PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD

What PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD does

PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD is a UK-based, privately held supplier of coatings and related consumables, serving automotive, industrial, and commercial end-markets. Its service line comprises the supply of automotive, industrial, and commercial coatings, colour matching services, and associated paint consumables. The company is structured as a private limited company and operates as an independent trade distributor in the UK coatings market rather than as a manufacturer.

The firm was founded in 1985 and has therefore traded continuously for approximately four decades, which represents the most concrete operational signal available. Headcount is reported in the 1–10 band, indicating a micro-enterprise profile. The corporate website (paintsandlacquers.co.uk) returns only a bot-verification/loading page and provides no additional product catalogue detail, manufacturer partnerships, certifications, geographic coverage, or customer information beyond the company's stated service description.

No public financial, leadership, product-range depth, customer-segment, or strategic-action data is available. The verifiable picture is therefore limited to: a UK private limited company, founded 1985, operating with 1–10 employees as a coatings trade supplier offering colour matching services and paint consumables to automotive, industrial, and commercial customers. Investors seeking scale, growth, or technological differentiation signals should treat this as a small, opaque, privately held trade operation whose long trading history suggests durability rather than momentum.

Name

PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD

Legal name

PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD

Website

https://paintsandlacquers.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PAINTS AND LACQUERS LTD is a UK private limited company that supplies automotive, industrial, and commercial coatings, colour matching services, and associated paint consumables. Founded in 1985, it operates with 1–10 employees as an independent trade distributor in the UK coatings market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Coatings

NAICS

Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510), Paint and Wallpaper Retailers (444120), Paint and Coating Manufacturing (32551)

SIC

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851), Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Paint, Stain & Finishes Retail (Coatings, Sundries) (CRAIADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shop Finishing & Surface Treatment (Staining, Painting, Lacquer) (HSAPAIAL), Home Care Tools & Consumables (Sponges, Wipes, Brushes, Gloves, Mop Refills) (CRADAKAM)

Keywords

• Automotive coatings
• Industrial coatings
• Commercial coatings
• Paint consumables
• Colour matching services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Paints and Lacquers Ltd supplies automotive, industrial and commercial coatings, colour matching services, and associated paint consumables. The company acts as a distributor/supplier of paint products and related consumables to trade and commercial customers, with a colour matching capability as an adjunct service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Automotive coatings Coatings formulated and supplied for automotive refinish, repair and OEM applications, sold to automotive trade and commercial customers.
• Industrial coatings Protective and finishing coatings supplied to industrial users for manufacturing, maintenance and asset-protection requirements.
• Commercial coatings Coatings products supplied to commercial customers for application across non-industrial commercial environments.
• Colour matching services Custom colour matching service that formulates or matches paint colours to customer specifications, supporting trade and commercial coating applications.
• Paint consumables Ancillary consumables associated with paint application, supplied alongside coating products to trade and commercial buyers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Hammerite: UK-recognised specialty coatings brand (now part of AkzoNobel) focused on metal protection and industrial finishes. Comparable specialty industrial coatings positioning.
• Holts Auto: UK-based supplier of automotive touch-up paints, refinish coatings and paint consumables. Highly comparable to Paints and Lacquers' automotive coatings + consumables bundle.
• Crown Paints: Major UK paint manufacturer and trade supplier with colour-matching services and a broad coatings + sundries assortment. Closest scaled UK analogue in product breadth and channel.
• Brewers Decorator Centres: UK's largest decorator-focused paint and sundries retailer, offering colour matching and paint consumables alongside coatings. Closest business-model peer — multi-channel UK coatings/sundries retailer.
• Farrow & Ball: UK premium paint manufacturer/retailer with bespoke colour-matching services. Comparable as a UK coatings brand monetizing colour-matching expertise, though at the premium end.
• Leyland Trade: UK trade-focused paint brand distributing coatings and associated consumables through decorator centres. Comparable mid-market UK coatings distributor model.

Broad incumbents

• PPG Industries: Global automotive and industrial coatings major with strong UK trade presence (Johnstone's, Leyland). Direct competitive context for Paints and Lacquers' automotive and industrial segments.
• Johnstone's Paint (PPG): Long-established UK trade paint brand owned by PPG, supplying decorative and industrial coatings with colour-matching. Overlaps directly with Paints and Lacquers' coating + tinting offering at much greater scale.
• Rust-Oleum: Global specialty coatings brand with strong industrial and commercial presence and UK distribution. Overlaps in industrial/commercial coatings product category.
• AkzoNobel / Dulux UK: Parent of Dulux, the dominant UK decorative coatings brand with full industrial and commercial portfolios and colour-matching infrastructure. Sets the competitive benchmark Paints and Lacquers operates against.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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