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Top 25 Surface treatment and coating companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 559 surface treatment and coating companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,103 professional contacts across them, including 909 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers surface treatment and coating 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 22, 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.
The 25 largest surface treatment and coating companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1975 and with over 40 years’ experience in the buildings coatings industry, Tor Coatings are true specialists in our field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1898, Poeton Industries are a privately owned group of companies specialising in the application of functional coatings to combat all types of wear and corrosion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Electroplating, Paint Finishing and Anodising for Aerospace and General Engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At the forefront of surface treatment technology, our nationwide reputation for quality products, expertise, service and customer care has put us at the forefront of carriageway…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Morrells Woodfinishes Ltd was established in 1902 in London, England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Safinah is an independent coating consultancy with a unique and comprehensive understanding of coatings in the marine, yacht, energy, infrastructure and chemical sectors, in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Denholm Universal Ltd was established in specialising in high quality surface preparation and protective coatings for engineering, petro-chemical, subsea, power and civil…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jack Tighe established the company in 1954, following a successful cycling career in which he represented his country on the track and was selected for the Olympic Games.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The UKs Premier Surface Preparation & Specialist Surface Coatings Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over a century, Frederick Cooper has set the standard in high-performance finishing in wet paint and powder coating.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Corrocoat has been providing cost effective anti corrosion methods, materials and engineering rehabilitation expertise for over 30 years and enjoys a proven track record in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Chemco International, we have over 30 years experience in designing and manufacturing the most advanced speciality coatings for the Marine, Industrial, Offshore, Petrochemical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Symphony Coatings Group is your premier partner for professional coatings, equipment, & expert support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1899, Fujichem Sonneborn develops, manufactures and exports Thermal, UV, PVD and Dual Cure coating technologies to fulfil specific market needs in over 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Metallisation is now a part of Kymera International.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We have more than 40 years experience in the development and application of high performance surface treatments for a variety of applications, with particular expertise in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACT is UK’s premier industrial coating company with manufacturing sites based in the West Midlands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Highland provides a unique range of metal finishing services for steel and aluminium.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Industrial & Commercial Painting Services” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Indestructible Paint Ltd are a British, independent manufacturer of specialist coatings, who supply high performance surface coatings engineered to provide solutions for a wide…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With over 60 years of industry experience, DAL is a global specialist in the application of a range of protective coatings against metal degradation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Engineered Performance Coatings (EPC) is a surface engineering company specialising in the application of thermal spray coatings used in the aerospace defence, nuclear, oil & gas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trimite Global Coatings manufactures a wide range of industrial paints, coatings and metal pretreatment products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Schloetter Co Ltd was established in Pershore in 1969.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rősler is the world’s leading surface finishing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: surface treatment and coating 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 surface treatment and coating companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of surface treatment and coating companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name surface treatment and coating 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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Surface treatment and coating companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
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 559 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 surface treatment and coating 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 “surface treatment and coating 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 surface treatment and coating 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 surface treatment and coating 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, 909 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 22, 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.
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 surface treatment and coating 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 surface treatment and coating companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 559 surface treatment and coating 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?
TOR Coatings, headquartered in Gateshead, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most surface treatment and coating companies?
London leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (16) and Sheffield (15).
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 909 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 559 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 22, 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.
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