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THE THE UNITED KINGDOM EDITION 2026

the United Kingdom’s
e-commerce software industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping e-commerce software in the United Kingdom. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

E-commerce Software illustration
Companies tracked 398E-commerce Software ecosystem in the United Kingdom Disclosed funding $9.12B107 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 13With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 280 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United Kingdom’s e-commerce software leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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E-commerce Software company highlights in the United Kingdom, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
THGthg.com$6.98B—8,607Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Rezolverezolve.com$286.51M—21—
Heroesmakeheroes.co$265M1 roles16Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Peakpeak.ai$209.01M—96—
Olsamolsamgroup.com$180.94M3 roles2—
Swapswap-commerce.com$149M—19—
Global-eglobal-e.com$100M—53$251.96MFYFY2024 filing
Brightpearlbrightpearl.com$87.98M—80—
Versatile Commerceversatilecommerce.com—9 roles——
Buyapowabuyapowa.com—4 roles23—
Exablerexabler.com—3 roles5—
Pimberlypimberly.com—1 roles48—
Prefixboxprefixbox.com—1 roles1—
Zing Coverzingcover.com—1 roles7—
Bangobango.com——187Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Caro Holdingscaroholdings.com———Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Cloud.IQcloudiq.com——31Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Customusecustomuse.com——2—
EDITEDedited.com——90—
Funnelishfunnelish.com——2—
Homstershomsters.com——55—
Hustle Got Realhustlegotreal.com————
Mirriadmirriad.com——100—
Streetbeesstreetbees.com——139Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
24 featured companies

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THE KEY SIGNALS

E-commerce Software industry KPIs in the United Kingdom

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

3 September 2026
Hiring participation3.3%

13 of 398 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation30.7%

122 of 398 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share82.6%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$2.48M

Midpoint of 201 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 82.6% of disclosed capital, while 69.3% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United Kingdom e-commerce software has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United Kingdom e-commerce software
$0$661.83M$1.32B$1.99B$2.65B2016: $275.32M20162017: $1.31B20172018: $2.32B20182019: $1.77B20192020: $253.69M20202021: $1.61B20212022: $104.65M20222023: $39.85M20232024: $166.37M20242025: $427.24M2025
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Annual e-commerce software funding and company formation in the United Kingdom
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$275.32M2813
2017$1.31B2217
2018$2.32B2618
2019$1.77B2521
2020$253.69M4220
2021$1.61B2929
2022$104.65M2220
2023$39.85M1611
2024$166.37M512
2025$427.24M18
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • THG76.5%
  • Rezolve3.1%
  • Heroes2.9%
  • Other companies17.4%

Funding by stage

233 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel107 45.9%
Series A–B76 32.6%
Series C+ / PE20 8.6%
Grants, debt & other30 12.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Series A03/2026
Outpost $17.5M

Backed by Ribbit Capital and Better Tomorrow Ventures.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series E09/2017
THGthg.com$130.4M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Series E12/2019
THGthg.com$86.7M

Backed by BlackRock and Sofina.

Series C08/2021
Peakpeak.ai$75M

Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and MMC Ventures and others.

Series E05/2019
THGthg.com$63.6M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Series E03/2018
THGthg.com$56.1M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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GBP · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 2 reporting entities from 167 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts—

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United Kingdom market sales.

Net profit / loss—

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin—

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue—

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities—

None of 2 covered entities.

Top-five concentration—

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 2 reporting entities

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THE UNITED KINGDOM · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does e-commerce software compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United Kingdom companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

10 of the 398 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.5%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 554,567 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Global-eglobal-e.com2,022,1544772.3%
Samplsampltech.com1,528,3542996.8%
Omnisendomnisend.com1,002,6125012.3%
YouCanyoucan.shop976,2393218.2%
Funnelishfunnelish.com641,7783521.4%
Productcasterproductcaster.com467,3572285.7%
Ometria Technologiesometria.com99,7523461.1%
Salesfiresalesfire.co.uk89,7153464.2%
MobiLoudmobiloud.com69,8983774.3%
Freewebstorefreewebstore.com69,4203534.9%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

25 of these companies (6.3%) publish at least one Android app — 36 apps in all, carrying 22.8M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Customuse: Skins Maker RobloxCustomuse12.4M4.7Art & Design
Myprotein: Fitness & NutritionTHG6.1M4.7Shopping
LOOKFANTASTIC -Beauty ShoppingTHG3.9M4.2Shopping
YouCanYouCan287.4K4.2Shopping
Vatrin: Online Ecommerce StoreVatrin110.5K4.6Business
Trado Driver - Join the teamTrado41.2K3.2Lifestyle
AllSoleTHG16.7K5Shopping
MyBag - Designer HandbagsTHG14K4.5Shopping
LightfunnelsLightfunnels12.7K—Business
VoucherCart Redeem AppVoucherCart11.7K—Business

