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Top 25 Telephone receptionist services companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 106 telephone receptionist services companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 797 professional contacts across them, including 141 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers telephone receptionist services 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.

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106Companies
797Contacts tracked
141Verified emails
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The 25 largest telephone receptionist services companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 106 telephone receptionist services companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to telephone receptionist services 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.
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1Partial evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20057 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2004 by the ICS Group Ltd, Answer4u is one of the UK’s fastest-growing 24/7 telephone answering services, trusted by more than businesses nationwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Strong evidenceFerndown, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20057 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Message Direct has been one of the UK’s leading 24/7 telephone answering and virtual receptionist services, trusted by thousands of businesses to make sure every call and every…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidencePortsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in Frontline has become one of the UK's leading Telephone Answering Services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceWare, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Best Reception was established in 2006 and offers Virtual Reception services for businesses and organisations of all sizes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRedruth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Phoneta we’re always on the phone so you don’t have to be.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceLowestoft, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Professional Telephone Answering Service, Fully Managed Live Chat & Business VoIP Phone System”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Uncomplicated & friendly call answering based in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceTunbridge Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We understand your calls are important to you – and we understand that customers prefer to speak to a real person when they call.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidencePlymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Everything we do at Telebizz is informed by our original founding values-a commitment to excellence.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceColchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MyRuby provides customer engagement solutions to companies all over the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceDaventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At SinglePoint Calls, we pride ourselves on being the 'Best Kept Secret' Our aim is to provide an exceptional level of service that is indistinguishable from having an in-house…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceRuncorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Your Office & PA offers telephone answering, virtual reception and PA services to businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceIlkley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Netcall Solutions is an established call bureau, offering businesses of all sizes and sectors throughout the United Kingdom the opportunity to divert their incoming telephone…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceNewmarket, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“If you’re looking for a personalised telephone answering service, one that works in partnership with you and your business, where the people answering your calls are part of your…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Customer enquiries don’t just come through phone calls anymore.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in Zoom Answer Call is a Telephone Answering Service genuinely dedicated to providing the highest level of Customer Service in the industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceNewbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Call Answering and Web Chat from The Phone Answering Specialists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceWorcester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 2005 Professional Call Minders have answered gazillions of calls on behalf of their clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHighworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Whatever your business, we’ve got you covered.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 27 years, The Answering Service Ltd has been connecting businesses to their customers with reliable, virtual answering services worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Partial evidenceHorsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hero PA is a professional provider of bespoke telephone answering and live chat services based in Horsham, West Sussex.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Connect offer telephone answering services to small, medium and large companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Number Supermarket do everything possible to ensure you never miss a call.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

Telephone Answering - Call Handling - Virtual Receptionist - Virtual Switchboard - Virtual Offices - Serviced Offices - Meeting Room Hire - Nationwide Business Address”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceSomerset, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GoodCall are a team with an exceptional skill set who can represent your company – as you would – when you can’t.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Telephone receptionist services companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
17.7%Verified-email coverage
7.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
14.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
50
11-50
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51-200
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201-500
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501-1,000
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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 106 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 telephone receptionist services 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 “telephone receptionist services 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 telephone receptionist services 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 telephone receptionist services 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, 141 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
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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 telephone receptionist services 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 telephone receptionist services companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 106 telephone receptionist services 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?

Answer4u, headquartered in Nottingham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most telephone receptionist services companies?

London leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Andover (3) and Basingstoke (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 141 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 106 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.