Top 100 Businesses in Gloucestershire 2025

Now in its third year, the SoGlos Top 100 Businesses in Gloucestershire list continues to celebrate the most outstanding organisations headquartered in the county.

From multi-billion-pound construction groups and finance firms to cutting-edge cyber security leaders, global manufacturers and fashion labels favoured by celebrities and royalty alike, 2025's list showcases an incredible range of Gloucestershire-based talent, including many SGGBA winners.

Created by SoGlos journalists in partnership with Bishop Fleming, Sewell Mullings Logie, System Force IT and The Little Jet Company, the list ranks the top 100 Gloucestershire-headquartered organisations by turnover and revenue, using the latest published financial data on Companies House up to Thursday 19 June 2025 — with USD totals converted to an estimated GBP figure using online global currency converter, Xe.

The 2025 Top 100 list also includes insights into employee numbers and community initiatives to shine a spotlight on firms that are not only excelling financially but also enriching Gloucestershire's job economy and civic life.

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Bishop Fleming is an award-winning, dynamic UK accountancy firm, providing a comprehensive range of services across a wide range of sectors. It has 43 partners and nearly 500 people covering nine offices across the south west and the West Midlands, and prides itself on being relationship-led with its client and people relationships at the heart of its business.

Bishop Fleming bishopfleming.co.uk

For more than 200 years, Sewell Mullings Logie Solicitors has provided a range of legal services for individuals, families and businesses throughout the Cotswolds and the surrounding towns and villages. Serving the private, agricultural and business communities, the firm prides itself on its provision of client-focused advice that combines traditional values with modern legal solutions.

Sewell Mullings Logie sml-law.co.uk

Offering tailored IT support and services, including 24/7 support, cyber security, cloud solutions, VoIP and consulting, Gloucestershire-based System Force IT uses its 15 years of tech experience to ensure seamless operations through proactive, bespoke IT management for businesses and SMEs across the county and the rest of the UK.

System Force systemforce.co.uk

The Little Jet Company, based at Gloucestershire, Oxford and Bournemouth airports, offers bespoke private jet and helicopter charter services, aircraft management and ground handling. Founded in 2014 by aviation enthusiast Jason Bishop, the company is recognised for its commitment to safety and customer satisfaction and has expanded its facilities and operations more recently to include several newly acquired Pilatus PC-24s.

The Little Jet Company thelittlejetcompany.com

The SoGlos Top 100 Businesses in Gloucestershire

Kier Group plc

Revenue: £3,969,400,000

A leading provider of infrastructure services across the UK, Kier Group is a major player in taking Gloucestershire to the next level, with a number of key projects under its responsibility — from The Forum in Gloucester to the A417 Missing Link.

Its incredible group revenue of £3.969 billion means it takes the number one spot in the 2025 edition of the Top 100 Businesses in Gloucestershire, with an adjusted operating profit of £150.2 million recorded in its 2024 annual report.

Spirax Group plc

Revenue: £1,665,200,000

Top engineering firm Spirax Group is headquartered in Cheltenham and employs an estimated 2,400 people in the UK and over 10,000 globally. Across its three businesses, the group’s operations include designing, engineering, manufacturing and selling ‘products and solutions that are essential to the efficient, safe and sustainable operation of industrial customers’ critical processes.’

It saw its revenue decrease from £1.682 billion in 2023 to £1.665 billion as stated in its annual report for 2024.

St James's Place Wealth Management PLC

Turnover: £1,313,371,000

Another billion-pound business in Gloucestershire, wealth management company St. James's Place is once again one of the biggest companies in the county by turnover.

Headquartered in the Cotswold town of Cirencester, its last set of accounts shows a turnover of over £1.3 billion, up from £1.18 billion in December 2023 — due to epic success advising its clientele on money matters and investing.

Mears Group PLC

Revenue: £1,089,000,000

Brockworth-headquartered public company Mears Group provides and manages thousands of homes for local and central government and is responsible for keeping over 750,000 social housing homes in the UK in good repair.

It has an estimated 5,500 employees nationwide and saw an incredible change in revenue in the year ending December 2023, with its revenue increasing by 14 per cent to hit over £1 billion; it also allocated £3.8 billion to the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation fund and puts emphasis on providing accommodation and support to those seeking asylum in the UK.

Renishaw PLC

Turnover: £691,300,000

Keeping its position in the top five, engineering giant Renishaw employs an estimated 5,165 people worldwide, including more than 300 apprentices and is a key player in a variety of sectors from aerospace to medicine.

According to its latest accounts, the Wotton-under-Edge-based firm reports a steadily held turnover of £691.3 million, a slight increase of 0.4 per cent from 2022.

PHINIA Delphi UK LTD

Turnover: £620,109,000

PHINIA is a global fuel and electrical systems developer and provider, headquartered in Stonehouse.

It employs 1,490 people and saw turnover rise from £588 million in 2022 to £620.1 million as of December 2023.

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC

Revenue: £629,953,000

Long-established Gloucester firm Ecclesiastical Insurance saw its revenue grow to just over £629 million in the year to December 2024 — holding its number seven spot in this year’s list, despite a growth of over £43 million.

While it may be most well-known for its insurance services, as part of the Benefact Group it reported a record year in 2024, with exceeded profit targets and a total amount donated since 2014 reaching a milestone of £250 million.