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2025Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
E-Commerce Enablers3422.8MCustomuse: Skins Maker Roblox 12.4M
B2B E-Commerce412.5MVatrin: Online Ecommerce Store 110.5K
Brands Tech1010MMyprotein: Fitness & Nutrition 6.1M
Social Commerce2110.6KSellr 154
Marketingtech825KVoucherCart Redeem App 11.7K
Loyalty Software510.4KStacked Burgers and Desserts 4.8K
In Store Retail Tech2970StoreFeeder WMS 935
Video Commerce2905Shop Beautiful by Rezolve 881

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 12023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 22023Q2: 12023Q22023Q3: 12023Q3: 12023Q32023Q4: 32023Q4: 02023Q42024Q2: 22024Q2: 22024Q22024Q3: 22024Q3: 02024Q32025Q1: 22025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 12025Q2: 22025Q2

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 33 of 36 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q2, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United Kingdom e-commerce software market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech386
Commerce enablers379
Enterprise software354
Saas212
E-commerce saas200
Retail saas198
Shopping cart solutions77
Consumer digital22
Wholesale saas21
Cpg brands analytics20
Artificial intelligence16
Native ai in retail16

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

386companies
3.4%have hiring activity

13 companies hiring · $9.1B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription312
E-commerce - service125
Advertising62
Commission on transaction39
Fee-for-service27
E-commerce - product27
Physical commerce2
Affiliate marketing1
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundsmiros.ai ↗

miros, a Lausanne-based startup founded in 2023 and spun out of the EPFL ecosystem, announced the closing of a €1.1 million (CHF 1 million) Pre-Seed funding round from various business angels.

Funding roundsexabler.com ↗

Digital Catapult has announced a £500,000 investment in London-based startup Exabler to support the practical application of its deep tech solution in cross-border trade and strengthen UK industrial supply chain resilience.

Mergers & acquisitionstaggstar.com ↗

Syndigo, a Chicago, Illinois-based provider of product experience management (PXM) and master data management solutions, acquired Taggstar, a London, United Kingdom-based provider of AI-powered conversion rate optimization and social proof messaging.

Funding roundsmadewithintent.ai ↗

Now the company has raised £2.4m in an investment round led by NPIFII – PXN Equity Finance, which is managed by PXN Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II.

Funding roundspimberly.com ↗

In early 2024, it raised £4m in investment and also featured in eighth spot in our most recent RetailTech 50 ranking.

Funding roundsupp.ai ↗

Elbow Beach invests €1.7M in UPP

Mergers & acquisitionsclicksit.com ↗

By the time the delivery platform acquired fellow Manchester firm Clicksit in 2021.

Mergers & acquisitionsglobal-e.com ↗

Global-e Online Ltd., the platform powering global direct-to-consumer e-commerce, announced the acquisition of ReturnGo Ltd., a leading provider of AI-powered return and exchange solutions.

Mergers & acquisitionsmirriad.com ↗

AI startup Rembrand … has entered into a joint venture that acquires the U.S. operations of Mirriad … The deal, which closed at the end of June, is Rembrand’s first acquisition.

Funding roundsvyprclients.com ↗

The raise includes £4 million from YFM Equity Partners and £1 million from other investors and management.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 148 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
47
Funding rounds
33
Leadership moves
15
New products
14
Mergers & acquisitions
9
Contracts
9
Company announcements
6
Job creation
4
Asset acquisitions
4
Layoffs
2
6 activity cards

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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

THG ↗

IPO1 reports

Leadership moves

4 tracked people moves

Vypr ↗
Gary Bennion

Appointment Chief Product Officer

Homsters ↗
Dmytro Aleksandrov

Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer

Mirriad ↗
Peter Bazalgette

Appointment Chairman

THG ↗
Stewart Day

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

ZigZag Track & Trace service

Returns service

TikTok Returns

Returns service

InterLnkd ↗
AirMall

Inflight Digital Shopping Mall

Vypr ↗
Vypr Predict

Self-serve research platform

THG ↗
Checkout by THG Fulfil

Checkout

Contract wins

6 recorded customer wins

Bango ↗

Customer: telinTelecommunications

Bango ↗

Customer: lmtTelecommunications

Mirriad ↗

Customer: MBC Media Solutions FZ-LLCAdvertising

Customer: Value Added Technologies LLC (d/b/a Animoat)Digital Marketing & e-Commerce

