Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping retail technology in the United Kingdom. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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15 of 379 tracked companies have open roles.
94 of 379 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 160 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 47.8% of disclosed capital, while 75.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $45.42M | 22 | 14 |
| 2017 | $111.81M | 15 | 17 |
| 2018 | $102.15M | 29 | 14 |
| 2019 | $52.1M | 16 | 14 |
| 2020 | $122.03M | 29 | 17 |
| 2021 | $328.45M | 17 | 17 |
| 2022 | $50.96M | 14 | 12 |
| 2023 | $45.18M | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | $95.06M | 7 | 14 |
| 2025 | $274.8M | 2 | 7 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
195 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in retail technology company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Alchemy Partners.
Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and MMC Ventures and others.
Backed by Summit Partners.
Backed by Silversmith.
Backed by In-Q-Tel.
Backed by InfraVia Capital Partners and Octopus Ventures and others.
Backed by Nauta Capital and P101 and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Microsoft Accelerator and New Enterprise Associates.
Backed by Octopus Ventures and Summit Action and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
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 · 1 reporting entities from 161 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United Kingdom market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 1 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 1 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple ↗06444980 | £12.6m | £0.9m | +6.8% | — | — |
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| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
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.
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.
50 of these companies (13.2%) publish at least one Android app — 88 apps in all, carrying 7.4M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeMyEye - Earn moneyBeMyEye | 4.3M | 4.3 | Lifestyle |
| Glam Up - Perfect Your LookGlam Up | 1M | 4.3 | Lifestyle |
| IDsafe: ID & passport scannerMicroblink | 795.9K | 4.4 | Tools |
| myPOS GlassmyPOS | 742.5K | — | Finance |
| Purple - WiFi MapPurple | 121.8K | — | Lifestyle |
| BeMyEye CompassBeMyEye | 63K | 3.4 | Business |
| mySYSTOPIASystopia | 45.4K | 4.3 | Food & Drink |
| Kalibrate MobileKalibrate | 31.7K | 2.6 | Business |
| Microblink IdentityMicroblink | 26.9K | 4.3 | Libraries & Demo |
| SumUp POS Pro - AdminThe Good Till | 26.9K | — | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Store Retail Tech | 74 | 6.3M | BeMyEye - Earn money 4.3M | |
| Brands Tech | 7 | 4.4M | BeMyEye Compass 63K | |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 1.8M | Glam Up - Perfect Your Look 1M | |
| Payments | 11 | 1.6M | IDsafe: ID & passport scanner 795.9K | |
| Security & Surveillance Technology | 6 | 824.7K | Microblink Identity 26.9K | |
| Computer Vision | 3 | 822.9K | SaySo Kiosk 8 | |
| Marketingtech | 4 | 124.1K | Purple - WiFi Map 121.8K | |
| Iot Applications | 3 | 122K | Purple Wayfinding 164 |
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.
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.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 58 of 88 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
15 companies hiring · $1.31B disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
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.
Last year, the North West team completed several new deals, including the multimillion-pound investment in Citrus-Lime, which provides an end-to-end cloud retail solution for independent retailers in the cycling, equestrian, outdoor, running and country living sectors.
In early 2024, it raised £4m in investment and also featured in eighth spot in our most recent RetailTech 50 ranking.
Logicbroker, whose Intelligent Commerce Network powers some of the world’s largest retailers, announced the acquisition of UK-based online retail technology leader, Virtualstock.
Electronic Payments, Inc. (EPI), the processor behind the Cygma authorization and clearing platform, announced it has acquired Handpoint, a pioneer in integrated and mobile payments trusted by leading ISVs and payments institutions across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Europe.
By the time the delivery platform acquired fellow Manchester firm Clicksit in 2021.
Celerant Technology, a leading provider of innovative retail software solutions in the United States for over 25 years, has announced its acquisition of Saledock, a modern, UK-based retail software company.
The Reading Corporate team at the international law firm Broadfield has advised the shareholders of UTP Group Limited (“UTP”) on its sale to payment tech company myPOS.
The raise includes £4 million from YFM Equity Partners and £1 million from other investors and management.
In Uruguay, decentralized finance startup Exactly raised $2 million from Uphold, a finance infrastructure provider.