NOV Downhole Eurasia Limited

Turnover: £564,226,651 est.

Based in Stonehouse, NOV Downhole Eurasia operates as a division of its worldwide parent company National Oilwell Varco.

A market leader in providing traditional and bespoke tools for complex drilling projects, the group employs 1,107 staff members and NOV Downhole Eurasia turned over an estimated GBP equivalent of £564.2 million ($767.65 million) in the year ending December 2023 — a huge increase of over $298 million since December 2022.

Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd

Turnover: £492,716,000

Part of the global Safran group, Safran Landing Systems is a world leader in the design, manufacture and product support of aircraft landing gear for civil and military aircraft.

Headquartered near Gloucestershire Airport at Staverton, the company’s turnover for the year to December 2023 was £492.7 million — up £46.8 million from 2022, which it attributes to increased sales across the year. It has also opened a brand-new engineering and support centre in 2025 as part of a package of investment in its Gloucester site, which currently employs 1,200 people.

Superdry PLC

Revenue: £488,600,000

A famous fashion firm founded by Julian Dunkerton on a market stall, Superdry's last set of published accounts see the company fall four places from last year’s list, showing a revenue of £488.6 million, with 2,263 employees across the group.

Commenting on the significant 22 per cent revenue decrease in its Companies House filing, its business review reads: ‘The weaker-than-expected financial performance necessitated further action in the form of the restructuring, equity raise and delisting [from the London Stock Exchange]’ but added that the restructuring plan ‘puts the business in a stronger position to deliver its recovery and return the business to growth.’

Green Britain Group Limited

Revenue: £466,900,000

Comprised of Ecotricity, Forest Green Rovers FC and others, the Stroud-based sustainability-led Green Britain Group aims to use business to fight climate change.

Dropping two spots, as of April 2024 its revenue fell from £550.6 million to £466.9 million, with director Dale Vince attributing the decrease to ‘energy sales revenue decreasing by 15.4 per cent compared with 2023, in part driven by a decline in wholesale prices to a more normalised, albeit still elevated level.’

GE Aviation Systems Limited

Turnover: £378,703,074

Part of the mighty American business GE Aerospace, GE Aviation Systems has its UK headquarters in Bishop’s Cleeve in Cheltenham, from where it's a leader in technology for the aerospace and defence sectors.

Its UK turnover is listed in US dollars ($515,124,000) which converts to an estimated £378.7 million as of December 2023 — alongside a profit of $67 million after reporting a loss of $74 million in 2022.

Masstock Arable (UK) Limited

Revenue: £369,835,000

This Andoversford-headquartered business provides agronomy services and technologies to support farming systems under the trading name Agrii.

Revenue for Masstock Arable saw a slight drop to just over £369 million for the year ending July 2024, from £436 million in 2023.

Derek Raphael (Holdings) Limited

Turnover: £365,906,434

Asset management firm Derek Raphael & Co was founded in 1985 and operates from its offices in Cirencester.

Its turnover is listed in US dollars, with a GBP estimate of just over £365 million ($497,838,096) as of December 2023. Its directors commented that they were ‘pleased to report significant profitability following a successful navigation of the highs and lows of the market,’ but that ‘there is some concern heading into 2024 regarding the high interest costs prevailing and the company's ability to be able to pass these costs on to its customers.’

BASF Metals Recycling Limited

Turnover: £343,197,00

Founded in 1968, BASF Metals Recycling Limited runs its operations from a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Cinderford in the Forest of Dean. The company recovers precious metals from old catalytic converters, which contain high-value materials like platinum, palladium and rhodium.

BASF Metals' turnover dropped dramatically during 2023, listed at £343,197,000 — a fall of around 50 per cent on the previous year, largely due to platinum group metal market prices reducing drastically over the period. Despite this, the company made a post-tax profit of £1,643,000 and continues to contribute to the Forest of Dean community with its outreach programmes, champion its staff with workshops and working groups and maintain its commitment to reducing carbon production.

Cotswold Motor Group Limited

Turnover: £235,861,629

Car dealership Cotswold Motor Group is positioned at the Cheltenham end of the Golden Valley and saw turnover for its business, which is reliant on new vehicles from BMW and Mini, rise up 10 per cent from £214.6 million to £235 million for the year ending December 2023.

Breaking down its turnover, it reported a five per cent growth for new cars and an increase of 15 per cent for used cars, with an overall growth in gross profit from used cars increasing due to ‘strong growth in sales.’

Infinigate Global Services Limited (formerly Nuvias Global Services Limited)

Turnover: £223,726,000

Cyber security firm Infinigate, formerly Nuvias Global Services Limited, has global offices located across Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, with a UK base in South Cerney near Cirencester.

As of March 2024, its latest reports show a turnover of more than £223 million, predominantly garnered in the UK. Its operating profit also almost doubled to £4.3 million from just over £2 million.

Marble Power Limited

Turnover: £194,101,447

Business energy provider Marble Power promises to be 'honest, reliable and flexible' in its service to clients across the country.

For the year ending 31 March 2024, the Quedgeley-based business reported an impressive increase in turnover from £172 million in 2023 to £194.1 million. The financial success could be attributed to the company expanding its sales to 'non-GFG Alliance companies’ with intentions to ‘continue this trend in order to diversify its customer book.’