Customer: foot locker

Workforce actions

2 companies with reported reductions

Streetbees ↗

Scale not stated rolesbusiness downturn

THG ↗

3,900 rolescost reduction

Regulatory events

1 recorded events

THG ↗

tax clearances approvedHMRC

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

4companies
49period observations
6.3%median reported growth

Median across 43 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
nexfibre→Upp ↗Completed2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
syndigo→Taggstar ↗Announced2026-03-23Not stated in snapshot
rembrand→Mirriad ↗Completed2025-09-15Not stated in snapshot
Sorted Group Holdings→Clicksit ↗2025-08-11Not stated in snapshot
THG→claremont ingredientsCompleted2025-08-07Not stated in snapshot
Global-e→returngoAnnounced2025-08-01Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

14 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 201-posting snapshot covers 119 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Software Engineer12
Senior Software Engineer12
Senior Software Developer3
Staff Software Engineer3
Software Engineer Java Backend2
Software Engineering Manager2
0 internship postings

7 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

55 postings specify a level.

unspecified
146
senior
34
lead
10
manager
9
entry
2

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 201 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Software
98
Pc
32
Systems
31
Hardware
17
Infrastructure
6
Sas
5
Machine Learning
5
Hosting
4
Data
4
Saas
4
ADVERTISED PAY$78.0K/ year

Median across 66 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

246 founders and chief executives across 195 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

38 profiles with education records.

University of Cambridge
5
Imperial College London
5
University of Oxford
4
Tel Aviv University
3
London School of Economics and Political Science
3
Columbia University
2
INSEAD
2
University of Bristol
2

Prior employers

8 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
3
Amazon
3
eBay
1
McKinsey
1
Microsoft
1
Goldman Sachs
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United Kingdom

Compare demand signals in the United Kingdom’s newsflow with the e-commerce software categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01Against 2024-07-01 to 2025-07-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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11 the United Kingdom demand signals compared with mapped e-commerce software supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out35.00.0+35.0-2.1%
Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out55.050.0+5.0+57.5%
E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift0.050.0-50.0-4.0%
Consumer grievances & trust ↗Trust Friction30.0100.0-70.0+5.2%
Housing & urban expansion ↗Demand Driver85.0—No matching category—+80.0%
Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out45.0—No matching category—+30.4%
Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out30.0—No matching category—+27.3%
Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction90.0—No matching category—+45.5%
Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure60.0—No matching category—+23.0%
Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver40.0—No matching category—+11.3%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure80.0—No matching category—+37.0%

Showing all 11 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United Kingdom is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Lancashire390.3

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks

North Yorkshire300.2

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Housing & urban expansion

Bristol256.3

Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion

Kent233.9

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Consumer grievances & trust

Surrey220.0

Congestion & traffic friction · Airports & air links · Housing & urban expansion

Somerset205.5

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Tourism footfall

Suffolk189.3

Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall · Highways & expressways

Colorado176.2

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Highways & expressways

Edinburgh170.5

Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion

Devon161.1

Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall · Rail & metro connectivity

Manchester153.6

Congestion & traffic friction · Housing & urban expansion · Layoffs & income shocks

Scotland152.2

Congestion & traffic friction · Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks

Inside the leading signals

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CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTHighways & expressways+35.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.

10.53mentions per 10,000 articles-2.1%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

  • Commerce Enablers379

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04812162024Q3: 102024Q32024Q4: 122024Q42025Q1: 92025Q12025Q2: 102025Q22025Q3: 92025Q32025Q4: 82025Q42026Q1: 112026Q12026Q2: 132026Q2
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Highways & expressways in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q323810.75
2024Q426712.32
2025Q12359.29
2025Q222010.88
2025Q32369.75
2025Q41448.28
2026Q123711.95
2026Q212413.84

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

North Yorkshire73.5 / 10,000
Kent67.5 / 10,000
Lancashire65.9 / 10,000
INVESTMENT BUILD-OUTIndustrial parks & warehousing+5.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.

4.16mentions per 10,000 articles+57.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

  • Commerce Enablers379
  • E-Commerce Saas200

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024682024Q3: 22024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 32025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 52026Q12026Q2: 62026Q2
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Industrial parks & warehousing in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3562.53
2024Q4572.63
2025Q1552.18
2025Q2683.36
2025Q3843.47
2025Q4482.76
2026Q11005.04
2026Q2616.81

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

CHANNEL SHIFTE-commerce & quick delivery-50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.

2.56mentions per 10,000 articles-4.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

  • Commerce Enablers379
  • E-Commerce Saas200

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 22026Q12026Q2: 22026Q2
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E-commerce & quick delivery in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3743.34
2024Q4713.28
2025Q1441.74
2025Q2492.42
2025Q3722.97
2025Q4422.42
2026Q1432.17
2026Q2232.57

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

TRUST FRICTIONConsumer grievances & trust-70.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.