Top 9 categories among 64 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Product Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Returns service
Returns service
Self-serve research platform
3 recorded customer wins
Customer: foot locker
Customer: Pricewatch GroupRetail Technology
Customer: asdaeCommerce
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime Storage Property Management (ASPM)→StoreTech ↗ | 2026-02-17 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| logicbroker→Virtualstock ↗ | Announced | 2025-10-08 | Not stated in snapshot |
| electronic payments→Handpoint ↗ | Announced | 2025-08-20 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Sorted Group Holdings→Clicksit ↗ | 2025-08-11 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| Celerant Technology→Saledock ↗ | Announced | 2025-04-29 | Not stated in snapshot |
| myPOS→UTP Group Limited | Announced | 2025-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 77-posting snapshot covers 54 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
18 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 77 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 34 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Dunnhumby ↗ | 9 |
| OneStock ↗ | 4 |
| MishiPay ↗ | 4 |
| DNA Payments ↗ | 3 |
| Scale Global ↗ | 2 |
| Magnetto ↗ | 1 |
| Livewell ↗ | 1 |
| Prefixbox ↗ | 1 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Microblink ↗ | 230 |
| DNA Payments ↗ | 143 |
| Red Ant ↗ | 135 |
| OneStock ↗ | 109 |
| BeMyEye ↗ | 69 |
| Henderson Technology ↗ | 56 |
| Pimberly ↗ | 48 |
| SoPost ↗ | 48 |
207 founders and chief executives across 166 companies.
Ex-Datasys Consultancy Services, Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Logica UK, Mastek UK. Rajasthan University BSc 1997…
Founder Skybank, ex-CEO Kazkommertsbank, ABN AMRO Bank. Kazakh-American University 2004
Ex-The Hotel Guru, Adnet Digital Media, Travelintelligence, Metropolist Magazines. University of Bristol BA
Onestock, ex-Devatics, ex-Sopra, Ecole de Management de Lyon / EM Lyon, 2011
Ravelin Technology, ex-Hailo, ex-Metropolitan Police, UCL
Founder & Director Redimension, ex-Microsoft Research Cambridge, Metail, TrialReach. University of Cambridge BA, ME 1998, PhD 2003
Syrenis, ex-Founder Capita, thebigword.
Department for International Trade, ex-GM Samsung Electronics &IBM, GM & VP EDS & HP, KPMG UK. University of Leeds BSc 1985…
Ex-Uminis, Samsung Semiconductor, eyeSight Mobile Technologies. Tel Aviv University 2016
Ex-Tata Consultancy Services, Co-Founder Desihomefood.co.uk, Salhiya Tower Company. The University of Manchester BE 2014, UCL MSc 2015
Welcome Furniture, ex-CEO Jigsaw24, BT Engage IT, Redstone, Xpert Group. Imperial College London BSc 1989
LOreal, ex-Collider, Rosenberger High Frequency Technology. Hult International Business School BBA 2015 & MSc 2016
33 profiles with education records.
2 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
Compare demand signals in the United Kingdom’s newsflow with the retail technology categories mapped to each signal.
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.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 35.0 | 0.0 | +35.0 | -2.1% | |
| Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out | 55.0 | 50.0 | +5.0 | +57.5% | |
| E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift | 0.0 | 50.0 | -50.0 | -4.0% | |
| Consumer grievances & trust ↗Trust Friction | 30.0 | 100.0 | -70.0 | +5.2% | |
| Housing & urban expansion ↗Demand Driver | 85.0 | — | No matching category | — | +80.0% |
| Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 45.0 | — | No matching category | — | +30.4% |
| Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 30.0 | — | No matching category | — | +27.3% |
| Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction | 90.0 | — | No matching category | — | +45.5% |
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 60.0 | — | No matching category | — | +23.0% |
| Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver | 40.0 | — | No matching category | — | +11.3% |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 80.0 | — | No matching category | — | +37.0% |
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All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United Kingdom is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Consumer grievances & trust
Congestion & traffic friction · Airports & air links · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Tourism footfall
Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall · Highways & expressways
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Highways & expressways
