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Top 25 Specialized lifting equipment manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Name: Specialized lifting equipment manufacturers based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 635 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 635 specialized lifting equipment manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 7,259 professional contacts across them, including 2,855 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialized lifting equipment 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 18, 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 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest specialized lifting equipment manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 635 specialized lifting equipment manufacturers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialized lifting equipment 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ainscough Crane Hire	Partial evidence	Standish, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	627 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ainscough Crane Hire is the market leader for lifting solutions and services to the infrastructure, construction, power generation, and industrial markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2	Motive Offshore Group LTD	Strong evidence	Banff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	283 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Motive Offshore Group specialises in the design, manufacture, rental, and inspection of marine and lifting equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	King Lifting	Partial evidence	Avonmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	196 contacts →
	Partial evidence “After four decades of providing excellent service and value for money, King Lifting is today the leading Crane Hire, Heavy Lift, Machinery Movement and Transport specialist in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	ACE Winches An Ashtead Technology Company	Strong evidence	Aberdeenshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	162 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ACE Winches, a part of the Ashtead Technology group is a global leader in the design, manufacture and hire of lifting, pulling and deploying solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	GGR Group	Partial evidence	Oldham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GGR Group is the UK’s leading specialist lifting solutions provider, trusted by industries nationwide for over 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6	Falcon Tower Crane Services LTD	Indirect evidence	Thetford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	158 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are the largest tower crane supplier in the United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7	Ardent Hire Solutions	Strong evidence	Bedford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	115 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ardent Hire Solutions is THE leading specialist rental provider of material handling and lifting equipment, dedicated to delivering spectacular customer service and value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	Mechan Limited	Strong evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	112 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rail Depot Lifting & Handling Equipment Engineered to withstand the constant demands of Rail depots and workshops, our lifting and handling equipment is built to outperform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9	Hiab UK	Indirect evidence	Ellesmere, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	10001+	103 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hiab is a leading provider of smart and sustainable load handling solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10	Gtaccess LTD	Indirect evidence	Bromsgrove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GTAccess Ltd is recognised as one of the largest independently owned access companies in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11	Paterson Simons & Co. Africa LTD	Strong evidence	Brighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	90 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paterson Simons & Co.(Africa) Ltd.[PSAL] specialises in sales, lease, rental and service of lifting and handling equipment with a focus on shipping, mining and industry in West…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12	Liebherr Great Britain	Indirect evidence	Biggleswade, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1949, the Liebherr Group comprises over 140 companies on all continents and employs 47,925 people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13	Street Crane	Partial evidence	High Peak, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	69 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Street Crane is the UK’s largest overhead crane and hoist manufacturer, established in 1946.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14	Radius Group	Partial evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Radius Group is a premium service-oriented lifting solutions provider, based in Northampton, UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15	Pro-Lifting UK LTD	Partial evidence	Wyboston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CPA Contract Lifting / Crane Management / Crane Lifting Consultant / Pro-Lifting UK / Lifting Management / Lifting Experts Pro-Lifting UK Ltd is a leading contractor in lifting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16	Hird LTD	Strong evidence	Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HIRD Ltd have extensive experience in many forms of lifting & moving equipment hire and sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17	City Lifting Limited	Strong evidence	Purfleet, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Strong evidence “City Lifting is a specialist crane hire company, with an enviable reputation for providing high quality equipment and machinery, alongside excellent customer service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18	Southern Cranes & Access LTD	Indirect evidence	Southwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Southern Cranes & Access Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19	Bryn Thomas Cranes LTD	Partial evidence	Flint, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bryn Thomas Cranes provides a one-stop-shop for all your lifting requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	R J Lifts Group Limited	Indirect evidence	Stoke On Trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RJ Lifts Group Ltd, is the UK's Leading Independent Employee Owned Lift Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	Deltron Lifts	Indirect evidence	Kingswinford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here at Deltron Lifts, we offer a turnkey service for all your lifts and stair lifts needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Arbil Lifting	Strong evidence	Stourbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since being founded in 1963, Arbil has grown to become a trusted industry leader in the sales, hire, and service of lifting equipment, specialist rail tools, and 4x4 aftermarket…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	Commhoist	Partial evidence	Warrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Commhoist, a leading provider of innovative lifting and logistics solutions in the infrastructure and telecommunications sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24	Lift & Engineering Services LTD	Indirect evidence	Cradley Heath, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lift & Engineering Services Ltd is an established lift company with over 39 years’ trading experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25	RRS Group	Partial evidence	Portsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rapid Response Solutions Ltd was formed to find safe and effective solutions to the machinery moving, technical lifting, engineering and transportation needs of its customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 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: specialized lifting equipment manufacturers. 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 specialized lifting equipment manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialized lifting equipment manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialized lifting equipment manufacturers. 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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Specialized lifting equipment manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

39.3%Verified-email coverage

11.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

276

11-50

244

51-200

201-500

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 635 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 specialized lifting equipment 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 “specialized lifting equipment 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 specialized lifting equipment 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 specialized lifting equipment 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, 2,855 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 18, 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.

Specialized lifting equipment manufacturers by metro

Specialized lifting equipment manufacturers in London30

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 specialized lifting equipment 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 specialized lifting equipment manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 635 specialized lifting equipment 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?

Ainscough Crane Hire, headquartered in Standish, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialized lifting equipment manufacturers?

London leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (10) and Aberdeen (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 2,855 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 635 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 18, 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.