Best Retail Companies in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The 77 best Retail companies in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Haru.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Northern Ireland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haru 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 | $1.7B | 44 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+16 | — | — |
| 2 | SimplyNUC Provider of IT hardware distribution services | $21M | 52 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+32 | — | 2 launchs |
| 3 | RESPONSIBLE Online retailer offering second hand streetwear for men and women | $7M | 53 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Brewbot Smart personal brewery | $2M | 140 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jonny Campbell Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 5 | TAGGLED Interactive & shoppable video advertising platform for brands & publishers | $500K | 149 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Linenbundle Internet-first brand offering home textiles | $493K | 81 mo ago | Seed | Thomas Glackin Co-Founder | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+40 | — | — |
| 7 | AirPOS Integrated ePOS and eCommerce software for SMB retailers | $363K | 184 mo ago | Series A | — | 2009 | Cart FunctionalityGhostNode.js+19 | — | — |
| 8 | Scanmatix Provider of inventory management solution for businesses | $131K | 50 mo ago | Seed | George Armstrong Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zespoke Design Online store offering custom-made furniture | $60K | 134 mo ago | Seed | Paul Elliott Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 10 | AntennaWare Remote health monitoring devices for healthcare professionals | — | 60 mo ago | Seed | Gareth Conway Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 11 | Creative Gardens Wholesaler of gardening products | — | 73 mo ago | Funding Raised | John Macleod Owner | 2002 | Cart FunctionalityPleskPHP+19 | — | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Northern Ireland
#1
Acquired · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2016 · 21 employees$1.7Braised▾
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.
- Oct 2022Seed$196.1K
- Jun 2021Seed$458.1K
- Apr 2021Seed$139.5K
- Dec 2020Seed$305.8K
#2
Series B · Bangor, Northern Ireland · founded 2015 · 72 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Provider of IT hardware distribution services
- Jan 2022Series B$21.3M
#3
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2018 · 9 employees$6.6Mraised▾
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.
- Jan 2022Seed$6.6M
#4
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2020 · 2 employees$131Kraised▾
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.
- Mar 2022Seed$131K
#5
Seed · Lisburn, Northern Ireland · founded 2018 · 14 employees$492.9Kraised▾
Linenbundle is an internet-first brand offering home textiles. The product catalog primarily includes bedding set which is comprised of a flat sheet, a fitted sheet, a duvet cover & pillow covers. It offers products in different colors such as white, grey, cream, etc. The products offered are made of cotton. The company claims to offer free delivery over the purchase of a minimum amount.
- Sep 2019Seed$492.9K
#6
Deadpooled · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2013$1.5Mraised▾
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.
- Oct 2014Seed$1.5M
#7
Deadpooled · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2013 · 10 employees$500Kraised▾
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.
- Jan 2014Seed$500K
#8
Series A · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2009 · 13 employees$363Kraised▾
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.
- Jan 2011Series A$363K
#9
Seed · Cookstown, Northern Ireland · founded 2012 · 11 employees$60.5Kraised▾
Zespoke Design is a designer and manufacturer of custom-made contemporary furniture. The company offers products in categories including TV Stands & coffee, console and side tables. It allows customers to customize the style, color, and size of the furniture and it takes around 2.5 to 3 weeks to complete an order. The tables are handmade using a wooden frame that is then covered in an outer acrylic veneer. Prices start at £90 for side/lamp tables and shipping is free in the UK.
- Apr 2015Seed$60.5K
#10
Seed · Belfast, Northern Ireland · founded 2020 · 3 employees—raised▾
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.
#11
Funding Raised · Donaghadee, Northern Ireland · founded 2002—raised▾
Wholesaler of gardening products
- May 2020Conventional Debt—
#12
Series A · Newtownards, Northern Ireland · founded 2009 · 16 employees—raised▾
Shnuggle is a brand of modern and innovative baby products. The company offers a range of products across bath time, changing and sleep time including waterproof thermometer designed to test the temperature of bathwater and a changing mat with high sides to prevent reflux and colic. The products are sold throughout the UK and in over 25 countries worldwide.
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)—
- 2017Series A—
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