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Top 20 Surfactant manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 27 surfactant manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,023 professional contacts across them, including 439 with verified work emails. Manchester is the largest hub.

This list covers surfactant 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.

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27Companies
1,023Contacts tracked
439Verified emails
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The 20 largest surfactant manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 27 surfactant 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 surfactant 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
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 evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20088 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Surfachem, a 2M Group company, is an international surfactant and speciality chemical distributor, offering an extensive ingredient portfolio, technical expertise and global…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Partial evidenceBuxton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-50064 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Selden Research Ltd, the UK’s largest privately owned industrial manufacturer of cleaning chemical products for the professional market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Partial evidenceBirkenhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Holiferm develops processes for and manufactures innovative, green and sustainable biosurfactants.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Partial evidenceIrlam, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20047 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Partial evidenceMiddlewich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PennWhite is a leading manufacturer of foam control agents sold under the FoamDoctor® brand and of other speciality chemicals sold to more than 50 countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Strong evidenceDukinfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5020 contacts →

Strong 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
8Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The White Sea and Baltic Company Ltd is a leading distributor of speciality chemicals, offering a wide range of chemicals to customers in both the UK and abroad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect 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
10Partial evidenceBeith, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2007 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For more than 100 years, TR Bonnyman Son & Company Ltd has successfully manufactured and marketed a range of top quality vehicle cleaning and preparation chemicals, including…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBridgwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2007 contacts →

Indirect 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
12Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With expertise in product development and manufacturing, technical support and quality assurance, plus our flexible product development facilities, we are able to manufacture not…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Partial evidenceCarrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2006 contacts →

Partial evidence

SURFACTANTS LIMITED since 2002, specialises in the provision and application of surfactants and associated products to the chemical industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Based near Manchester, Lakeland is a well established manufacturer of Speciality Surfactants.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSwadlincote, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-2004 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GRI Group is a manufacturer, distributor and brand owner supplying customers globally and operating in the 3 key following areas: 1.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCononley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Friendly Chemical Co is a young company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Partial evidenceHull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MULTEX (established in the year 1974) is the leading manufacturer of an extensive range of high performance cleaning products & chemicals from general cleaning and maintenance, to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Partial evidenceOrpington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-501 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Teepol is the longest established detergent manufacturer in the UK.”

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

Indirect evidence

“We are a chemical manufacturing company which specialise in creating and manufacturing pH neutral detergents for industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Surfactant manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
42.9%Verified-email coverage
37.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
14.8%Largest-city concentration · Manchester
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 27 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 surfactant 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 “surfactant 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 surfactant 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 surfactant 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, 439 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 surfactant 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 surfactant manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 27 surfactant 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?

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

Which city has the most surfactant manufacturers?

Manchester leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Birkenhead (2) and Leeds (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 439 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 27 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.