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Top 25 Specialty medicines distribution companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Specialty medicines distribution companies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 180 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 180 specialty medicines distribution companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 13,661 professional contacts across them, including 2,854 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty medicines distribution 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 16, 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 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest specialty medicines distribution companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 180 specialty medicines distribution companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty medicines distribution 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	Alliance Healthcare	Partial evidence	Woking, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	3,343 contacts →
	Partial evidence “o Alliance Healthcare is the licensed European wholesale distribution network for Cencora.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	World Courier	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,115 contacts →
	Partial evidence “World Courier, a part of Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), provides specialty logistics services to drive the clinical and commercial success of our partners around the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	AAH Pharmaceuticals	Indirect evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,006 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AAH is a leading distributor of pharmaceutical and healthcare products serving pharmacies, hospitals and dispensing doctors nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Healthcare At Home	Indirect evidence	Burton Upon Trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	884 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sciensus, we’re proud to be a leading healthcare provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Biocair	Partial evidence	Cambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	363 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Biocair is a global GDP logistics specialist with over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Pharmanovia	Partial evidence	Basildon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	300 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pharmanovia is an innovative specialty pharmaceutical company with a clear purpose: helping patients lead fuller lives today and tomorrow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Mawdsleys	Indirect evidence	Salford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	292 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1825, we are a UK-based pharmaceutical services provider with over 200 years of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	B&s Group	Partial evidence	Perivale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
9	Phoenix Healthcare Distribution LTD	Partial evidence	Runcorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	246 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution is a national full-line pharmaceutical wholesaler with ‘Four Nation’ coverage in the UK and a network of 13 depots.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Polar Speed	Indirect evidence	Leighton Buzzard, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	142 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Marken, UPS Healthcare Precision Logistics (formerly Marken, MNX & Polar Speed), the clinical and advanced therapy subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, unites expertise across healthcare…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Ethigen LTD	Indirect evidence	East Kilbride, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Essential Pharma	Strong evidence	Egham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Essential Pharma is an international specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to maintaining access to clinically differentiated, niche medicines in small patient populations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Smartway Pharmaceuticals	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Indirect 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 16, 2026
14	Alliance Healthcare In The UK	Partial evidence	Chessington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
15	Astute Healthcare Limited	Indirect evidence	Hitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Astute Healthcare Limited is a privately held & well established pharmaceutical distributor and supplier to the Healthcare sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Lf&e Temperature Controlled Logistics	Partial evidence	Normanton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	62 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Specialising in healthcare logistics, LF & E works with some of the largest pharmaceutical, medical, healthcare and clinical trial organisations in both the public and private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	SIGMA	Indirect evidence	Watford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sigma has been established as a licensed wholesaler and distributor for over 35 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	CST Pharma Limited	Indirect evidence	Aldridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 2002, CST Pharma have been procuring and supplying the UK pharmaceutical sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Clarity Pharma Limited	Partial evidence	Bishop's Stortford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Clarity Pharma Ltd is an award-winning, pharma and health distribution services company, working on behalf of manufacturers within pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Global Service Group LTD	Partial evidence	Sunbury-on-thames, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a contract distribution company, working with commercial and public sector organisations to deliver either business-critical or medical-critical efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Mediwin Ppip LTD	Strong evidence	Littlehampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mediwin was established in 2001 and specialises in the importation, repackaging and distribution of pharmaceutical products throughout the UK and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Transpharma International	Partial evidence	Bedford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Transpharma International is a specialised freight forwarding provider for the healthcare and life sciences industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Qmed Pharma	Indirect evidence	Stratford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With a combined experience of over 50 years of working within the healthcare sector, we noticed that there was a lack of quality service providers within the UK - organisations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Eaststone LTD	Partial evidence	Westhoughton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Based in Greater Manchester, with easy access to the main arterial routes, Eaststone is perfectly placed to service the specialist requirements of both our pharmacy customers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Ideal Medical Solutions	Partial evidence	Epsom, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ideal Medical Solutions Ltd is an award winning UK medical distribution company based in Surrey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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 medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty medicines distribution companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

20.9%Verified-email coverage

75.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

19.4%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

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 180 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 medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution 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, 2,854 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 16, 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 medicines distribution companies by metro

Specialty medicines distribution companies in London35

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 medicines distribution 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 medicines distribution companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 180 specialty medicines distribution 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?

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

Which city has the most specialty medicines distribution companies?

London leads with 35 headquartered companies, followed by Watford (7) and Manchester (5).

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 2,854 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 180 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 16, 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.