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LGC competitors & alternatives
The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to LGC among biotech companies — ranked by similarity to what LGC actually does, not by market-cap band.
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About LGC
LGC Group, formerly the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, is an international life sciences measurement and tools company. It provides the role and duties of the UK Government Chemist, a statutory adviser to the government. LGC also hosts the UK's National Measurement Laboratory (NML) for chemical and bio-measurement, which performs measurements for diagnostics, advanced therapeutics, safety and security, among others.
LGC at a glance
LGC is a biotech company headquartered in United Kingdom. Xcout tracks 17 named people at LGC, including Joydeep Goswami (President & Chief Executive Officer). Xcout recorded 141 job postings from LGC in the last 90 days, naming tools such as SAP, Salesforce, Tableau.
LGC leadership
- Joydeep GoswamiPresident & Chief Executive Officer
- Marcus KaellerChief Financial Officer
- Julie CormackChief People Officer
- Lee MawChief Digital & Information Officer
- Helen WatsonGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
- Bruno RossiExecutive Vice President & General Manager, LGC Standards
11 more named people on record for LGC, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Hiring at LGC
Xcout recorded 141 job postings from LGC in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since July 2026.
Tools named in LGC's job postings
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Top 12 LGC competitors
Ranked by semantic similarity — how close each company is to LGC by what it does, using Xcout's live company graph. Click any company for its full profile, or its competitor set.
Biotechnology
Biosearch Technologies provides products and services for nucleic acid synthesis, PCR, and genomic analysis, operating as part of LGC.
Life Sciences & Diagnostics
Danaher Corporation is a global life sciences and diagnostics innovator that provides technologies, tools, and services to biotechnology, diagnostics, and life sciences sectors. The company supports customers in developing life-changing therapies, creating precise diagnostic tools, and advancing scientific research to improve human health.
Similar biotech company
Source BioScience is a UK-based laboratory services company providing genomics, DNA sequencing, molecular diagnostics, and pathology-related testing. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, healthcare organizations, research institutions, and other life-science customers.
Similar biotech company
Eurofins Scientific SE is a French group of laboratories headquartered in Luxembourg, providing testing and support services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental, agriscience and consumer products industries and to governments.
Life Sciences Distribution
Cambridge Bioscience (formerly Stratech Scientific) is a distributor of life science research reagents, equipment, and laboratory services for the scientific community.
Similar biotech company
Aptamer Group plc, an international company headquartered in York, United Kingdom, specializes in providing advanced binders for applications spanning research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Their innovative binder technology is engineered to resolve challenges often associated with traditional molecular tools, such as antibodies, offering crucial solutions to bioprocessing, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical scientists. Established in 2014, the company primarily serves pharmaceutical corporations, diagnostic development firms, and various research institutes.
Biotechnology
Grupo Eurofins Scientific is a global leader in analytical services, founded in Nantes, France, in 1987. The group employs over 50,000 workers and operates in 50 countries.
Biotechnology & Life Sciences
National Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures and supplies chemicals, reagents, and laboratory products for life sciences research. The company provides materials for electrophoresis, histology, liquid scintillation counting, and oxygen assays to support laboratory experiments and innovations.
Similar biotech company
Proteome Sciences plc provides contract research services for the identification, validation, and application of protein biomarkers in the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union, and internationally. The company offers TMT LC-MS2, a standard method for analyzing cells and tissues when no phosphopeptide enrichment is required; TMT LC-MS3, a standard method for biomarker discovery in plasma and other samples where quantitative accuracy is a factor; SysQuant that provides an analysis of protein activity across regulatory and signaling pathways; and TMTcalibrator which analyzes where diseased or treated tissue can be analyzed in parallel with peripheral fluids. It also offers top 14 and top 65 super depletion of proteins from serum and plasma; selective reaction monitoring (SRM) and parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) based biomarker assay development; SRM assay, a targeted mass spectrometry assay format for the routine measurement of biomarkers; and TMT SRM, a targeted assay format that enables the rapid validation of biomarker candidates. The company serves its products to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as to academic research institutes. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Cobham, the United Kingdom.
Biotechnology
Abcam plc is a global life sciences company that develops and distributes research reagents and tools, with its global headquarters located at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the United Kingdom.
Similar biotech company
Fortis Life Sciences is a life-sciences company that builds and operates businesses supplying products, services, and technologies to biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, and research laboratories. It supports customers across areas such as laboratory workflow, research tools, and life-science instrumentation through a portfolio of specialized companies and brands.
Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Thermo Fisher Scientific provides analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, software, consumables, reagents, and pharmaceutical services to customers in healthcare, life sciences, and other industries. The company supports scientific research, diagnostics, and the development and manufacturing of therapies through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, and Fisher Scientific.
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