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Top 20 Specialty chemical textile finishers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 38 specialty chemical textile finishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 831 professional contacts across them, including 305 with verified work emails. Leeds is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chemical textile finishers 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.

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The 20 largest specialty chemical textile finishers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 38 specialty chemical textile finishers 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 specialty chemical textile finishers: 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.
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1Indirect evidenceWincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000620 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“You may not realise it, but THOR’s extraordinary ingredients are likely already a part of your life.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2Partial evidenceDukinfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in Lankem Ltd is a UK-based manufacturer of speciality surfactants and performance additives, supporting a wide range of industrial sectors including coatings, emulsion…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Strong evidenceHuddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“WT Johnson is a renowned textile finisher and dyeing company with a global reputation for finishing some of the world's finest fabrics in both apparel and interior furnishings.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Strong evidenceConsett, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Devine Chemicals Ltd is a leading speciality chemicals manufacturer and global distributor based in the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Strong evidenceBrighouse, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1982, Avocet is the leading manufacturer of highly engineered, eco-compliant flame retardant chemicals for textiles, marketed under the CETAFLAM® brand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Strong evidenceBarnsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-509 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Nanoflam are a UK based Chemical Manufacturer of water based, bespoke chemicals for the textile treatment sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-508 contacts →

Strong evidence

“J1 Technologies is a speciality chemical company focused on the development of formulated products and surface active agents through application testing and research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8Partial evidenceKells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We provide customers with a comprehensive textile sourcing, dyeing, finishing and coating service built on our technical expertise, international reach and in-house processing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Strong evidenceBridgwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2007 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CHT UK is part of the CHT Group, a global producer of speciality chemicals supplying the textile, construction, and general industries, including automotive, aerospace and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10Partial evidenceNelson, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

Textile coaters for high fabric performance in waterproof, stainproof, breathable, fire retardent and blackout duties.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Partial evidenceHuddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MTIX Ltd is an advanced materials company focused on developing environmentally (and human) friendly textile processing solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12Partial evidenceWest Yorkshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Roberts Dyers & Finishers is one of the leading worsted and woollen, cotton and linen cloth finishers in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Strong evidenceTodmorden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PreTreat Ltd is a specialty chemicals company based out of Crown Works, Rochdale Road, Todmorden, Lancashire.OL14 6LD”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Strong evidenceGloucestershire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Based in Blockley, Gloucestershire, and with over 40 years’ experience, Coating Technologies Ltd is a manufacturer of speciality chemicals, coatings and technical textiles for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Partial evidenceHalifax, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2003 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Waxman Fibres is a specialist in the development and distribution of high quality, flame resistant and technical fibres.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Strong evidenceDaresbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“New to the market Sublino’s fully patented, chemical technology allows for a safe and easily applied treatment of textiles, under our brand name LoVOC®.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBailiff Bridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“H&C Whitehead was founded in 1925 by two brothers, Harold and Carl Whitehead and has remained in the same family for nearly 90 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Partial evidenceWidnes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-501 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Innovation Chemicals have entered a new era of product research and development over the last 20 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Strong evidenceMorley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Synthron is a subsidiary of Protex International, an independent French industrial group, which develops, manufactures, and markets chemical specialties in various industrial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20Indirect evidenceWellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Specialty chemical textile finishers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
36.7%Verified-email coverage
21.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
7.9%Largest-city concentration · Leeds
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
14
11-50
16
51-200
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201-500
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1,001-5,000
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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 38 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 specialty chemical textile finishers, 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 “specialty chemical textile finishers”. 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 specialty chemical textile finishers), 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 specialty chemical textile finishers, 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, 305 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
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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 specialty chemical textile finishers, 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 specialty chemical textile finishers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 38 specialty chemical textile finishers 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?

Thor Group, headquartered in Wincham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty chemical textile finishers?

Leeds leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Huddersfield (2) and London (2).

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 305 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 38 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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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.