List of Laboratories in the UK

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 8,934 laboratories in the UK, one in every 989 UK companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 103 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in five of all laboratories are based in South East, London, North West, East of England and Scotland. Below you find the largest laboratories 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.

8,934 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies8,9341 in989 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionSouth East 1,220Sole traders20%Employees1-4 (81%)Revenue$100-500K (49%)Email23%Phone56%Website53%

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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	Mastercard Europe Services LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	7th Floor	London	EC4R 3AB	mastercard.*****	2014	$2,268,564,047	4	Corporation	N/A	09210818
2	Labcorp Early Development Laboratories LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wath Harrogate	Otley Road	North Yorkshire	HG3 1PY	covance.*****	1974	$370,102,295	2,938	Corporation	29	01171833
3	Icon Clinical (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Caversham Heights	3rd Floor	Reading	RG2 6GP	alliedtelesyn.*****	1996	$369,826,193	1,371	Corporation	31	03247443
4	Immunocore LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Abingdon	92 Park Drive	Oxfordshire	OX14 4RY	immunocore.*****	2007	$349,975,308	349	Corporation	7	06456207
5	Fugro Gb (north) Marine LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Mundurno	Survey House	Aberdeen City	AB23 8JW	fugro.*****	1979	$264,888,492	727	Corporation	213	SC066833
6	Sgs United Kingdom LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Ellesmere Port	Inward Way	Cheshire West and Chester	CH65 3EN	sgs.*****	1974	$209,942,064	1,438	Corporation	1073	01193985
7	Its Testing Services (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	South Weald	Academy Place	Essex	CM14 5NQ	intertek.*****	1979	$190,303,154	1,770	Corporation	987	01408264
8	Intertek Testing Services Holdings LIMITED.	Unitedkingdom	Emerson Park	1-9 Brook Street	London	CM14 5NQ	intertek.*****	1996	$137,642,842	21	Corporation	987	03227453
9	Intertek Testing Services Pacific LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	25 Savile Row	London	W1S 2ES	export2tanzania.*****	2008	$126,908,558	3	Foreign company	987	FC028088
10	S And M Tyres LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Horsham	Elite House Star Road	West Sussex	RH13 8RA	elitegarages.*****	1975	$103,083,877	355	Corporation	9	01207887
11	Royal Society Of Chemistry (the)	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	Royal Society of Chemistry	London	W1J 0BA	rsc.*****	1841	$92,994,616	752	Corporation	10	RC000524
12	Turner & Townsend Partners Llp	Unitedkingdom	Penraevon Industrial Estate	Low Hall	Leeds, West Yorkshire	LS18 4GH	turnerandtownsend.*****	2015	$86,156,381	134	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	OC401797
13	British Engineering Services LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Warrington	Unit 718	Warrington	WA3 6BA	britishengineeringservices.*****	2014	$85,032,306	813	Corporation	71	09299724
14	Eurofins Forensic Services LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wolverhampton	I54 Valiant Way Business Park	Wolverhampton, West Midlands	WV9 5GB	eurofins.*****	2017	$72,545,638	707	Corporation	2097	10715102
15	Warringtonfire Testing And Certification LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	3rd Floor	London	WC2E 7HA	N/A	2018	$69,225,840	426	Corporation	3331	11371436
16	Hpi LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Leeds	8a Platform	Leeds, West Yorkshire	LS1 4JB	cap-hpi.*****	1938	$68,381,294	394	Corporation	60	04068979
17	Cell Therapy Catapult LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Dulwich	Guys Hospital	London	SE1 9RT	ct.*****	2012	$66,868,372	403	Corporation	4	07964711
18	Fulkrum Technical Resources LTD	Unitedkingdom	Kensington	Office 4	London	W8 6BD	fulkrum.*****	2011	$64,973,084	102	Corporation	5	07538602
19	Applus UK LTD	Unitedkingdom	Grangemouth	Westmains Industrial Estate	Falkirk	FK3 8YE	applus.*****	2002	$59,812,019	402	Corporation	8	SC236136
20	Ul Vs LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Chineham	Unit 1-3 Horizon Kingsland Business Park	Hampshire	RG24 8AH	ul.*****	1987	$49,450,594	403	Corporation	255	02117901
21	Crisil Irevna UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	Farringdon	London	EC1A 9DD	crisil.*****	2000	$43,559,567	127	Corporation	499	04111165
22	Iqvia Ies UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Reading	3 Forbury Place	Reading	RG1 3JH	N/A	1987	$39,621,792	340	Corporation	646	03127220
23	Tersus Consultancy LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Rainham	1st Floor, Rainham House	London	RM13 8RH	tersusgroup.*****	1985	$39,598,226	359	Corporation	346	01912115
24	Pass LTD	Unitedkingdom	Bowesfield Industrial Estate	1 Wilson Street	Stockton-on-tees	TS17 7AR	pass.*****	2002	$39,199,241	130	Corporation	8	04457106
25	Chippenham Motor Company LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Alderton	Bumpers Way	Wiltshire	SN14 6LF	chippenhammotor.*****	1985	$38,414,215	270	Corporation	4	01962593

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Largest laboratories in the UK

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

Labcorp Early Development Laboratories is the largest laboratory in the UK by headcount. 103 firms employ 50 people or more; 56 employ 100 or more.

