List of Beverages Companies in the UK

Last updated 2 November 2026

There are 8,349 beverages companies in the UK, one in every 1,058 UK companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 212 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in five of all beverages firms are based in London, South East, Scotland, South West and North West. Below you find the largest beverages firms in the UK, the regions where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our UK company database or through the Companies House API.

8,349 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026

Companies8,3491 in1,058 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionLondon 1,423Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (78%)Revenue$100-500K (47%)Email29%Phone40%Website42%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC	Unitedkingdom	Uxbridge	Pemberton House	London	UB8 1EZ	*****.com	2015	$24,226,934,328	40,100	Corporation	375	09717350
2	Abi UK Holding 1 LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	90 Fetter Lane	London	EC4A 1EN	N/A	2016	$5,248,348,000	416	Corporation	1150	10377840
3	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Great Britain LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Uxbridge	Pemberton House	London	UB8 1EZ	*****.com	1888	$3,975,386,436	3,201	Corporation	375	00027173
4	Greene King Brewing And Retailing LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bury Saint Edmunds	Westgate Brewery	Suffolk	IP33 1QT	*****.uk	1799	$3,272,601,425	37,933	Corporation	645	03298903
5	Diageo Great Britain LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	16 Great Marlborough Street	London	W1F 7HS	*****.com	1997	$3,121,110,915	1,419	Corporation	579	00507652
6	Diageo Scotland LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	London	16 Great	London	W1F 7HS	*****.com	1877	$3,023,449,035	3,467	Corporation	579	SC000750
7	Britvic Soft Drinks LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Tringford	Breakspear Park	Hertfordshire	HP2 4TZ	*****.com	1953	$2,245,548,315	2,097	Corporation	439	00517211
8	AB Inbev UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	Bureau 90	London	EC4A 1EN	*****.com	2000	$2,123,984,711	1,572	Corporation	1150	03982132
9	Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Barton-under-needwood	137 High Street	Staffordshire	DE14 1JZ	*****.com	1888	$2,067,281,295	2,188	Corporation	270	00026018
10	Heineken UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Edinburgh Bioquarter	6 St. Andrew Square	City of Edinburgh	EH2 2BD	*****.uk	1978	$1,897,719,954	2,239	Corporation	4065	SC065527
11	Anheuser-Busch Europe LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	London	Thames Link House	London	TW9 2QW	N/A	1989	$1,590,815,669	24	Corporation	1150	02399274
12	William Grant & Sons Brands LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Richmond	The Old Court House	London	TW9 2RF	*****.com	1887	$1,376,393,338	400	Corporation	91	08871077
13	The Edrington Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Summertown	Royal Exchange House	Glasgow City	G1 3DN	*****.com	1961	$1,351,889,470	3,089	Corporation	68	SC036374
14	Abi Sab Group Holding LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	90 Fetter Lane	London	EC4A 1EN	N/A	1998	$1,234,123,000	469	Corporation	1150	03528416
15	Marston's PLC	Unitedkingdom	Batmans Hill	St. Johns House	Wolverhampton, West Midlands	WV2 4BH	*****.uk	1890	$1,211,815,717	9,017	Corporation	1448	00031461
16	Greene King Retail Services LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bury Saint Edmunds	Abbot House	Suffolk	IP33 1QT	*****.uk	1997	$1,094,742,271	36,022	Corporation	645	03324496
17	AB Inbev UK Finance Company LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	90 Fetter Lane	London	EC4A 1EN	N/A	2015	$1,067,267,898	29	Corporation	1150	09492207
18	Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Tringford	Breakspear Park	Hertfordshire	HP2 4TZ	N/A	1903	$1,063,027,358	504	Corporation	439	00078439
19	Chivas Brothers LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Dumbarton	Kilmalid	West Dunbartonshire	G82 2SS	*****.com	2000	$1,016,048,428	1,543	Corporation	492	SC268758
20	Cmbc Supply LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Northampton	Carlsberg Brewery	West Northamptonshire	NN1 1PZ	N/A	2013	$892,921,343	1,529	Corporation	439	08626420
21	Lucozade Ribena Suntory LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Uxbridge	Unit 1 Arc Uxbridge	London	UB8 1DH	*****.com	2014	$698,974,501	661	Corporation	1076	08603549
22	Asahi UK LTD	Unitedkingdom	Chiswick	Chiswick Lane	London	W4 2QB	*****.uk	2019	$684,578,704	523	Corporation	643	11778384
23	William Grant & Sons Distillers LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Keith	Glenfiddich Distillery	Moray	AB55 4DH	*****.com	1899	$661,856,772	1,087	Corporation	91	SC134248
24	A.G. Barr P.L.C.	Unitedkingdom	Townhead	Westfield House	East Dunbartonshire	G68 9HD	*****.uk	1904	$590,245,238	991	Corporation	28	SC005653
25	Fuller Smith & Turner PLC	Unitedkingdom	Chiswick	Pier House	London	W4 3NN	*****.uk	1929	$539,022,182	5,491	Corporation	154	00241882

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Beverages firms in London

London has 1,423 beverages companies and beverages firms, <0.1% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 23% below the national share. Four in five London firms have fewer than five people; 33 have 50 or more. 176 new firms were entered in 2026, 23 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,134 · 84%
5-9: 84 · 6%
10-19: 51 · 4%
20-49: 41 · 3%
50+: 33 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 11 · 0.8%
Partnerships: 1 · <0.1%
Ltd and PLC: 1,295 · 91%
Other or none: 116 · 8%