International Plywood PLC

Turnover: £176,622,822

In an extremely competitive market, Stonehouse-headquartered International Plywood remains one of the largest independent timber merchants in the sector, since it was founded in 1981.

It did however see a drop in turnover for the year ending April 2024, with the fair review of the business recognising the effects of the ‘general economic downturn and rapid rise in interest rates’ as the reason for its turnover decreasing from £199 million in 2023 to £176.6 million in 2024.

BRG Technologies Limited

Turnover: £172,258,000

Moving up nine places from last year’s list, Staverton Technology Park-headquartered business, BRG Technologies, is a leader in mission critical offsite construction of data centres and healthcare facilities.

It consistently posts record turnovers year-on-year, with this year’s totalling over £172 million — up from £106.9 million for 2023 — and perhaps attributed to ‘the average size and complexity of projects undertaken trending upwards.’

G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing Limited

Turnover: £160,869,000

Award-winning manufacturing company G-TEKT is a market leader as a tier one automotive manufacturer with operations in Gloucestershire.

Working with some of the most prestigious car brands across six locations in Europe, the company employs over 700 people and for the year ending March 2024, it reported a turnover of more than £160 million — a huge increase from its 2023 turnover of £115 million.

Kohler Mira Limited

Turnover: £160,254,000

One of Gloucestershire’s biggest manufacturers, Mira Showers employs around 700 staff at its Cheltenham base, where it makes its showers, bathroom taps and accessories.

Kohler Mira has seen turnover remain steady at £160 million, according to its last published annual accounts for the year ending December 2023.

Dairy Partners Limited

Turnover: £147,790,839

Another Gloucestershire business experiencing growth, Stonehouse-based Dairy Partners supplies dairy products to the UK foodservice and export sectors.

Its turnover for the year ending December 2024 grew from £117.4 million in 2023 to over £147 million. The group employs an estimated 208 staff members, too.

Advanced Innergy Holdings Ltd

Revenue: £136,816,634

Rising three places compared to last year, Advanced Innergy Holdings — a global leader in the engineering and manufacture of specialist materials, insulation and passive fire protection systems — reported an increase in accounts from £111 million to £136 million for the year ending September 2024.

Its staff numbers also increased to just over 660, with the company attributing its ongoing growth to ‘the Ukraine conflict emphasising the importance of national energy security, coupled with a recovery in oil price,’ saying it has ‘led to increasing market activity.’

Howard Tenens Limited

Turnover: £129,382,000

Accounts for the year ending 30 September 2023 for Stroud-based logistics firm, Howard Tenens, highlight promising increases after 'difficult trading conditions' in 2022.

It achieved a four per cent rise to £129 million with group staff numbers at almost 800.

Creed Catering Supplies Limited

Turnover: £124,168,843

Creed Catering Supplies provides a broad range of wholesale food products to the leisure, education, hospitality and care sectors.

Run by the Creed family and employing almost 400 staff, the firm achieved a significant milestone, passing £100 million turnover in its 50th year, with immense success continuing in 2023 reports. Its total turnover for the year ending December 2023 reached more than £124 million and it’s also been recognised as one of the UK’s best large companies to work for by Best Companies.

Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing UK Limited

Turnover: £123,317,028

This Bishop's Cleeve-based aerospace business is a trusted partner of world-leading aerospace industry members, with staff numbers totalling 520.

Ontic's turnover for the year ending December 2023 rose to just over £123 million ($167,927,000), powered by ‘continued organic growth from existing IP investments in addition to new IP investments made.’

Barnwood Group Limited

Turnover: £121,938,269

A builder as synonymous with Gloucester as it is with quality, Barnwood is a group of Gloucester-headquartered businesses that saw turnover for the year ending December 2023 rise to £121.9 million — up from £94.1 million in 2022 — with staff numbers totalling 214.

It commented that it has successfully addressed and managed the inflationary pressures of the industry, ‘primarily thanks to [its] people, who continue to go above and beyond with their commitment and performance.’

Futura Foods UK Limited

Turnover: £118,007,086

Remaining in the top 30, Dursley-based Mediterranean cheese specialists, Futura Foods, has battled increased costs as ‘foodstuff prices for animal feed continue to be expensive', however the company ‘managed overall to mitigate this impact by managing its sales prices to its customers in the period.’

Its turnover increased by almost 10 million to £118 million for the year ending December 2024.

SPP Pumps Limited

Turnover: £114,296,979

Another mighty Gloucestershire firm which sits in a much larger group of worldwide businesses, Coleford-based SPP Pumps makes pumps as big as you can imagine for businesses as big as they come — and employs 378 people to do so.

Turnover for the year ending December 2024 increased drastically to £114 million, up from £101 million in 2023.

Sodra Wood Limited

Turnover: £103,167,000

Cirencester firm Sodra Wood drops five places in this year’s list, with a turnover of £103 million in its year to December 2024 — an eight per cent decrease from £112.2 million in 2023.

Employing 29 people, the sustainable wood solutions company's pre-tax profit also dropped from £2.9 million to just under £2.5 million in 2024, largely attributed to ‘the loss of a major customer at the start of the year.’

