovers Football Club	Strong evidence	Blackburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	316 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A founder member of the Football League, Blackburn Rovers are one of the most famous football clubs in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Wolves	Partial evidence	Wolverhampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	309 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a founding member of the Football League, we boast one of the richest histories in the beautiful game, shaping modern football while always staying true to our Old Gold roots.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Stoke City Football Club	Strong evidence	Stoke-on-trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	303 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	QPR FC	Strong evidence	South Africa Road, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	277 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) is an English professional football club based at Loftus Road, White City, west London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Luton Town Football Club	Indirect evidence	Luton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	275 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Bolton Wanderers Football Club	Partial evidence	Bolton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	248 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founder members of the Football League, Bolton Wanderers are an ambitious, progressive, diverse and welcoming club.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Reading Football Club	Partial evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	243 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Reading Football Club, we are proud of our history and excited about our future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Portsmouth Football Club	Strong evidence	Portsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	229 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Portsmouth Football Club (PFC), founded in 1898, is a historic professional football club based on the south coast of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Plymouth Argyle Football Club	Partial evidence	Plymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	207 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plymouth Argyle Football Club has made significant strides since emerging from administration in 2011.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Wrexham AFC	Strong evidence	Wrexham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	180 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wrexham AFC is a professional football club based in North Wales and boasts supporters across Wales, the UK and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: professional football clubs. 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 professional football clubs.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of professional football clubs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name professional football clubs. 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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Professional football clubs based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

17.8%Verified-email coverage

44.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

9.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

267

11-50

188

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 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 professional football clubs, 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 “professional football clubs”. 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 professional football clubs), 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 professional football clubs, 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, 4,565 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: 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 professional football clubs, 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 professional football clubs are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 580 professional football clubs 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?

Liverpool Football Club, headquartered in Oth, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most professional football clubs?

London leads with 56 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (12) and Manchester (12).

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 4,565 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 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.