1North Yorkshire2,938 staff
2Essex1,770 staff
3Cheshire West and Chester1,438 staff
4Reading1,371 staff
5Warrington813 staff
6London752 staff
7Aberdeen City727 staff
8Wolverhampton707 staff
9Hertfordshire600 staff
10Sandwell · public body500 staff

By employee size · 8,777 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	7,092	81%
5-9	1,070	12%
10-19	342	4%
20-49	170	2%
50-99	47	0.5%
100-199	31	0.4%
200-499	15	0.2%
500-999	6	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

81% have 1 to 4 people; 170 have 20 to 49; 103 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,371	39%
$100K-$500K	4,304	49%
$500K-$1M	406	5%
$1M-$5M	511	6%
$5M-$10M	39	0.4%
$10M-$50M	51	0.6%
$50M-$100M	9	0.1%
$100M-$500M	8	<0.1%
$500M+	2	<0.1%

49% between $100,000 and $500,000; 511 between $1M and $5M; 109 above $5M.

Laboratories in South East

South East has 1,220 laboratories, 0.1% of all 1,188,541 South East companies and on the national share. Three in four South East firms have fewer than five people; 19 have 50 or more. 46 new firms were entered in 2026, 124 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 915 · 77%
5-9: 179 · 15%
10-19: 57 · 5%
20-49: 24 · 2%
50+: 19 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 245 · 20%
Partnerships: 68 · 6%
Ltd and PLC: 742 · 61%
Other or none: 165 · 14%

Of the UK total: 13.7%
Of all South East companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 46
Entered 2025: 52
Of UK's 2026 entries: 11.9%

Old

Before 1990: 124 · 10%
1990 or later: 1,096 · 90%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 13.6%

Reachable

Email: 339 · 28%
Phone: 742 · 61%
Website: 735 · 60%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 430 · 37%
$100K-$500K: 591 · 50%
$500K-$1M: 55 · 5%
$1M and more: 99 · 8%

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Where in the UK?

South East has the most laboratories in the UK (1,220), ahead of London (1,162), North West (1,036), East of England (792) and Scotland (787). Together the five hold three in five of them. Relative to their size, North East, Scotland and Wales have the most: 1.3 to 2.5 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

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

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Where they cluster

Laboratories per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.10. North East has 2.5 times the national share.

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Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 8,777 UK laboratories with a known headcount, 7,092 (81%) have one to four people, 1,070 have five to nine, 512 have ten to 49 and 103 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (4,304, 49%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 108,162 93%
Small 10 to 49512 6%
Medium 50 to 24993 1%
Large 250+10 0.1%

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

109

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 70 more than $10 million.

388

firms were entered in 2026.

How many laboratories are there in the UK?

Laboratories in the UK

8,934

21 October 2026

There are 8,934 laboratories in the UK in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 989 UK companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (388 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 8,451 95%
Head offices: 252
Branch offices: 231

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 71200.

5,704 of the 8,934 are Ltd and PLC (64%); 1,751 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

388 laboratories were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 494 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

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3232023
3612024
4942025
3882026 so far

377 of this year's 388 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.

1Surrey3 staff
2Stirling3 staff
3Birmingham3 staff
4Leicestershire3 staff
5Essex3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 hospitals for every laboratory in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Hospitals	17,975	32%	58%
Laboratories	8,934	53%	79%
Nursing Homes	5,881	24%	30%
Physiotherapy Companies	3,856	96%	75%
Dental Laboratories	1,011	83%	55%
Midwives	41	93%	78%

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The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 7 UK laboratories from before 1900, 63 from before 1950 and 910 from before 1990.

1838
1. Glasgow City
1841
1. London
1844
1. London
1862
1. Newcastle upon Tyne
1880
1. Rotherham
1881
1. Liverpool

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UK laboratories date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Laboratories are easier to reach than the average UK company: 56% list a phone number and 53% a website.

Email2,075 23%
Phone4,979 56%
Website4,757 53%

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

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

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in five UK laboratories work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Two in three are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders1,75120%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)4555%
Ltd and PLC5,70464%
No form on record or other1,02411%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 252
Branches: 231

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

Frequently asked questions

How many laboratories are there in the UK?

There are 8,934 laboratories in the UK in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 989 UK companies.

Which is the largest laboratory in the UK?

Labcorp Early Development Laboratories in North Yorkshire, with 2,938 staff.

Which UK region has the most laboratories?

South East, with 1,220, ahead of London (1,162), North West (1,036), East of England (792) and Scotland (787). Relative to its size, North East has the most: 2.5 times the national share.

How many laboratories are there in South East?

1,220, which is 0.1% of all 1,188,541 South East companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical laboratory?

Small. 81% of the 8,777 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 103 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are UK laboratories sole traders or companies?

One in five (1,751) are sole traders, 5% are partnerships and 64% (5,704) are Ltd and PLC.

How many laboratories started in 2026?

388 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 494 in 2025. 377 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest laboratory in the UK?

J W H Ross & Co in Glasgow City, 1838, followed by Royal Society of Chemistry (THE) in London (1841) and LYON,ROBERT,& Co in London (1844). 7 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers laboratories?

Our platform filters them on the national code 71200.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 8,934 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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