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Top 25 Traditional british pubs based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,068 traditional british pubs headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 35,313 professional contacts across them, including 3,736 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers traditional british pubs 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 traditional british pubs based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,731 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Greene King is the country’s leading pub company and brewer with c.2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 5,317 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “J D Wetherspoon is a leading pub operator in the UK and Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,204 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re the UK's biggest pub company, but that’s not all we are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,882 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Marston’s has been at the heart of the British beer and pub industry for nearly 200 years, with a rich heritage dating back to 1834 when John Marston first began brewing at the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,365 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Having proudly served our communities since 1831 when it comes to pubs it’s safe to say we know a thing or two.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 851 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a group of pub restaurants mainly based in the North West of England and North Wales, with a substantial branch of the family in the South.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 829 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fuller's are creators of unique premium pub and hotel experiences with award-winning ales, craft lagers & ciders and chef-led kitchens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 726 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 279 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oakman Inns & Restaurants Ltd was founded in 2007, embodied by its first venture, The Akeman in Tring, Hertfordshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Admiral Taverns have become the UK's number one community pub group thanks to an unwavering focus on the working partnership we have developed with our licensees – all of whom run…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Star Pubs is one of the leading leased and tenanted pub companies in the UK with approximately 2,400 pubs in our estate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Step inside an Inn Collection Group pub and you’ll notice we’re a little different.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an award winning collection of cosy pubs and atmospheric brasseries at the heart of their local communities serving great fresh, seasonal food that comes with three star…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re part of Heartwood Collection, an award winning collection of cosy pubs and atmospheric brasseries at the heart of their local communities serving great fresh, seasonal food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Butcombe Group consists of over 120 pubs, bars and inns, stretching across South England and into the Channel Islands, employing over 1900 people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Upham Group is the south of England’s fastest growing pub company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Born of the tenacity of a sector that has survived the blitz, the plague, and a credit crunch, RedCat is committed to celebrating everything that makes the great British pub so…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Mission is to show that the Great British community pub is both relevant and and viable by developing thriving wet led businesses which offer a friendly environment and are at…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “If you are looking for individual pubs with great character, fantastic beer, delicious food and excellent service – look no further than The City Pub Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re more than a hospitality group, we are the operators of London's finest Pubs, filled with fun-loving creatives from artists to architects, lawyers and many more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “When we opened our first pub – the Mash Tun in 1996 – it was like nothing Brighton had seen before.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Pelican - All Saints Road The Bull - Charlbury The Hero - Maida Vale The Fat Badger - Golborne Road The Hart - Chiltern Street Special Projects: Canteen, Portobello Road” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our pubs are all unique, from upmarket town centre pubs, to picturesque country gastro pubs, to traditional pubs at the heart of the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our family run business first opened its doors 25 years ago and now we have nine award winning establishments across Hertfordshire and North Norfolk.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hall & Woodhouse is the Dorset based brewer of Badger beer, with 190 pubs including more than 50 prestige managed businesses.” 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: traditional british pubs. 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 traditional british pubs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of traditional british pubs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name traditional british pubs. 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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Traditional british pubs 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 1,068 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 traditional british pubs, 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 “traditional british pubs”. 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 traditional british pubs), 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 traditional british pubs, 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, 3,736 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.
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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 traditional british pubs, 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 traditional british pubs are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,068 traditional british pubs 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?
Greene King, headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most traditional british pubs?
London leads with 148 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (9) and Bristol (8).
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 3,736 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,068 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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