List of Software Companies in the UK

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 103,426 software companies in the UK, one in every 85 UK companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 1,006 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in four of all software firms are based in London, South East, East of England, North West and South West. Below you find the largest software firms in the UK, the regions where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our UK company database or through the Companies House API.

103,426 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies103,4261 in85 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionLondon 42,419Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (91%)Revenue< $100K (57%)Email11%Phone21%Website26%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Infosys LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Holborn	6775 Shelton Street	London	WC2H 9JQ	infosys.*****	1997	$18,698,212,800	348,596	Foreign company	422	FC020086
2	Entuity LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Charlton	6 Mitre Passage	London	SE10 0ER	N/A	1996	$5,485,452,702	36	Corporation	176	03204761
3	Amdocs LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Saint Peter Port	Hirzel House	Guernsey	GY1 2NG	N/A	1988	$4,887,550,000	30,000	Corporation	179	19528
4	Intel CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Media City UK	Law Debenture Corporate Services Ltd	Manchester, Greater Manchester	M3 5GS	intel.*****	1973	$3,336,828,000	433	Corporation	360	01134945
5	Oracle CORPORATION UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Whiteknights	Oracle Parkway	Wokingham	RG6 1RA	oracle.*****	1977	$3,148,547,829	2,489	Corporation	1287	01782505
6	Qualcomm Technologies International, LTD.	Unitedkingdom	Sydenham Intake	Unit 2	Belfast	BT3 9DT	qualcomm.*****	1998	$2,895,621,000	615	Corporation	231	03665875
7	Salesforce UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	110 Bishopsgate	London	EC2N 4AY	salesforce.*****	1999	$2,348,324,645	2,673	Corporation	76	05094083
8	Softcat PLC	Unitedkingdom	Marlow	Softcat	Buckinghamshire	SL7 1LW	softcat.*****	1993	$1,989,298,855	2,639	Corporation	9	02174990
9	Sap (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bedfont	Clockhouse Place	London	TW14 8HD	sap.*****	1987	$1,677,853,188	1,716	Corporation	545	02152073
10	Zebra Technologies Europe LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bourne End	Dukes Meadow	Buckinghamshire	SL8 5XF	zebra.*****	1969	$1,618,725,000	672	Corporation	51	02881068
11	Misys International LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	London	One Kingdom Street	London	W2 6BL	misys.*****	2012	$1,409,267,799	4,720	Corporation	100	07988755
12	Lenovo Technology (united Kingdom) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Farnborough	25 Templer Avenue	Hampshire	GU14 6FE	lenovo.*****	2003	$1,332,337,520	546	Corporation	536	04912819
13	Apple (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	280 Bishopsgate	London	EC2M 4AG	N/A	1981	$1,120,556,371	1,869	Corporation	830	01591116
14	Playtech PLC	Unitedkingdom	Douglas	Sovereign House	Douglas	IM1 2SD	N/A	1999	$946,725,938	5,044	Corporation	14	008505V
15	Playtech PLC	Unitedkingdom	City of London	Mid City Place	London	WC1V 6EA	playtech.*****	2021	$896,766,784	7,094	Foreign company	14	FC039047
16	Bosch Global Software Technologies Private LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	107 Cheapside	London	EC2V 6DN	N/A	2012	$851,196,801	3	Foreign company	2223	FC031115
17	Sophos LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Abingdon	The Pentagon	Oxfordshire	OX14 3YP	sophos.*****	1987	$837,561,748	622	Corporation	71	02096520
18	Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor LTD.	Unitedkingdom	Edinburgh Bioquarter	7b Nightingale Way	City of Edinburgh	EH3 9EG	cirrus.*****	2015	$792,014,000	1,183	Corporation	32	SC495735
19	Exclusive Networks LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Alton	Alresford House	Hampshire	GU34 2QJ	exclusive-networks.*****	1994	$775,678,297	383	Corporation	88	02900798
20	Sage (UK) LTD	Unitedkingdom	Wallsend	5-6 Cobalt Park Way	North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear	NE28 9EJ	sage.*****	1981	$653,442,507	1,765	Corporation	170	01045967
21	Bell Microsystems LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Southsea	New Hampshire Court	Portsmouth	PO5 4AQ	bell-group.*****	1997	$641,124,758	909	Corporation	7	03102360
22	Sophos Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Canary Wharf	C/o Csc Cls UK Ltd	London	E14 5HU	sophos.*****	2015	$640,676,458	2,933	Corporation	71	09608658
23	Vs UK Holdings 2 LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Reading	1st Floor	Reading	RG1 3EU	N/A	2020	$590,632,267	9	Corporation	38	12938336
24	Storm Software PLC	Unitedkingdom	Cardiff	C/o 09509359 - Companies House Default Address	Cardiff	CF14 8LH	aimsoftware.*****	2016	$564,167,338	1,033	Corporation	N/A	09509359
25	I-Logic Technologies Bidco LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	C/o Ion	London	EC4R 1BE	bidoo.*****	2017	$556,504,000	1,280	Corporation	145	11063542

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Software firms in London

London has 42,419 software companies and software firms, 2.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 86% above the national share. Nine in ten London firms have fewer than five people; 392 have 50 or more. 10,801 new firms were entered in 2026, 214 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 38,868 · 92%
5-9: 1,505 · 4%
10-19: 946 · 2%
20-49: 567 · 1%
50+: 392 · 0.9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 351 · 0.8%
Partnerships: 69 · 0.2%
Ltd and PLC: 41,409 · 98%
Other or none: 590 · 1%