Hercules Plc

Revenue: £101,934,000

As one of six firms selected to supply labour for the building of the northern section of HS2, South Cerney-based construction and civil engineering company, Hercules Plc, saw its revenue increase by 28 per cent — more than £22 million — to £101.9 million in the year to September 2024, with its directors forecasting continued growth over the next few years.

Malvern Tyres Holdings Limited

Turnover: £98,869,665

Established more than 35 years ago, Malvern Tyres is one of the largest independent tyre and auto repair specialists in the UK — and despite its name, it has its registered office in Gloucester.

Its turnover for the year ending November 2023 was over £98 million, just a slight increase from £97 million in 2022.

JSP Limited

Turnover: £91,773,000

Employing an estimated 430 people and registered at St. James Square in Cheltenham, JSP is a leader in manufacturing 'above the neck' personal protective equipment, with stockists and manufacturing locations found across the globe.

For the year ending March 2024, it turned over more than £91 million, with a gross profit of £35.3 million.

E.G.Carter & Company Limited

Turnover: £90,890,314

A fourth-generation family-run construction firm, E G Carter delivers a range of building services throughout the Midlands and the south west.

Citing the final commencement of several larger contracts, the company enjoyed a record level of turnover in the year to June 2024, with an increase of £21.5 million — more than 30 per cent — to almost £90.9 million, up from £69.4 million in 2023.

Commercial Corporate Services Limited

Turnover: £89,157,244

If an office needs it, business transformation company Commercial probably has it, providing everything from office supplies to IT solutions across a range of sectors nationally.

Crediting several account wins and the introduction of new product ranges, turnover for the Leckhampton-based firm rose £8.2 million to £89.2 million in the year to June 2024, building on impressive growth of £11.2 million the previous year.

University of Gloucestershire

Income: £87,883,000

A leading provider of education and research in the south west, the University of Gloucestershire recorded a turnover of £87.8 million at year-end July 2024.

One of Gloucestershire’s largest employers, the university held 912 staff on its payroll at the end of the academic year in 2024. The university has invested heavily of late, with £2 million going to its Park Campus and its new City Campus at the former Debenhams building in Gloucester opening just in time for the start of the new academic year in autumn 2025.

Cotteswold Dairy Limited

Turnover: £84,526,339

This family firm has risen from one man and a van delivering milk to become one of Tewkesbury’s biggest employers. 

Cotteswold Dairy's turnover saw a slight decrease from £86.4 million to £84.5 million for the year ending December 2023. During the same year, it employed an estimated 447 staff members.

Spectrum Medical Group Limited

Turnover: £82,891,193

Spectrum Medical's global headquarters is situated in Gloucester's Meteor Business Park and its worldwide operations provide healthcare solutions to hospitals in more than 60 countries.

Benefitting from a move to bring all of its sales activities under its direct control in 2022, the year to December 2023 saw the group’s turnover increase by £5.2 million to almost £82.9 million, continuing growth of more than £6 million the previous year.

IONOS Cloud Limited

Turnover: £81,974,000

Prior to its big HQ move which saw it become one of the first tenants at The Forum, domain name hosting and website services specialist IONOS Cloud Limited enjoyed impressive turnover growth of £11 million in the year to December 2023, which its directors credit to its continued customer and service growth of recent years.

Moog Controls Limited

Turnover: £81,623,000

The British arm of the American giant of the same name, Moog has been in Gloucestershire for over 50 years and is a market leader in the manufacture and servicing of electro-hydraulic servo control mechanisms for use in aerospace and Formula One.

Its turnover increased by £18.6 million in the year to September 2023 to £81.6 million, up from £63.1 million in 2022, which directors say is down to the timing of its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Accommodation Services (Holdings) Limited

Turnover: £80,081,000

Active since 1999, Accommodation Services has a registered office in Tewkesbury and operates as an industrial developer — with a single subsidiary, Integrated Accommodation Services plc (IAS), which has a 30 year project agreement with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, developing new and maintaining existing facilities at GCHQ in Cheltenham.

Its turnover increased by £8 million to more than £80 million in the year to December 2024, up from £72.1 million in 2023.

Smith's (Gloucester) Limited

Turnover: £79,640,000

Stonehouse-headquartered Smith's is dedicated to the collection, treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste and construction of civil engineering projects.

A family business, it now employs two generations — and in the year to September 2024, it reported a turnover of £79.6 million, up from £73.3 million the previous year.

O'Neill and Brennan Construction Limited

Turnover: £77,102,563

Lydney-headquartered O'Neill and Brennan has been using its wealth of experience and knowledge to provide solutions to the construction industry for more than 30 years.

For the year ending December 2023, its turnover hit £77.1 million — up from £69.9 million in the previous year — though its profits reduced, due in part to increased overhead costs. Directors hope the benefits of taking on 158 new employees will show in the following year.

KW Bell Group

Turnover: £77,069,522

Founded in 1968, KW Bell Group is a family-run construction company and housing developer based in Cinderford, encompassing five businesses — Bell Contracting, Bell Homes, Bell Plant, AccXel Construction School and The Belfry Hotel.

The latest group turnover decreased by around £9 million from £86 million in the previous year, with directors attributing part of that to a subdued housing sector, though it still showed a £7 million profit.

Aurora Care and Education Holdings Limited

Turnover: £74,072,499

The Tewkesbury-headquartered Aurora Group, established in 2015, provides education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, across its network of schools, colleges and residential homes.

