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Top 25 Specialty chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Specialty chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 337 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 337 specialty chemicals companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 11,921 professional contacts across them, including 5,610 with verified work emails and 1,202 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chemicals companies 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 6, 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

337Companies

11,921Contacts tracked

5,610Verified emails

1,202Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest specialty chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 337 specialty chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty chemicals companies: 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	CRODA	Indirect evidence	Goole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,780 contacts →
	“Since 1925 we have been the name behind sustainable, high-performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Synthomer	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,996 contacts →
	“Synthomer plc is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3	Infineum	Strong evidence	Abingdon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,686 contacts →
	“We are a Specialty Chemicals Company with powerful research and development capabilities around innovative chemistry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4	Thor Group	Indirect evidence	Wincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	620 contacts →
	“You may not realise it, but THOR’s extraordinary ingredients are likely already a part of your life.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	Scott Bader	Indirect evidence	Wellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	523 contacts →
	“Chemistry is at the heart of everyday life, and this is where you’ll find Scott Bader.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6	Lianhetech Europe Limited	Partial evidence	Middlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	160 contacts →
	“Lianhetech Seal Sands is a leading European contract manufacturer of high quality fine chemicals for use in the Crop Protection, Pharmaceutical and Performance chemicals markets.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7	Briar Chemicals Limited	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	150 contacts →
	“Briar Chemicals delivers contract and custom manufacturing solutions to customers across the globe.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	Tennants Distribution LTD	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	94 contacts →
	“Delivering every element - Tennants Distribution Ltd is a leading independent distributor of chemicals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9	Surfachem	Strong evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	88 contacts →
	“Surfachem, a 2M Group company, is an international surfactant and speciality chemical distributor, offering an extensive ingredient portfolio, technical expertise and global…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10	Thomas Swan & Co. LTD	Indirect evidence	Consett, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	87 contacts →
	“Thomas Swan & Co.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11	Fine Organics Limited	Partial evidence	Middlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	84 contacts →
	“Fine Organics, a Lianhe Chemical Technology business, is a leading European contract manufacturer of high quality fine chemicals for use in the Crop Protection, Pharmaceutical and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12	Reda Energy	Indirect evidence	Westhill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	82 contacts →
	“REDA Energy is a leading provider of chemistry solutions and associated services to the energy industry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	James Briggs LTD	Partial evidence	Oldham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	“Founded in the North of England almost two centuries ago, James Briggs Ltd is proud to be one of Europe’s largest consumer chemicals businesses today.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	Multisol Group	Strong evidence	Daresbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	65 contacts →
	“Multisol is a market leader in the formulation, blending and distribution of high value fuel and lubricant additives, base oils and speciality chemicals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15	Airedale Group	Partial evidence	Keighley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	“Airedale Group manufacture and distribute an extensive range of chemical related products and services Established in 1973 we have been providing chemical distribution for five…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16	2m Group Of Companies	Indirect evidence	Runcorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	50 contacts →
	“The 2M Group of Companies supply added value chemistry-based products, services, and applications know-how to the life science and material science sectors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17	Banner Chemicals	Strong evidence	Runcorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	“Founded in 1860, Banner supplies an extensive range of solvents and specialty chemicals to a variety of market sectors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	Eternis Fine Chemicals UK LTD	Partial evidence	Leek, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	“Eternis Fine Chemicals is based in Leek, Staffordshire and is a global supplier of Liquid Chemicals for the use by manufacturers in Primary Production Processes Exporting to…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19	Apollo Scientific LTD	Partial evidence	Denton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	“We’re specialists in the manufacture and supply of aromatic, heterocyclic and aliphatic compounds, fluorochemicals and life sciences reagents, offering unrivalled service and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20	Libra Speciality Chemicals LTD	Strong evidence	Irlam, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	“At Libra Speciality Chemicals, we have been setting the standards in the provision of high-quality chemical and speciality surfactant manufacturing for over 50 years.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21	William Blythe Limited	Partial evidence	Accrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	“William Blythe is a a customer led materials business, supplying differentiated technically advanced speciality products and target specified applications and niche markets around…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22	Blagden	Strong evidence	Westerham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	“Blagden is a leading supplier of specialty chemicals for the UK and Ireland.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Molekula Group	Partial evidence	Darlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24	Exwold Technology LTD	Strong evidence	Hartlepool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	“Exwold is a contract chemical processing company based in the UK with decades of experience formulating and processing speciality chemicals for multi-national chemical and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	Powder Systems Limited PSL	Partial evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	“Powder Systems Ltd (PSL) is a global manufacturer of innovative technologies and process services used in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and fine chemicals industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 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: specialty chemicals companies. 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 specialty chemicals companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty chemicals companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty chemicals companies. 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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Specialty chemicals companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

47.1%Verified-email coverage

10.1%Mobile-number coverage

35.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

9.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

116

11-50

141

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

5,2210–30

35231–60

461–90

590–180

28180+

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 chemicals companies, 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 chemicals companies”. 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 chemicals companies), 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 chemicals companies, 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, 5,610 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 6, 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.

Specialty chemicals companies by metro

Specialty chemicals companies in London31

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 chemicals companies, 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 chemicals companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 337 specialty chemicals companies 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?

CRODA, headquartered in Goole, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty chemicals companies?

London leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (12) and Manchester (11).

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 5,610 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 337 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 6, 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.