Of the UK total: 17.0%
Of all London companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 176
Entered 2025: 235
Of UK's 2026 entries: 38.5%

Old

Before 1990: 23 · 2%
1990 or later: 1,400 · 98%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 9.1%

Reachable

Email: 195 · 14%
Phone: 316 · 22%
Website: 334 · 23%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 403 · 30%
$100K-$500K: 729 · 55%
$500K-$1M: 46 · 3%
$1M and more: 151 · 11%

Largest

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Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 7,304 UK beverages firms with a known headcount, 5,697 (78%) have one to four people, 682 have five to nine, 713 have ten to 49 and 212 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (3,332, 47%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 106,379 87%
Small 10 to 49713 10%
Medium 50 to 249176 2%
Large 250+36 0.5%

Grey line: the share among all UK companies (93% have under ten staff).

363

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 265 more than $10 million.

457

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the UK?

London has the most beverages companies in the UK (1,423), ahead of South East (1,138), Scotland (1,007), South West (958) and North West (752). Together the five hold three in five of them. Relative to their size, Scotland, South West and Wales have the most: 1.1 to 1.8 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

12 UK regions have at least one beverages firm; 12 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a region to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Beverages firms per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.09. Scotland has 1.8 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

How many beverages companies are there in the UK?

Beverages companies and beverages firms in the UK

8,349

2 November 2026

There are 8,349 beverages companies and beverages firms in the UK in our data (2 November 2026). That is one in every 1,058 UK companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (457 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 6,654 80%
Head offices: 413
Branch offices: 1,282

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 11.

6,457 of the 8,349 are Ltd and PLC (77%); 213 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Largest beverages firms in the UK

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in London, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Greene King Brewing and Retailing is the largest beverages firm in the UK by headcount. 212 firms employ 50 people or more; 109 employ 100 or more.

1Suffolk37,933 staff
2London3,467 staff
3London3,201 staff
4Norfolk2,800 staff
5Staffordshire2,188 staff
6East Lothian1,883 staff
7London1,572 staff
8West Dunbartonshire1,543 staff
9Somerset1,474 staff
10Manchester1,162 staff

By employee size · 7,304 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	5,697	78%
5-9	682	9%
10-19	397	5%
20-49	316	4%
50-99	103	1%
100-199	44	0.6%
200-499	29	0.4%
500-999	19	0.3%
1,000+	17	0.2%

78% have 1 to 4 people; 316 have 20 to 49; 212 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,506	35%
$100K-$500K	3,332	47%
$500K-$1M	362	5%
$1M-$5M	502	7%
$5M-$10M	98	1%
$10M-$50M	148	2%
$50M-$100M	26	0.4%
$100M-$500M	64	0.9%
$500M+	27	0.4%

47% between $100,000 and $500,000; 502 between $1M and $5M; 363 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Beverages firms are easier to reach than the average UK company: 40% list a phone number and 42% a website.

Email2,386 29%
Phone3,352 40%
Website3,543 42%

Grey line: all UK companies (email 15%, phone 30%, website 30%).

The full list with these fields is in our UK company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 8 beverages firms for every one of the candy companies in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Beverages Companies	8,349	42%	68%
Wine Companies	6,737	30%	81%
Coffee Companies	6,700	76%	85%
Breweries	3,403	58%	51%
Tea Companies	3,130	27%	88%
Candy Companies	1,111	31%	81%

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Newcomers in the UK in 2026

457 beverages firms were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 743 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

3412022
4752023
4982024
7432025
4572026 so far

455 of this year's 457 are Ltd and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1London32 staff
2Somerset26 staff
3Manchester24 staff
4London23 staff
5London23 staff

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in thirty-nine UK beverages firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Three in four are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders2133%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)821.0%
Ltd and PLC6,45777%
No form on record or other1,59719%

Single-site: 80%
Head offices: 413
Branches: 1,282

All UK companies: 7% sole traders, 3% partnerships, 62% Ltd and PLC.

The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 47 UK beverages firms from before 1900, 111 from before 1950 and 253 from before 1990.

1809
1. Wakefield
1824
1. Aberdeenshire
1826
1. Hartlepool
1826
1. Aberdeenshire
1827
1. Hertfordshire
1828
1. Wolverhampton

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Frequently asked questions

How many beverages companies are there in the UK?

There are 8,349 beverages companies and beverages firms in the UK in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is one in every 1,058 UK companies.

Which is the largest beverages firm in the UK?

Greene King Brewing and Retailing in Suffolk, with 37,933 staff. By revenue Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in London leads with $24.2 billion a year.

Which UK region has the most beverages companies?

London, with 1,423, ahead of South East (1,138), Scotland (1,007), South West (958) and North West (752). Relative to its size, Scotland has the most: 1.8 times the national share.

How many beverages firms are there in London?

1,423, which is <0.1% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 23% below the national share.

How big is a typical beverages firm?

Small. 78% of the 7,304 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 212 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are UK beverages companies sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-nine (213) are sole traders, 1.0% are partnerships and 77% (6,457) are Ltd and PLC.

How many beverages firms started in 2026?

457 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 743 in 2025. 455 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest beverages firm in the UK?

Thomas Fawcett & Sons,limited in Wakefield, 1809, followed by The Macallan Distillers in Aberdeenshire (1824) and Camerons Brewery in Hartlepool (1826). 47 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers beverages companies?

Our platform filters them on the national code 11.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 8,349 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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