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Best Retail Companies in Belfast, United Kingdom

The 33 best Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Haru.

33companies tracked
$1.7Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised

Ranked: Best Retail companies in Belfast

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Haru
Online platform offering multi-category second-hand apparel
11Funding top 28%Global bottom 37%Tech bottom 34%Market bottom 21%
All 4 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Globalbottom 37%
Techbottom 34%
Marketbottom 21%
Funding: Raised $1.7B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr)
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond United Kingdom
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100
$1.7B48 mo agoAcquired—2016Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+16—
2RESPONSIBLE
Online retailer offering second hand streetwear for men and women
$7M57 mo agoSeed—2018——
3Brewbot
Smart personal brewery
$2M145 mo agoDeadpooledJonny Campbell
Co-Founder
2013——
4TAGGLED
Interactive & shoppable video advertising platform for brands & publishers
$500K153 mo agoDeadpooled—2013——
5AirPOS
Integrated ePOS and eCommerce software for SMB retailers
$363K189 mo agoSeries A—2009Cart FunctionalityGhostNode.js+19—
6Scanmatix
Provider of inventory management solution for businesses
$131K55 mo agoSeedGeorge Armstrong
Co-Founder
2020——
7AntennaWare
Remote health monitoring devices for healthcare professionals
—64 mo agoSeedGareth Conway
Co-Founder
2020——
8Lunn
Operates retail store of jwellery
—78 mo agoFunding Raised—1954Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+43—

Top 9 Retail companies in Belfast

#1
Acquired · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2016 · 21 employees
$1.7Braised
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Online platform offering multi-category second-hand apparel. It offers boots, formal, bags, belts, hats, neckwear, sunglasses, heels, sandals, jeans, dresses, coats, jackets, shorts, tops, t-shirts, trousers, and many more for both men and women.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 11how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Global
bottom 37%
Tech
bottom 34%
Market
bottom 21%
Funding: Raised $1.7B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Seed (Oct 2022)
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond United Kingdom
Tech: 19 technologies across 2/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Security: Hsts, Recaptcha
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$196.1K
  • Jun 2021Seed$458.1K
  • Apr 2021Seed$139.5K
  • Dec 2020Seed$305.8K
Investors
Halo Business Angel Network, Co-Fund NI, Techstart Ventures, Clarendon Fund Managers, Kin Capital, Invest Northern Ireland
#2
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2018 · 9 employees
$6.6Mraised
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Online retailer offering second hand streetwear for men and women. The product catalog includes sweatshirts, t-shirts, jackets, etc. The platform provides refurbished products of various brands.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$6.6M
Investors
Barclays, Techstart Ventures, Trutex
#3
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2020 · 2 employees
$131Kraised
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Provider of the inventory management solution for businesses. The company has developed scanner software intended to provide independent stock levels and stock control systems. The company's software offers real-time validation, accurate & reliable, inventory counts, enabling retailers to save staff costs, and reduce downtime. It can be integrated with various EPoS systems or datasets using the custom import and export routine.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 620 LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed$131K
Founders & team
George ArmstrongCo-Founder
Investors
Raise
#4
Deadpooled · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2013
$1.5Mraised
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Brewbot is a smart brewing appliance that can be controlled and monitored with a smartphone. Brewbot is aimed at amateurs, pubs that want to break into craft beers, and breweries that want to run pilot brews of new beers. It’s a self-contained, self-monitoring beer-brewing machine that fits in a home environment and is monitored by a smartphone. Beerbot was a huge success on crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter where it raised a sum total of $194K from more than 350 backers. Raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Bebo cofounder Michael Birch, with participation from Bullet Time Ventures, Hallett Capital, TechStart NI, Galvanize, SparkLabs Global, and angel investor Federico Pirzio-Biroli.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2014Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Jonny CampbellCo-FounderChris McClellandCo-Founder & CEOAli SiskCo-Founder
Investors
SparkLabs Global Ventures, Techstart Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Bullet Time Ventures, Hallett Capital, Galvanize
#5
Deadpooled · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2013 · 10 employees
$500Kraised
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Taggled.tv is an interactive & shoppable video advertising platform for brands & publishers. It allows video creators and video owners to add clickable product, people, place, music tags within their videos. Their shoppable video solution aims at increasing video view conversion rates. It is a social networking video platform focused on fashion.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2014Seed$500K
Investors
Co-Fund NI, European Innovation Council, Halo Business Angel Network, Clarendon Fund Managers, Invest Northern Ireland, Halo Eis
#6
Series A · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2009 · 13 employees
$363Kraised
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AirPOS is a cloud based POS and eCommerce software that allows retailers stock and sales integration across their instore platforms, web stores and mobile platforms. AirPOS provides real time visibility across inventory, financial data and customer information. AirPOS offers "In store PayPal payments" through its partnership with PayPal. Businesses can take payments through the PayPal consumer app for smartphones allowing consumers to confirm payment with their profile picture when they check in to their store. Its "online back office" gives the business the ability to make better business decisions instantly, operate their store better and grow revenue by providing real-time product and sales information from any internet enabled device. With its "One Click Webstore", brick and mortar businesses can can quickly create their own e-commerce web store and take payments online.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2011Series A$363K
Investors
E-Synergy, GFT, Michael Gill Superannuation, British Business Bank, Bright Sky Facilities Management, Invest Northern Ireland
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBunnyBunny FontsCloudflare
#7
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2020 · 3 employees
—raised
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Developer of antenna technology designed to boost the range and reliability of wireless wearable devices. The company's technology increases the range and reliability of wearable wireless devices that are integrated into and can transmit further with fewer dropouts, enabling clients to use wearable IoT, medical and sports applications for better communication.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 6.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Pyers Easton, MD at Raycom Ltd) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Gareth ConwayCo-FounderMatthew MagillCo-Founder
Investors
Qubis, Techstart Ventures
#8
Funding Raised · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 1954 · 86 employees
—raised
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Operates retail store of jwellery