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall · Rail & metro connectivity
Congestion & traffic friction · Housing & urban expansion · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks
Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 238 | 10.75 |
| 2024Q4 | 267 | 12.32 |
| 2025Q1 | 235 | 9.29 |
| 2025Q2 | 220 | 10.88 |
| 2025Q3 | 236 | 9.75 |
| 2025Q4 | 144 | 8.28 |
| 2026Q1 | 237 | 11.95 |
| 2026Q2 | 124 | 13.84 |
Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 56 | 2.53 |
| 2024Q4 | 57 | 2.63 |
| 2025Q1 | 55 | 2.18 |
| 2025Q2 | 68 | 3.36 |
| 2025Q3 | 84 | 3.47 |
| 2025Q4 | 48 | 2.76 |
| 2026Q1 | 100 | 5.04 |
| 2026Q2 | 61 | 6.81 |
Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 74 | 3.34 |
| 2024Q4 | 71 | 3.28 |
| 2025Q1 | 44 | 1.74 |
| 2025Q2 | 49 | 2.42 |
| 2025Q3 | 72 | 2.97 |
| 2025Q4 | 42 | 2.42 |
| 2026Q1 | 43 | 2.17 |
| 2026Q2 | 23 | 2.57 |
Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 141 | 6.37 |
| 2024Q4 | 189 | 8.72 |
| 2025Q1 | 153 | 6.05 |
| 2025Q2 | 144 | 7.12 |
| 2025Q3 | 195 | 8.06 |
| 2025Q4 | 128 | 7.36 |
| 2026Q1 | 127 | 6.4 |
| 2026Q2 | 70 | 7.81 |
New residential catchments can pull everyday demand with them.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 128 | 5.78 |
| 2024Q4 | 151 | 6.97 |
| 2025Q1 | 172 | 6.8 |
| 2025Q2 | 160 | 7.92 |
| 2025Q3 | 186 | 7.68 |
| 2025Q4 | 194 | 11.16 |
| 2026Q1 | 332 | 16.74 |
| 2026Q2 | 155 | 17.3 |
Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 120 | 5.42 |
| 2024Q4 | 110 | 5.08 |
| 2025Q1 | 97 | 3.84 |
| 2025Q2 | 70 | 3.46 |
| 2025Q3 | 143 | 5.91 |
| 2025Q4 | 80 | 4.6 |
| 2026Q1 | 125 | 6.3 |
| 2026Q2 | 60 | 6.7 |
If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 44 | 1.99 |
| 2024Q4 | 67 | 3.09 |
| 2025Q1 | 104 | 4.11 |
| 2025Q2 | 73 | 3.61 |
| 2025Q3 | 152 | 6.28 |
| 2025Q4 | 69 | 3.97 |
| 2026Q1 | 46 | 2.32 |
| 2026Q2 | 22 | 2.46 |
Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 495 | 22.36 |
| 2024Q4 | 531 | 24.51 |
| 2025Q1 | 563 | 22.27 |
| 2025Q2 | 574 | 28.4 |
| 2025Q3 | 959 | 39.62 |
| 2025Q4 | 483 | 27.79 |
| 2026Q1 | 700 | 35.29 |
| 2026Q2 | 338 | 37.72 |
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 402 | 18.16 |
| 2024Q4 | 419 | 19.34 |
| 2025Q1 | 465 | 18.39 |
| 2025Q2 | 458 | 22.66 |
| 2025Q3 | 539 | 22.27 |
| 2025Q4 | 422 | 24.28 |
| 2026Q1 | 504 | 25.41 |
| 2026Q2 | 226 | 25.22 |
Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 163 | 7.36 |
| 2024Q4 | 166 | 7.66 |
| 2025Q1 | 175 | 6.92 |
| 2025Q2 | 198 | 9.8 |
| 2025Q3 | 258 | 10.66 |
| 2025Q4 | 161 | 9.26 |
| 2026Q1 | 146 | 7.36 |
| 2026Q2 | 51 | 5.69 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail technology market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 414 | 18.7 |
| 2024Q4 | 385 | 17.77 |
| 2025Q1 | 570 | 22.55 |
| 2025Q2 | 428 | 21.18 |
| 2025Q3 | 663 | 27.39 |
| 2025Q4 | 400 | 23.01 |
| 2026Q1 | 634 | 31.96 |
| 2026Q2 | 243 | 27.12 |
the United Kingdom retail technology coverage
Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
92 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
89 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Consumer Culture
71 citations in the snapshot
Urban Science
44 citations in the snapshot
the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumer compliance rules | 63 | 36 | 122.0% |
| buyer protection legislation | 56 | 36 | 97.4% |
| age-based concessionary fares | 51 | 37 | 74.9% |
| phishing scam resources | 45 | 87 | -34.4% |
| fraud prevention tools | 43 | 85 | -35.8% |
| youth rail discounts | 45 | 97 | -41.1% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
80.7% across the displayed hubs
9 companies hiring · $939.4M disclosed funding
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7.2% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $251.9M disclosed funding
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2.4% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $23.9M disclosed funding
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0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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1.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $2.6M disclosed funding
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1.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $494.0K disclosed funding
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1.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $1.0M disclosed funding
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1.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $380.7K disclosed funding
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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