Owing to a growth in services across the group and the opening of two new schools in the year to April 2024, its turnover increased by around £15 million on 2023, to almost £74.1 million.

IDEMIA UK

Turnover: £72,977,000

Based in Tewkesbury, IDEMIA UK — part of the French-headquartered IDEMIA Group — provides a range of support in digital identification, identification management, digital security and smart transactions, from payment cards to border control solutions.

Its turnover expectedly fell by £9 million in the year to December 2023, with 2022 seeing an ‘exceptional program’ of card reader sales, though the business returned a profit of £4.2 million.

Clarkson Evans Holdings Limited

Turnover: £71,312,000

Founded in 1981 by Steve Evans, Clarkson Evans came to being after the company began employing apprentices — one being Steve Clarkson. It's now turning over more than £71.3 million for the year ending September 2024.

With its HQ in Gloucester, it works with the UK's leading housebuilders and has branches across the country.

Severn & Wye Smokery Limited

Turnover: £66,650,596

Food business Severn & Wye Smokery is a champion for the Forest of Dean, running a respected restaurant in Westbury-on-Severn and exporting produce to the rest of the world.

Turnover for the year ending March 2024 fell by £1 million, which directors attributed to the ‘volatility’ of the price of fish, following an increase of £15 million the year before.

Off-Piste Wines Limited

Turnover: £64,278,000

Cheltenham wine import business Off Piste Wines saw its turnover increase by more than £4 million in the year to March 2024, which it credits in part to a change in its product mix to include more higher value wines. 

Its successful year follows an impressive turnover increase of almost £12 million in 2023.

UK Power Solutions Limited

Turnover: £62,996,000

Stonehouse firm UK Power Solutions is one of the UK’s leading multi-utility connection providers for new-build residential, industrial and commercial projects.

For the year to March 2024, the company reported turnover of almost £63 million — a decrease of around £500,000 from 2023 — as the company continued invest in staff to support anticipated future growth.

ProCook Limited

Revenue: £62,585,000

Gloucester-headquartered retailer ProCook is a leading direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand, with store locations across the UK including at Gloucester Quays.

Its revenue for the year to March 2024 increased by around £200,000 to almost £62.6 million, reflecting an improving performance following the company’s decision to exit its channels on Amazon in 2023.

L3Harris TRL Technology Limited

Turnover: £62,163,000

Another business with a headquarters in Tewkesbury, L3Harris is a specialist in defence electronics, focusing on the design, manufacture, supply and support of high-grade secure communication products, precision surveillance, monitoring and counter measures products.

Operating across 12 UK sites, its turnover increased by around £7 million in the year to December 2023, attributable in part to an increase in electronic warfare product sales.

Freemans Event Partners Holdings LTD

Turnover: £60,394,000

A leading supplier of food, drinks and consumables for world-renowned events like Formula One and the FA Cup, Gloucester-headquartered family firm Freemans Event Partners invested substantially in the year to January 2024, in order to facilitate future orderbook growth.

Its resulting turnover decreased by £1.1 million to just under £60.4 million, following exponential growth of £24.3 million in 2023; though its profits increased by around £1.2 million.

Hollingsworth and Vose Company (UK)

Turnover: £58,533,000

Dealing in paper and paperboard, this Winchcombe-based business is an arm of a vast and complex American-headquartered company, which describes itself as a global leader in filtration and energy. 

Hollingsworth and Vose reported a turnover of £58.5 million in the year to December 2023, down £7 million on the year before, which it attributes to the inflation of raw material and energy costs relating to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

UCAS (The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)

Turnover: £57,208,000

Every application to UK universities is handled through Cheltenham-headquartered UCAS.

According to its last published accounts for the year to July 2024, its turnover increased by almost £3 million to £57.2 million, with growth largely being driven by its marketing subsidiary, UCAS Media Limited.

Watts of Lydney Group Limited

Turnover: £56,126,000

Another business thriving in the Forest of Dean, family firm Watts of Lydney Group is involved in everything from truck and van sales to property and manufacturing.

The group’s turnover for the year to December 2023 increased by around £4 million to £56.1 million, owing largely to truck and van sales turnover increasing by 20 per cent.

P & M Group Limited (THE)

Turnover: £55,943,844

Gloucester-headquartered P & M Group is a market leader in the design, installation, servicing and maintenance of cold stores, fire walls, data centres and clean rooms.

Its turnover for the year to January 2024 fell by around £15 million from £70.6 million in 2023, as the group continued to invest during the year with a particular focus on training, manufacturing and sustainability.

Ubico Limited

Turnover: £54,094,000

Cheltenham-headquartered Ubico provides a range of environmental services, including waste collection, recycling and street cleansing, for Gloucestershire County Council and the county's six district councils.

Its turnover increased by more than £4 million in the year to March 2024, with staff numbers up from 880 to 903.

Hartpury University and Hartpury College

Turnover: £52,029,460

Hartpury University and Hartpury College is a truly special institution of education in Gloucestershire and also one of the biggest employers in the Forest of Dean.

Student numbers continue to rise; Ofsted rates it Outstanding; and turnover is over £52 million. Its hugely successful women’s rugby team, Gloucester-Hartpury, also continues its history-making streak by winning the Premiership Women’s Rugby title for the third time in March 2025.

