List of Medical Device Companies in the UK

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 3,660 medical device companies in the UK, one in every 2,414 UK companies. Most of them are small: two in three have one to four people, and only 185 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in three of all medical device firms are based in London, South East, East of England, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber. Below you find the largest medical device 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.

3,660 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies3,6601 in2,414 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionLondon 825Sole traders6%Employees1-4 (68%)Revenue< $100K (38%)Email24%Phone45%Website45%

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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	Smith & Nephew PLC	Unitedkingdom	Watford	Building 5	Hertfordshire	WD18 8YE	smith-nephew.*****	1937	$6,164,000,000	17,530	Corporation	271	00324357
2	Haleon UK Trading LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Weybridge	5 the Heights	Surrey	KT13 0NY	haleon.*****	2014	$1,403,188,332	1,474	Corporation	214	09237643
3	Siemens Healthcare LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Westcroft Park	Park View	Surrey	GU15 3YL	N/A	2015	$1,010,286,404	1,552	Corporation	3680	09567186
4	Medtronic LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Watford	Building 9 Croxley Green Business Park	Hertfordshire	WD18 8WW	medtronic.*****	1972	$871,445,921	998	Corporation	654	01070807
5	Baxter Healthcare LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Caversham Heights	Spur A, 2nd Floor, Reading International Business Park	Reading	RG2 6DH	baxterhealthcare.*****	1948	$839,855,805	1,507	Corporation	693	00461365
6	Johnson & Johnson Medical LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Booker	50-100 Holmers Farm Way	Buckinghamshire	HP12 4DP	jnj.*****	1947	$829,808,157	1,344	Corporation	1306	SC132162
7	T.j.smith And Nephew,limited	Unitedkingdom	Summergangs	Po Box 81	City of Kingston-upon-hull	HU3 2AH	smith-nephew.*****	1907	$808,152,346	1,192	Corporation	271	00093994
8	Coloplast LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Orton Wistow	Nene Hall	Peterborough	PE2 6FX	coloplast.*****	1973	$516,667,496	717	Corporation	114	01094405
9	Ah UK Animal Health (PVT) LTD	Unitedkingdom	Auldgirth	College Mains Road	Dumfries and Galloway	DG2 0NU	hsanimalhealth.*****	1991	$440,510,293	472	Corporation	122	02579457
10	Convatec LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Mancot	Gdc Building Fin.	Flintshire	CH5 2NU	convatec.*****	1977	$420,425,468	1,067	Corporation	147	01309639
11	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics	Unitedkingdom	Coychurch	Felindre Meadows	Bridgend	CF35 5PZ	orthoclinicaldiagnostics.*****	1990	$400,559,623	638	Corporation	141	02549777
12	Boston Scientific LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Tringford	Breakspear Park	Hertfordshire	HP2 4TZ	bostonscientific.*****	1992	$390,423,238	465	Corporation	388	02729626
13	Elekta LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Crawley	Cornerstone	West Sussex	RH10 9BL	elekta.*****	1996	$384,174,876	783	Corporation	76	03244454
14	Intersurgical LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Whiteknights	Crane House	Wokingham	RG41 2RZ	intersurgical.*****	1980	$376,401,407	873	Corporation	37	01488409
15	Dd Products And Services LTD	Unitedkingdom	Witham	Dental Directory	Essex	CM8 3SX	dental-directory.*****	1974	$278,244,122	430	Corporation	35	01196676
16	Parke Davis & CO LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Sandwich	Ramsgate Rd	Kent	CT13 9NJ	N/A	1981	$267,457,660	1,487	Foreign company	2	FC010930
17	Henry Schein UK Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Broad Street	Medcare House	Medway	ME8 0SB	henryschein.*****	2018	$267,428,615	649	Corporation	441	11584480
18	Icu Medical International LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Willesborough Lees	1500 Eureka Park	Kent	TN25 4BF	smithsmedical.*****	1940	$238,781,849	550	Corporation	115	00362847
19	Leica Biosystems Newcastle LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Benwell Grange	Michelle Lilley Accountant Balliol Business Park	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear	NE12 8EW	leicabiosystems.*****	1987	$227,354,964	387	Corporation	59	02163063
20	Vascutek LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Renfrew	Newmains Avenue	Renfrewshire	PA4 9RR	terumoaortic.*****	1982	$201,226,224	1,008	Corporation	228	SC079773
21	Insulet International LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hammersmith	King Street	London	W6 9HR	N/A	2017	$195,576,446	305	Corporation	26	10695788
22	Poly Medicure LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Harrow	7 St. Johns Road	London	HA1 2EY	N/A	2021	$183,758,473	298	Foreign company	31	FC039068
23	Hollister Europe LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Winnersh	1010 Eskdale Road	Wokingham	RG41 5TS	hollister.*****	1989	$181,693,139	218	Corporation	49	02403481
24	Hollister LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Winnersh	Winnersh Triangle Business Par	Wokingham	RG41 5TS	hollister.*****	1990	$181,693,139	328	Corporation	49	02509735
25	Kci Medical LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Loughborough	Building 47	Leicestershire	LE11 5RB	kci-medical.*****	1973	$169,530,917	447	Corporation	3	01130981

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Largest medical device firms in the UK

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

Siemens Healthcare is the largest medical device firm in the UK by headcount. 185 firms employ 50 people or more; 102 employ 100 or more.