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Support Team Member & Aftercare Advisor, Part Time Sales Professional
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Tom McKibbin) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Danske Bank
Tech stack
American ExpressAosApple PayBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#9
Deadpooled · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2012
—raised
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Yours Florally is an online retail florist shop. User can order flowers for any occasions. Procures flowers on its own. For same day flower delivery services, partners with local florists to get them delivered. Based out of Belfast, UK.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2013Seed—
Founders & team
Mary McKimmCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Lough Shore Investments, STEPHEN LUSTY DENTAL LABORATORY LTD, Frank

Funding & investor landscape

$1.7Btotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstart Ventures4 rounds
Clarendon Fund Managers3 rounds
Co-Fund NI3 rounds
Invest Northern Ireland3 rounds
Halo Business Angel Network2 rounds
Barclays1 rounds
Boulder Ventures1 rounds
Bright Sky Facilities Management1 rounds
British Business Bank1 rounds
Bullet Time Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

George Armstrong
Co-Founder · Scanmatix
Jonny Campbell
Co-Founder · Brewbot
Chris McClelland
Co-Founder & CEO · Brewbot
Gareth Conway
Co-Founder · AntennaWare
Matthew Magill
Co-Founder · AntennaWare
Mary McKimm
Co-Founder & CEO · Yours Florally
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Retail coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Retail companies are there in Belfast, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom?
The Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $1.7B in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retail company in Belfast, United Kingdom?
Haru is the highest-funded Retail company in Belfast, United Kingdom, with $1.7B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom are funded?
6 of the 33 Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retail unicorns are there in Belfast, United Kingdom?
None of the Retail companies in Belfast, United Kingdom on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Belfast, United Kingdom Retail companies?
The most active investors in Belfast, United Kingdom Retail companies on this list include Techstart Ventures, Clarendon Fund Managers, Co-Fund NI, Invest Northern Ireland, Halo Business Angel Network.
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