Simplicity Global

Turnover: £51,141,000

Registered in Vantage Point Business Village in Mitcheldean, Simplicity provides a variety of services to the recruitment industry, from back-office facilities to temporary staff.

The Forest of Dean company saw its turnover fall by around £2.5 million in the year to March 2024, which directors attribute to the ‘general slowing’ of the UK economy.

Wiggin LLP

Turnover: £49,930,582

A law firm specialising in media, technology and IP, Wiggin LLP has bases in Edinburgh, Brussels, London and Cheltenham.

In the year to March 2024, its turnover decreased by around £1 million after a ‘challenging’ start caused by actors and writers strikes in the film and TV industry, before it picked up additional business from outside of its core sector.

Newland Homes Limited

Turnover: £48,622,000

Barnwood-based housing developer Newland Homes saw its turnover decrease to £48.6 million in the year to December 2023 — down £19 million from 2022, following on from a fall of £16 million the previous year.

Directors attribute the drop to a slower market combined with delayed site starts due to ‘continuing difficulties with the broken planning system’, though they deemed the firm’s performance ‘more than satisfactory’ when compared to its competitors in the sector.

G R Lanes Holdings Limited

Turnover: £48,203,778

Moving up six places from last year, family firm Lanes Health has been thriving in the health sector for over 90 years, producing iconic brands such as Olbas Oil, Pro Plus caffeine tablets and Kalms herbal sleep disturbance remedies.

In the year ending 31 July 2024, the Gloucester-headquartered firm turned over £48.2 million, up from £42.2 million the previous year.

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Income: £46,908,000

Stroud-headquartered South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) offers a vast range of courses in everything from business and sport to performing arts and media to 15,500 full-time and part-time students of all ages each year, across four campuses in Stroud, Bristol and Berkeley.

Its income for the year to July 2024 increased to £46.9 million, up £2 million from 2023.

Hazlewoods LLP

Turnover: £45,988,282          

With offices in Staverton, Cheltenham and Bristol, Hazlewoods is one of Gloucestershire's highest profile accountancy firms, recognised as a leader in its field for many of its sector specialisms.

Turnover for the year ending 30 April 2024 was £45.9 million, an increase of £5.6 million.

Fasthosts Internet Limited

Turnover: £45,346,000          

While Fasthosts is best-known for being founded by then A-Level student, Andrew Michael, in 1998 and sold for £61.5 million, the Gloucester business continues to deliver internet hosting services and domain name registration today.

In the year ending December 2023, its turnover was £45.3 million and it also introduced a new managed service offering to drive long-term growth.

Elmbridge Pump Company LTD

Turnover: £44,906,288          

With 40 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, Elmbridge provides products for workplace projects, from wood and industrial coatings to engineering safety equipment.

The Hardwicke-based firm had a bumper year in 2023, turning over £44.9 million — an increase of £11.4 million, or 34 per cent, from the previous year and group staff numbers estimated at 180.

Weird Fish Holdings Limited

Turnover: £42,617,575

This Tewkesbury-based national fashion brand, founded in 1993, is continuing to grow its high street presence, with six new retail stores and 28 concessions opening in 2023.

Weird Fish recorded an impressive turnover of £42.6 million for the year ending December 2023, up from £39.8 million the previous year. It also announced plans to join the lineup at the hotly anticipated Cotswolds Designer Outlet, opening in mid-July 2025.             

Hydro Building Systems UK Limited

Turnover: £42,586,000

This Tewkesbury-based firm is part of the worldwide Hydro Group, which has over 33,000 employees in more than 40 countries, with operations in Gloucester and Cheltenham. It makes aluminium door, window and curtain walling solutions.

Its turnover decreased by nearly £5 million in the year to December 2023, which directors say is a result of higher interest rates and inflation.

BiGDUG

Turnover: £42,518,020

Known to fans of Gloucester Rugby as its current sponsor, shelving and rack specialist BiGDUG is also headquartered in the city.

For the year ending December 2023, the firm reported a turnover of £42.5 million and while that’s a small drop of around £86,000 from the previous year, BiGDUG’s profit increased by £214,000 and staff numbers increased by 34 to 165.

Gloucestershire College

Income: £42,461,000

Gloucestershire College’s mission is ‘to deliver learning that works’, offering full-time programmes for 16 to 18-year-olds as well as a large adult provision, apprenticeships and other workplace learning across its campuses in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Cinderford.

Its total income for the year to July 2024 was £42.5 million, an increase of nearly £3 million from 2023.

Solent Stevedores Limited

Turnover: £42,366,264          

With expertise in rail, cruise ships, fresh products and bulk cargo, Dursley-headquartered Solent Stevedores is a specialist port terminal operator working at locations including Southampton, Jersey, London Gateway and Singapore.

In the year ending December 2023, although the business turned over more than £42 million with a pre-tax profit of £2,084,302, the decrease in profits from the previous year (2022 was at £4,545,792) was due to ‘a weaker container market and general disruption incurred from [its] terminal expansion.’

Pro Global LTD

Turnover: £42,280,000

A specialist insurance expert that streamlines and enhances the operational effectiveness of insurance businesses, Pro Global was established in 1993 and has evolved from its roots in Gloucester to a global presence.

