45 UK Tech Companies to Know | Built In

McCain Foods is a multinational food and beverage company known for its signature frozen fries and specialty potato products. With over 20,000 employees and more than 50 production facilities, McCain operates in more than 160 countries. The company’s diverse portfolio includes brands like Van Geloven, known for frozen snacks, and Infinity Foods, which specializes in a range of frozen foods. It aims to integrate data-driven insights and digital tooling into its day-to-day operation. The company is hiring in the U.K.

 Simply Business aims to make it easier for small businesses to procure insurance coverage. It offers a string of products for landscapers, florists, landlords and other small-business owners. The company uses a combination of tech, data and deep industry knowledge to back its products.

TravelPerk is a SaaS company that builds technology intended to help companies create and oversee efficient travel programs. Its software platform includes solutions for planning individual and group trips, establishing travel policies, collecting invoices and managing payment and accessing relevant expense data.

Getty Images is a long-established and venerable supplier of visual media assets, which include stock images and original content like photo, video and audio. Clients across media, advertising, marketing and web design can access its archive of more than 500 million visual assets, then pay to purchase or lease specific images for articulated purposes. Getty covers breaking cultural events, sending photographers to the Olympics and other major happenings to capture images. It has an office in London.

Arrow Electronics is an electronic components manufacturer. Its parts are essential to a huge range of computer and other electronics products that allow the aerospace and defense, energy storage, green infrastructure, medicine and healthcare, renewable energy, and transportation sectors to function. As a vital element of the electronics supply chain, it serves and partners with thousands of industrial electronics manufacturers around the world. Arrow maintains a U.K. office. 

Affirm offers a BNPL, or buy-now-pay-later, loan platform, which consumers can use in lieu of credit to make digital and point-of-sale purchases at e-commerce storefronts and brick and mortar retail locations. When a user applies for Affirm approval, they are able to select from various repayment schedules, which always include an interest-free option.  It hires remotely in London. 

Deliveroo uses its logistics software to connect customers with food and grocery delivery services they can track online. In its three-sided marketplace, diners are able to receive food from local restaurants quickly in areas that traditionally lack delivery food options, and Deliveroo’s network of more than 160,000 grocery and restaurant businesses access a large and previously inaccessible consumer base.

CSC is a consultancy that offers a full suite of technology services and solutions, from cloud computing and cybersecurity to big data analytics and tax software. Its digital fintech products include a tax modeling tool that clients can use to project possible tax scenarios and forecast revenue and compliance. 

AlertMedia provides an emergency communications solution that helps organizations respond to critical events faster. It serves companies of all sizes with a two-way multichannel messaging system, threat intelligence capabilities and 24/7 employee safety offerings.

Restaurant operations company Toast operates an office in London that houses employees across departments including engineering, product, sales, marketing, customer success and people. The company equips restaurants with an all-in-one platform that connects their operations across point of sale, guest marketing, digital ordering and delivery as well as payroll and HR.

PagerDuty works to help companies deliver optimal digital experiences to their customers. Its platform helps identify issues and opportunities in real time, enabling the appropriate teams to resolve problems and prevent future ones. PagerDuty’s solutions serve more than 18,000 companies.

Specializing in software for e-commerce businesses, commercetools’ technology is designed to help brands establish an optimized online shopping experience. Its Foundry product, for example, is a pre-composed solution for quickly creating and launching an online store. The global company has an office location in London.

Webflow makes a website builder that offers a visual-first user experience and doesn’t require code writing skills. For example, the platform’s e-commerce capabilities let users create custom digital storefronts featuring branded design elements, an optimized checkout experience and simplified shipping management tools.

Moneybox is a fintech company that allows customers to access consumer finance services like savings and checking accounts, investing, home loans and retirement services from a mobile app. Founded in 2015, the company now serves more than 1 million customers, providing them with secure tools to help them meet their financial goals.

Publica runs a platform for advertisements on connected TVs, which stream internet service. It offers a wide range of tech-forward ad services to publishers, including unified ad auctions, ad pod management, audience management and server-side ad insertion. Publica runs more than 3 billion ads each month, serving a client roster that includes Samsung, Fox and Viacom CBS.

Digital experience monitoring tech company ThousandEyes offers a software platform that monitors and maintains the health and functionality of digital networks and other IT assets. It maintains a U.K. office in London. The company’s products are designed to immediately identify issues with user experience.  

Sojern is an adtech company with a focus on the travel industry. Its marketing platform aims to provide hospitality businesses with intelligence and data to allow them to better connect and identify with target audiences. The company offers AI-powered solutions to improve guest engagement experiences.

Acquia builds technology that businesses use to deliver scalable, data-driven digital experiences for their customers. Its product lineup includes the Drupal content management system, which is designed to be modular and secure, as well as Acquia PIM for helping brands get the most value out of their e-commerce data.