1Surrey1,552 staff
2Reading1,507 staff
3KentForeign company1,487 staff
4Surrey1,474 staff
5Buckinghamshire1,344 staff
6City of Kingston-upon-Hull1,192 staff
7Flintshire1,067 staff
8Renfrewshire1,008 staff
9Hertfordshire998 staff
10Central Bedfordshire902 staff

By employee size · 3,523 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,388	68%
5-9	510	14%
10-19	248	7%
20-49	192	5%
50-99	83	2%
100-199	51	1%
200-499	35	1.0%
500-999	8	0.2%
1,000+	8	0.2%

68% have 1 to 4 people; 192 have 20 to 49; 185 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,337	38%
$100K-$500K	1,156	33%
$500K-$1M	243	7%
$1M-$5M	448	13%
$5M-$10M	96	3%
$10M-$50M	154	4%
$50M-$100M	33	0.9%
$100M-$500M	33	0.9%
$500M+	8	0.2%

38% under $100,000; 448 between $1M and $5M; 324 above $5M.

Where in the UK?

London has the most medical device companies in the UK (825), ahead of South East (595), East of England (383), North West (336) and Yorkshire and the Humber (319). Together the five hold two in three of them. Relative to their size, Yorkshire and the Humber, South East and East of England have the most: 1.1 to 1.3 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

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

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Where they cluster

Medical device firms per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.04. Yorkshire and the Humber has 1.3 times the national share.

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

Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 3,523 UK medical device firms with a known headcount, 2,388 (68%) have one to four people, 510 have five to nine, 440 have ten to 49 and 185 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,337, 38%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 102,898 82%
Small 10 to 49440 12%
Medium 50 to 249169 5%
Large 250+16 0.5%

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

324

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 228 more than $10 million.

234

firms were entered in 2026.

Medical device firms in London

London has 825 medical device companies and medical device firms, <0.1% of all 1,945,804 London companies and on the national share. Four in five London firms have fewer than five people; 12 have 50 or more. 83 new firms were entered in 2026, 31 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 661 · 81%
5-9: 97 · 12%
10-19: 24 · 3%
20-49: 21 · 3%
50+: 12 · 1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 29 · 4%
Partnerships: 11 · 1%
Ltd and PLC: 750 · 91%
Other or none: 35 · 4%

Of the UK total: 22.5%
Of all London companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 83
Entered 2025: 149
Of UK's 2026 entries: 35.5%

Old

Before 1990: 31 · 4%
1990 or later: 794 · 96%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 10.2%

Reachable

Email: 155 · 19%
Phone: 240 · 29%
Website: 266 · 32%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 434 · 54%
$100K-$500K: 226 · 28%
$500K-$1M: 40 · 5%
$1M and more: 110 · 14%

Largest

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3Foreign company298
4Foreign company171
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How many medical device companies are there in the UK?

Medical device companies and medical device firms in the UK

3,660

21 October 2026

There are 3,660 medical device companies and medical device firms in the UK in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 2,414 UK companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (234 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 3,196 87%
Head offices: 314
Branch offices: 150

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 32500.

3,083 of the 3,660 are Ltd and PLC (84%); 206 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 7 UK medical device firms from before 1900, 37 from before 1950 and 304 from before 1990.

1829
1. Coventry
1858
1. Liverpool
1888
1. London
1890
1. Sheffield
1896
1. London
1898
1. Dundee City

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304

UK medical device firms date from before 1990

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in eighteen UK medical device firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Four in five are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders2066%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)732%
Ltd and PLC3,08384%
No form on record or other2988%

Single-site: 87%
Head offices: 314
Branches: 150

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

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

234 medical device firms were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 412 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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2212023
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4122025
2342026 so far

234 of this year's 234 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.

1Monmouthshire12 staff
2Leeds10 staff
3Gloucestershire10 staff
4North Yorkshire9 staff
5Cambridgeshire9 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 electronics companies for every medical device firm in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Electronics Companies	11,197	51%	69%
Opticians	6,976	66%	49%
Medical Device Companies	3,660	45%	65%
Solar Companies	1,525	98%	74%
Refrigeration Companies	1,032	64%	53%
Optical Manufacturers	483	54%	60%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	3,660	0.4
Belgium	1,804	0.8

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How reachable are they?

Medical device firms are easier to reach than the average UK company: 45% list a phone number and 45% a website.

Email865 24%
Phone1,660 45%
Website1,651 45%

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How many medical device companies are there in the UK?

There are 3,660 medical device companies and medical device firms in the UK in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 2,414 UK companies.

Which is the largest medical device firm in the UK?

Siemens Healthcare in Surrey, with 1,552 staff. By revenue Smith & Nephew in Hertfordshire leads with $6.2 billion a year.

Which UK region has the most medical device companies?

London, with 825, ahead of South East (595), East of England (383), North West (336) and Yorkshire and the Humber (319). Relative to its size, Yorkshire and the Humber has the most: 1.3 times the national share.

How many medical device firms are there in London?

825, which is <0.1% of all 1,945,804 London companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical medical device firm?

Small. 68% of the 3,523 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 185 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are UK medical device companies sole traders or companies?

One in eighteen (206) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 84% (3,083) are Ltd and PLC.

How many medical device firms started in 2026?

234 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 412 in 2025. 234 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest medical device firm in the UK?

Planmeca (UK) in Coventry, 1829, followed by The Bullen Healthcare Group in Liverpool (1858) and G.H. Zeal in London (1888). 7 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers medical device companies?

Our platform filters them on the national code 32500.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 3,660 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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