With offices across the UK, Europe and Latin America, Pro Global filed a turnover of £42.2 million for the year ending 2023, seeing a growth of £4.4 million, with its UK employees at 502.

Panel Supplies Limited

Turnover: £42,236,722

With its registered head office in Stonehouse, Panel Supplies is a stockist and distributor of plywood and other timber products from its three UK locations.

The year to April 2024 saw its turnover decrease by 12 per cent to £42.2 million, down from almost £48 million in 2023, attributed to the ‘general economic slowdown’.

Pegasus Planning Group Limited

Turnover: £42,148,000

While turnover for the year ending June 2023 saw a dip of five per cent on the previous year, Pegasus Planning Group has seen ‘significant increase in the energy sector, where [it is] continuing to see increasing volumes of work for solar and battery storage development proposals in England and Wales’.

Turnover is listed at £42.1 million for the Cirencester-headquartered planning consultancy, which also recognises growth in Scotland too, where onshore wind energy projects are going from strength to strength.

Adey Innovation Limited

Turnover: £41,976,000

Started by a former British Gas engineer, Chris Adey 'invented the very first magnetic filter', The MagnaClean, and there are now over 10 million MagnaClean filter fitters worldwide.

Adey also announced during 2023 that it had bought Surestop Limited, a national smart water technology manufacturer. Turnover for the year ending December 2023 comes in at nearly £42 million.

Cold Clad Ltd

Turnover: £41,972,099

Tewkesbury-headquartered Cold Clad offers an extensive range of construction services, specialising in insulated cladding and roofing, chilled and frozen storage rooms and fire compartment walls, data store chambers and boundary walls.

Turnover for the year ending March 2024 is up by £10.8 million to £41.9 million, with the company planning to invest in new electric and hybrid vehicles and increase its staffing levels for further growth.

Lodge Service International Limited

Turnover: £40,734,376          

This Cirencester-headquartered security firm specialises in ‘loss prevention and profit protection through services and solutions delivered using its specialist people, hardware and software’.

Turnover for Lodge Service increased by 12 per cent to £40.7 million in the year ending July 2024, with new contracts in Europe secured and a large number of hires, taking staffing levels to 1,275.

Bishop Fleming LLP

Turnover: £38,725,548

Bishop Fleming is a leading independent provider of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services and has several offices across the West Midlands and the south west, including Cheltenham. It is currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.

Turnover for the 2024 financial year was £38.7 million and an increase of 18 per cent on fee growth from the previous year. The firm is poised to deliver on its Better Growth strategy, which aims to increase growth significantly over a five-year period.

TBS Engineering Limited

Turnover: £38,328,303          

Brockworth-headquartered TBS Engineering is a specialist in the design and manufacture of lead-acid battery products for cars and trucks.

In the year ending December 2023, turnover is up from £37.9 million to £38.3 million, with £23.1 million of those being in North America. Staff numbers were up to a solid 160 in 2023.

Intamarque Group Limited

Turnover: £38,283,214

Wholesale supplier Intamarque specialises in the distribution of branded toiletries, health and beauty and household consumable goods, from Listerine to Dove.

With its distribution centre located in Ashchurch, its turnover for the year ending May 2024 was £38.2 million, a healthy increase of £1.6 million from 2023.

Prima Healthcare Group Limited

Turnover: £37,983,872

Formerly known as Prima Dental Manufacturing, the newly rebranded, Gloucester-headquartered Prima Healthcare Group is a specialist manufacturer of dental burs and one of Gloucestershire’s biggest business success stories.

Prima's turnover for the year ending December 2023 reached £37.9 million, with the firm investing £6.6 million in its UK production facility and taking on 25 new staff members.

Shipton Mill Limited

Turnover: £37,897,451

Tetbury-based Shipton Mill is famous for producing top quality, organic artisan flour, favoured by celebrity bakers such as Tom and Henry Herbert of Hobbs House Bakery.

Founded in 1979, the mill uses ‘the very best grains, working alongside nature and what the climate and seasons can offer’. Turning over almost £37.9 million in the year ending March 2024, revenue increased by £2.4 million, with staff numbers at 81.

Holland Cooper Clothing Limited

Turnover: £37,019,326

Founded by Gloucestershire powerhouse fashion designer, Jade Holland Cooper, this luxury brand rises an impressive 13 places this year, with a bumper turnover of £37 million in year-end March 2024 — an increase of 39 per cent and £11 million on the previous year.

The official partner of Cheltenham Racecourse, Holland Cooper is headquartered at Dunkertons Park in Charlton Kings, also owned by Jade and her husband Julian Dunkerton.

Wentforth Associates Limited

Turnover: £36,199,915

Longborough-headquartered Wentforth Associates trades through subsidiaries in the sale of office furniture and office interior refurbishment and design services, as well as the sale of agricultural machinery, equipment, supplies and design services.

Results filed for the year ending December 2023 show an increase of £2.2 million from the previous year.

MG Markey Group Limited

Turnover: £32,124,835

Hardwicke-based MG Markey Group is a long-established family property development business.

Its turnover for the year ending March 2024 reached £32.1 million with gross profits exceeding £10 million for the first time ever. The firm commented that its ‘construction and manufacturing businesses continued to drive efficiency through [its] operations’.