7.39mentions per 10,000 articles+5.2%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

  • Commerce Enablers379
  • Retail Saas198
  • Consumer Digital22
  • Native Ai In Retail16

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0358102024Q3: 62024Q32024Q4: 82024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 72025Q22025Q3: 82025Q32025Q4: 72025Q42026Q1: 62026Q12026Q2: 72026Q2
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Consumer grievances & trust in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31416.37
2024Q41898.72
2025Q11536.05
2025Q21447.12
2025Q31958.06
2025Q41287.36
2026Q11276.4
2026Q2707.81

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

DEMAND DRIVERHousing & urban expansion—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

New residential catchments can pull everyday demand with them.

12.32mentions per 10,000 articles+80.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

051015202024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 62024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 72025Q22025Q3: 72025Q32025Q4: 112025Q42026Q1: 162026Q12026Q2: 172026Q2
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Housing & urban expansion in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31285.78
2024Q41516.97
2025Q11726.8
2025Q21607.92
2025Q31867.68
2025Q419411.16
2026Q133216.74
2026Q215517.3

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTRail & metro connectivity—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.

5.8mentions per 10,000 articles+30.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024682024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 52024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 52025Q32025Q4: 42025Q42026Q1: 62026Q12026Q2: 62026Q2
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Rail & metro connectivity in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31205.42
2024Q41105.08
2025Q1973.84
2025Q2703.46
2025Q31435.91
2025Q4804.6
2026Q11256.3
2026Q2606.7

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTAirports & air links—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.

4.11mentions per 10,000 articles+27.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024572024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 62025Q32025Q4: 32025Q42026Q1: 22026Q12026Q2: 22026Q2
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Airports & air links in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3441.99
2024Q4673.09
2025Q11044.11
2025Q2733.61
2025Q31526.28
2025Q4693.97
2026Q1462.32
2026Q2222.46

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Surrey48.4 / 10,000
ACCESS FRICTIONCongestion & traffic friction—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.

35.23mentions per 10,000 articles+45.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0112334462024Q3: 222024Q32024Q4: 242024Q42025Q1: 222025Q12025Q2: 282025Q22025Q3: 392025Q32025Q4: 272025Q42026Q1: 352026Q12026Q2: 372026Q2
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Congestion & traffic friction in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q349522.36
2024Q453124.51
2025Q156322.27
2025Q257428.4
2025Q395939.62
2025Q448327.79
2026Q170035.29
2026Q233837.72

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Lancashire238.2 / 10,000
North Yorkshire134.8 / 10,000
Suffolk126.2 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSUREInflation & spending pressure—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.

24.02mentions per 10,000 articles+23.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

071522292024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 192024Q42025Q1: 182025Q12025Q2: 222025Q22025Q3: 222025Q32025Q4: 242025Q42026Q1: 252026Q12026Q2: 252026Q2
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Inflation & spending pressure in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q340218.16
2024Q441919.34
2025Q146518.39
2025Q245822.66
2025Q353922.27
2025Q442224.28
2026Q150425.41
2026Q222625.22

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Colorado77.5 / 10,000
London35.6 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERTourism footfall—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.

8.75mentions per 10,000 articles+11.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0369122024Q3: 72024Q32024Q4: 72024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 92025Q22025Q3: 102025Q32025Q4: 92025Q42026Q1: 72026Q12026Q2: 52026Q2
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Tourism footfall in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31637.36
2024Q41667.66
2025Q11756.92
2025Q21989.8
2025Q325810.66
2025Q41619.26
2026Q11467.36
2026Q2515.69

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

27.56mentions per 10,000 articles+37.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped e-commerce software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s e-commerce software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

091828372024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 172024Q42025Q1: 222025Q12025Q2: 212025Q22025Q3: 272025Q32025Q4: 232025Q42026Q1: 312026Q12026Q2: 272026Q2
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Layoffs & income shocks in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q341418.7
2024Q438517.77
2025Q157022.55
2025Q242821.18
2025Q366327.39
2025Q440023.01
2026Q163431.96
2026Q224327.12

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Colorado81.1 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

the United Kingdom e-commerce software coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

Development of joint models for channel, store, and travel mode choice: Grocery shopping in London

Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

92 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

Sociodemographic and spatial disaggregation of e-commerce channel use in the grocery market in Great Britain

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

89 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Who’s responsible for food waste? Consumers, retailers and the food waste discourse coalition in the United Kingdom

Journal of Consumer Culture

71 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

Structure of Plot Systems and Economic Activity in Cities: Linking Plot Types to Retail and Food Services in London, Amsterdam and Stockholm

Urban Science

44 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
consumer compliance rules6336122.0%
buyer protection legislation563697.4%
age-based concessionary fares513774.9%
phishing scam resources4587-34.4%
fraud prevention tools4385-35.8%
youth rail discounts4597-41.1%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

E-commerce Software in the United Kingdom: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

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