Of the UK total: 41.0%
Of all London companies: 2.2%
Against the national share: 1.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 10,801
Entered 2025: 9,214
Of UK's 2026 entries: 51.6%

Old

Before 1990: 214 · 0.5%
1990 or later: 42,205 · 99%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 18.9%

Reachable

Email: 5,223 · 12%
Phone: 7,944 · 19%
Website: 9,871 · 23%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 23,731 · 56%
$100K-$500K: 15,184 · 36%
$500K-$1M: 1,610 · 4%
$1M and more: 1,821 · 4%

Largest

1Foreign company7,094
22,673
32,209
42,099
51,869

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Software companies and software firms in the UK

103,426

21 October 2026

There are 103,426 software companies and software firms in the UK in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 85 UK companies. About 100 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (20,939 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 99,919 97%
Head offices: 3,110
Branch offices: 397

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 62012.

96,239 of the 103,426 are Ltd and PLC (93%); 2,838 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 102,942 UK software firms with a known headcount, 93,242 (91%) have one to four people, 4,562 have five to nine, 4,132 have ten to 49 and 1,006 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (58,689, 57%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 1097,804 95%
Small 10 to 494,132 4%
Medium 50 to 249951 0.9%
Large 250+55 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all UK companies (93% have under ten staff).

1,828

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,129 more than $10 million.

20,939

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the UK?

London has the most software companies in the UK (42,419), ahead of South East (13,108), East of England (8,625), North West (7,993) and South West (6,394). Together the five hold three in four of them. Relative to their size, London, South East and East of England have the most: 0.9 to 1.9 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

12 UK regions have at least one software firm; 12 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a region to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Software firms per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.17. London has 1.9 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

Largest software firms in the UK

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in London, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Playtech is the largest software firm in the UK by headcount. 1,006 firms employ 50 people or more; 445 employ 100 or more.

1LondonForeign company7,094 staff
2London2,673 staff
3Wokingham2,489 staff
4London2,209 staff
5London2,099 staff
6North Yorkshire2,025 staff
7London1,869 staff
8North Tyneside1,765 staff
9London1,716 staff
10LondonForeign company1,710 staff

By employee size · 102,942 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	93,242	91%
5-9	4,562	4%
10-19	2,514	2%
20-49	1,618	2%
50-99	561	0.5%
100-199	240	0.2%
200-499	150	0.1%
500-999	33	<0.1%
1,000+	22	<0.1%

91% have 1 to 4 people; 1,618 have 20 to 49; 1,006 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	58,689	57%
$100K-$500K	36,431	35%
$500K-$1M	3,288	3%
$1M-$5M	2,762	3%
$5M-$10M	699	0.7%
$10M-$50M	846	0.8%
$50M-$100M	135	0.1%
$100M-$500M	118	0.1%
$500M+	30	<0.1%

57% under $100,000; 2,762 between $1M and $5M; 1,828 above $5M.

The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 4 UK software firms from before 1900, 67 from before 1950 and 1,133 from before 1990.

1820
1. Newry
1884
1. Rotherham
1885
1. Cumbria
1895
1. London
1900
1. Stoke-on-Trent
1900
1. Reading

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1,133

UK software firms date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

20,939 software firms were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 100 a working day, after 19,222 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 3.9% of the inflow.

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6,3972023
8,5862024
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20,9392026 so far

20,821 of this year's 20,939 are Ltd and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Wokingham99 staff
2London68 staff
3London67 staff
4London42 staff
5London39 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 16 software firms for every one of the security companies in the UK.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Software Companies	103,426	26%	90%
Recruitment Companies	35,607	47%	72%
Event Companies	12,734	95%	68%
Video Games Companies	7,137	13%	94%
Website Designers	6,597	96%	87%
Security Companies	6,584	41%	84%

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in thirty-six UK software firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Nearly all are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders2,8383%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)4370.4%
Ltd and PLC96,23993%
No form on record or other3,9124%

Single-site: 97%
Head offices: 3,110
Branches: 397

All UK companies: 7% sole traders, 3% partnerships, 62% Ltd and PLC.

How reachable are they?

Software firms are harder to reach than the average UK company: 21% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email11,796 11%
Phone22,012 21%
Website26,415 26%

Grey line: all UK companies (email 15%, phone 30%, website 30%).

The full list with these fields is in our UK company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many software companies are there in the UK?

There are 103,426 software companies and software firms in the UK in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 85 UK companies.

Which is the largest software firm in the UK?

Playtech in London, with 7,094 staff. By revenue Intel Corporation (UK) in Manchester leads with $3.3 billion a year.

Which UK region has the most software companies?

London, with 42,419, ahead of South East (13,108), East of England (8,625), North West (7,993) and South West (6,394).

How many software firms are there in London?

42,419, which is 2.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 86% above the national share.

How big is a typical software firm?

Small. 91% of the 102,942 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,006 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are UK software companies sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-six (2,838) are sole traders, 0.4% are partnerships and 93% (96,239) are Ltd and PLC.

How many software firms started in 2026?

20,939 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 19,222 in 2025. 20,821 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest software firm in the UK?

Libertas Solutions in Newry, 1820, followed by NCR Financial Solutions Group in Rotherham (1884) and McKinnon Enterprises in Cumbria (1885). 4 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers software companies?

Our platform filters them on the national code 62012.

Can I download the full list?

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