Gardner Garages Limited

Turnover: £32,114,354

This Cheltenham-based, family-owned petrol and convenience store retailer has listed its turnover at £32.1 million for the year ending July 2024 — a decrease of £6 million from the previous year.

The company puts the loss as being due to the purchase of two additional businesses, taking its forecourt operations to six. It did, however, sell off one of its location for underperformance, which Gardner predicts will ‘increase gross profit margins for future years’.

Woodlodge Holdings Limited

Turnover: £31,604,445

Woodlodge Holdings Limited has two principle subsidiaries, Woodlodge Products and Terrastyle, both operating principally in the UK and its registered office is in Tetbury.

Specialising in garden products designed by its in-house team, its turnover increased by almost £1 million in the year to July 2024, from £30.8 million in 2023.

Barons Eden Limited

Turnover: £30,800,000

A collection of award-winning spa and hotel destinations — including Hoar Cross Hall in Staffordshire and Eden Hall in Nottinghamshire — Barons Eden prides itself on its individuality and operational excellence.

With a registered office in Moreton-in-Marsh, it reported a turnover for the year ending December 2023 of £30.8 million, up from £29.1 million in 2022. The business comments that it has been investing considerable amounts in refurbishing its existing properties.

Two Rivers Housing

Turnover: £30,738,000

With turnover reaching £30.7 million at its last filing in March 2024, Two Rivers Housing has, as of March 2025, converted into a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society, meaning that all of its profits will now benefit the community and the society’s primary activities.

This supplier and manager of social housing is also a housebuilder and employs an estimated 160 staff at its headquarters in Newent.

Avon Metals Limited

Turnover: £30,600,000

Rising five places compared with 2024's list, this Gloucester-based business deals in scrap metals to identify precious and aircraft-grade metals.

Avon Metals' turnover increased to £30.6 million from £26.9 million, signalling continued improvement after a tumultuous 2022 which saw it drop 34 places in the 2024 Top 100 list. 

McGurk Group

Turnover: £30,555,479

This group of companies founded by Gloucester-based brothers Eamonn and Brian McGurk is also on the upward trend, recording a turnover of £30.5 million in 2023 — up nine per cent from £27.8 million in 2022. 

McGurk Group's core activities are the provision of plant and transport services, construction, land development, domiciliary care, supported accommodation, independent living, residential and commercial property letting.

SLG Allstars Limited

Turnover: £30,301,000

Headquartered at The Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham, SLG Brands is the creator and distributor of some of the high street's best selling and most recognisable beauty and grooming brands, with its flagship COLAB dry shampoo celebrating 10 years in 2025.

Its turnover for the year to December 2023 was £30.3 million, an increase of 5.5 per cent on the previous year, with 127 staff on the payroll. SLG also joined the prestigious British Beauty Council in 2025, bringing its decades of expertise to the advisory board’s growing network of industry leaders.

Leeways Group Limited

Turnover: £29,869,607

Established in 1971, Leeways Packaging is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of thermoformed packaging solutions, operating from its base in Churcham, near Gloucester.

In the year ending June 2024, its turnover is listed as £29.8 million which, although a decrease from £32.2 million in 2023, is still ‘in line with expectations’, with pre-tax profits of £3.8 million.

Ground Control Technologies Holdings

Turnover: £29,355,183

Churcham-based Ground Control uses satellite and cellular technology to remotely control everything from wind farm telemetry and flood warnings to forestry machinery — with 80,000 devices in active use.

Its turnover for the year ending November 2023, which is listed in US dollars at $39,709,000 and is up by around $2.2 million on the previous year, is an estimated £29.3 million in GBP.

The Natural Dispensary Limited

Turnover: £28,743,053

Stroud-headquartered nutritional supplement business The Natural Dispensary is an independent company stocking over 18,000 practitioner-prescribed products, supplying customers through online mail order.

Its turnover is up by £2.4 million for the year-end September 2023 to £28.7 million, with the wellness firm citing younger generations as being ‘increasingly more focused on diet and lifestyle’, requiring a company shift to ‘a modernised platform to ensure the user interface and experience meets that customer demand well.’

Pentwin Group Limited

Turnover: £27,266,691

Pentwin Group deals with corporate investments, operating from Swindon Village in Cheltenham. Its turnover for the year ending December 2023 is stable at £27.2 million, with gross profit up by £500,000 and group employees at 182.

BDP Imports Holdings LTD

Turnover: £26,634,000

BDP Imports supplies outdoor furniture and trades as Bramblecrest, headquartered in Frampton Mansell, near Stroud.

The year to November 2023 saw its turnover almost halved from £26.6 million the year before to £51.4 million — with high demand for garden furniture following the Covid-19 pandemic returning to normal levels, leaving customers with ‘higher than normal’ stock, resulting in lower orders.

Greiner Bio-One Limited

Turnover: £25,237,819

The principal activities of this Stonehouse-headquartered firm are the distribution of medical and scientific products. 

Greiner Bio-One achieved a turnover of £25.2 million in 2023, down from £26 million from the previous year, with the firm saying that Middle Eastern conflict and the war on Ukraine has continued disrupting logistics and exerting strain on the global supply chain. The firm remains focused on ‘streamlining its supplier base and implementing cost-cutting initiatives’.