AQATA Limited

What AQATA Limited does

AQATA Limited is a privately held UK manufacturer of luxury shower screens and enclosures, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The company focuses exclusively on a single product category within the premium bathroom specification market, producing made-in-Britain glass shower enclosures for residential and likely trade/specification customers. Its operational footprint is a single manufacturing site with a headcount of 51–100 employees, consistent with a focused mid-sized niche specialist rather than a diversified bathroom goods conglomerate. The company operates a direct branded website at aqata.co.uk and distributes through the UK bathroom retail and specification channel.

The business model is built on manufactured physical goods sold through trade and direct channels at premium price points, a model common to UK bathroom specialists. No pricing model, customer segmentation, revenue model detail, or technology stack is disclosed in the available source material, and the single cited third-party source explicitly pertains to an unrelated non-GamStop casino review website and contains no AQATA corporate data. Consequently, deeper analysis of revenue mechanics, channel mix, geographic footprint beyond the UK, ownership, and management is not supported by the evidence in scope.

Name

AQATA Limited

Website

https://aqata.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AQATA Limited is a UK-based, privately held manufacturer of luxury shower screens and enclosures, founded in 1986 in Hinckley, serving the premium residential and trade bathroom specification market through a focused niche product line.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bathroom Fixtures and Shower Enclosures

SIC

Flat Glass (3211)

akta.pro primary industry

Shower Remodel & Installation (Walk-in, Tile, Glass Enclosures) (HSAPABAB)

Keywords

• Shower enclosures
• Shower screens
• Bathroom fixtures
• Luxury bathroom products
• Glass shower doors

Headquarters

HQ city

Hinckley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

AQATA Limited is a UK-based manufacturer of luxury shower screens and shower enclosures for bathroom installations. The company produces physical glass shower products positioned in the premium bathroom fixtures market and operates from Hinckley in the United Kingdom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Luxury Shower Screens

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Grohe (LIXIL): Grohe, as part of LIXIL, is a global premium shower systems and bathroom fittings brand. While its core is mixers and shower systems, it competes with AQATA at the high-end shower/bathroom remodel purchase occasion.
• Villeroy & Boch: Villeroy & Boch is a global premium bathroom and tiling brand with extensive shower enclosure ranges. Comparable as a luxury-positioned competitor but with vastly broader product portfolio and international reach than AQATA.
• Ideal Standard: Ideal Standard is a major European bathroom manufacturer offering suites of basins, baths, mixers, and enclosures. A broader incumbent that overlaps AQATA in shower enclosures but competes more comprehensively across full bathroom suites.

Direct peers

• Matki Showers: Matki is a long-established UK manufacturer of luxury shower enclosures and bath screens. Highly comparable to AQATA on heritage, UK manufacturing, and high-end designer-bathroom positioning.
• Kudos Showers: Kudos designs and supplies shower enclosures and bath screens to UK and Irish bathroom specialists. Comparable to AQATA on product focus, distribution model, and UK-based sourcing/manufacturing.
• Roman (Roman Showers): Roman is a UK-based manufacturer of shower enclosures, bath screens, and wet-room solutions serving bathroom retailers. Directly comparable to AQATA given the same product category, UK manufacturing footprint, and distribution through independent bathroom showrooms.
• HÜPPE: HÜPPE is a European (German-headquartered) premium shower enclosure manufacturer with cross-European distribution. Comparable to AQATA on luxury shower enclosures but operates at broader geographic scale.
• Aqualux Showering: Aqualux produces shower enclosures and screens for the UK trade market. Comparable to AQATA given direct overlap in product lines and channel focus on bathroom retail showrooms.
• Merlyn Showering: Merlyn is an Irish/UK shower enclosure specialist known for premium frameless and luxury enclosures. Comparable to AQATA in luxury positioning, shower-screen product focus, and UK/Ireland distribution channels.

Regional players

• Schulte (Roth Werke): Schulte is a German shower enclosure and bath-screen manufacturer focused primarily on European markets. Comparable to AQATA on product focus and luxury positioning, though concentrated in DACH/CEE rather than UK retail.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AqataLtd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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