High-Growth Sector

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

A market overview of active UK companies in Robotics & Autonomous Systems. Figures exclude dormant and dissolved companies. Data refreshed 30 Apr 2026.

Active companies
1,315
trading & on register
Reporting turnover
136
10% of active
Reporting employees
1,195
91% of active
Register health
10%
of 1,494 on register are dormant

Company size (employees)

Active companies reporting employee counts

1-9
868
10-49
244
50-249
67
250+
16

Turnover distribution

Active companies reporting turnover

<£100k
9
£100k-£1m
12
£1m-£10m
42
£10m-£100m
63
£100m+
10

Where they're based

Active companies by major UK city (30km London, 15–20km elsewhere)

Greater London
181
Manchester
46
Birmingham
41
Leeds
23
Bristol
22
Liverpool
21
Edinburgh
15
Glasgow
12
Belfast
11
Cardiff
8

New formations by year

Active companies incorporated under this category (dormant shells excluded)

77
17
80
18
82
19
91
20
57
21
74
22
37
23
11
24
1
25
0
26

Largest by turnover

#CompanyTurnoverEBITDAEmployees3y growth
1DAIFUKU CO., LTD. UK BRANCH£3.2B£346.6M13,0711%
2OCADO GROUP PLC£2.1B£156.2M--7%
3HCA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£657.8M£102.8M5,3669%
4BWI (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£244.0M£6.4M23819%
5BOSCH REXROTH LIMITED£243.0M£6.5M7452%
6VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£211.5M£5.5M8533%
7IROBOT UK LTD.£192.1M£18.6M6912%
8ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC£170.1M£67.0M56045%
9TGW LIMITED£143.7M£5.7M45115%
10AB DYNAMICS PLC£114.7M£26.6M55311%
11KNAPP U.K. LIMITED£94.5M£4.7M291-11%
12APTIV SERVICES UK LIMITED£93.9M£10.0M103-7%
13ALTUS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS£87.3M£11.1M239-
14TRACSIS PLC£81.9M£9.4M1,3576%
15ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£75.2M£34.1M24345%
16AERIAL EXPOSURE LTD£73.5M£40.3M13-
17ROVOP HOLDINGS LIMITED£68.7M£14.5M35419%
18L.A.C. CONVEYOR SYSTEMS LIMITED£63.4M£7.1M10135%
19YASKAWA ELECTRIC UK LIMITED£62.7M£6.0M18123%
20SWISSLOG (UK) LTD.£61.5M£2.5M29817%

Fastest-growing

Active companies with turnover ≥ £1m, sorted by 3-year turnover CAGR

#CompanyTurnoverEmployees3y turnover growth
1FIVE AI LIMITED£23.7M106343%
2SEAGEN U.K. LTD.£9.5M25215%
3KINESYS PROJECTS LIMITED£11.8M4164%
4WING AVIATION UK LIMITED£1.8M-51%
5MANDO CORPORATION LIMITED£19.1M2950%
6AUTOMATED INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS WAKEFIELD LIMITED£54.2M16546%
7ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC£170.1M56045%
8ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£75.2M24345%
9YUSHIN AUTOMATION LIMITED£27.4M1440%
10I ROB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£48.1M7638%
11CAMERA CORPS LTD£3.1M1937%
12L.A.C. CONVEYOR SYSTEMS LIMITED£63.4M10135%
13WAYMO UK LTD.£13.5M2635%
14ZOOX LABS LTD£6.9M2834%
15M SUBS LIMITED£14.1M11528%
16HOLLOWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED£6.6M4628%
17HAMSARD 3446 LIMITED£2.4M727%
18GEBHARDT INTRALOGISTICS UK LIMITED£39.8M6425%
19LABMAN AUTOMATION LIMITED£16.2M14524%
20YASKAWA ELECTRIC UK LIMITED£62.7M18123%

Newest formations

Most recently incorporated active companies

#CompanyLocationIncorporated
1TQC GROUP LTDNottingham2025
2REEL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTDBelfast2024
3SIGA VISION LIMITEDTadcaster2024
4SKY-FUTURES GLOBAL LIMITEDHarlow2024
5AEL AUTOMATION LTDBowburn2024
6EPSILON ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITEDTamworth2024
7AUTOCUT LTDNr Kingsbridge2024
8CALTECH LTDMuir Of Ord2024
9GROUNDTECH LANDSCAPING LTDDriffield2024
10TORNADO STORAGE SOLUTIONS (HOLDINGS) LTDHemel Hempstead2024
11ENDPOINT AUTOMATION SERVICES (EAS) UK LIMITEDShrewsbury2024
12DACS SOLUTIONS LTDEdgware2024
13MUSKETEERS CAPITAL (UK) LIMITEDLondon2023
14OCEAN INFINITY SOLUTIONS LIMITEDLondon2023
15IDIG SYSTEMS UK LTDSouthend-On-Sea2023
16PLENTI SPACE LTDLondon2023
17ADDOR SYSTEMS LIMITEDTorquay2023
18RISE AUTOMATION LTDRochester2023
19NEXENS CONSULTING LTDSawbridgeworth2023
20SV ROBOT SOLUTIONS LTDSouthampton2023