Navan is a global software company giving businesses comprehensive corporate travel and expense management solutions. Its platform’s capabilities span from issuing virtual and physical corporate cards to preventing out-of-policy spending. Companies that use Navan’s products are able to speed up their expense reconciliation processes and save money on flight and hotel bookings.

SeatGeek is a live events ticketing company. Its platform, which functions as a search engine for tickets, features solutions like smart pricing algorithms that track and adjust ticket prices using data like historical sales, weather changes and seat location. Ticket holders can work with SeatGeek to sell their seats for events they’ll no longer be able to attend, but the company also works directly with venues, sports teams and other enterprise clients to serve as their ticketing technology partner.

Zone & Company makes software products that customize and increase the capacities of the NetSuite suite of business software. Its tools are built NetSuite native, so they integrate seamlessly with the system to optimize billing, reporting, reconciliation, approvals, payments, payroll and other back-office functions. Its ZoneCapture product scans and generates bills and credits for vendors, using automations that can log data fields like dates, bank account numbers, payment references and other critical pieces of information. By automating the process of scanning these documents, the entire vendor billing process can become a hands-off or low-touch operation. 

Cybersecurity company Onfido offers identity verification software that uses artificial intelligence to analyze photographs and confirm digital identity. Used in customer onboarding, compliance and fraud prevention contexts, the Onfido software also handles document verification, biometric verification, data verification and fraud detection, using AI to reduce bias and optimize speed and accuracy.

Workrise specializes in services and software products for the energy industry. Its vendor management offering, for example, comes with features to simplify vendor onboarding and payment processes. The company also has solutions that oil and gas companies rely on to support their workforce needs.

Computacenter sources and operates technology infrastructures for businesses in industries like finance and manufacturing. From hardware to cloud-based services, the company responds to client needs and sources their desired technology, setting up fully operational IT systems that it continues to manage for the life of the partnership. The company also works with existing systems to transform them with updated tech.

Bullhorn provides cloud-based software solutions for the staffing and recruiting industry. It works to help firms grow their businesses with its extensive knowledge base of best talent recruitment practices. Bullhorn partners with more than 10,000 firms across the globe.

Clear Street offers a proprietary cloud-based trading platform that allows users to complete transactions that involve U.S. options and equities. It aims to enable efficient access to execution, financing and securities lending options. The financial services firm hires for hybrid roles in London. 

Reorg provides data, analysis and market intelligence services to clients in the financial services and legal sectors, allowing them to access information that is otherwise difficult to obtain. The company operates a platform which it uses to share the legal and financial reports it prepares on behalf of clients. These reports are analyzed by machine learning algorithms on the platform, delivering actionable insights to hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks, law firms and financial advisors to inform their investment decisions. 

Endpoint Clinical is a healthtech company that focuses on solutions to support clinical trials for the development of pharmaceuticals in a variety of therapeutic areas. It offers a platform for setting up interactive response technology, or IRT, systems that facilitate management of key trial aspects like patient randomization, supply inventory, tracking subjects and compliance. Endpoint Clinical maintains multiple office locations around the world, including one in Edinburgh.

Telesign is an IT company providing identity solutions to prevent fraud. By using developer-friendly APIs, it can provide solutions for user verification, digital identity and omnichannel communications, among other services. Telesign also uses artificial intelligence and data science to deliver its security solutions with speed and accuracy. 

DraftKings is a tech company that specializes in sports betting, fantasy sports and mobile casino gaming. Known for its digital platforms, DraftKings offers a range of betting options, including live betting, same game parlays and pools across major sports leagues like the NFL, MLB and UFC. The company has an office in London.

Origami Risk is an enterprise software company offering integrated SaaS solutions for the risk and insurance industry. Its platform enables risk managers, carriers and insurance brokers to bring property and insurance products to market, manage claims and safety, and launch online portals and mobile applications. Headquartered in the U.S. with an office in London, Origami Risk provides tools for underwriting, claims, analytics and data integration to automate processes for its clients.

Software company monday.com specializes in productivity solutions for small and medium sized businesses, nonprofits and global enterprises. The company’s platform is designed to support collaboration and efficiency for a variety of teams. For example, its suite of tools for professionals working in product development lets them oversee important tasks like bug tracking, roadmap planning and prioritizing feature requests.

Qualtrics is a software company offering solutions businesses use to collect, analyze and act on feedback with the goal of improving customer and employee engagement. Qualtrics’ products serve industries such as financial services, healthcare, travel and hospitality, education and retail.

Nisos is a security tech company that handles everything from cybersecurity and retail threat intelligence to corporate and physical security, all through a framework it calls Managed Intelligence. This system uses proprietary technology to assess, investigate and analyze risk, providing a prevention-first, personalized approach to security for a wide range of clients. 

Robotics firm AutoStore makes warehouse robots that perform order fulfillment tasks for client companies in the grocery, retail, healthcare, third-party logistics and industrial sectors. AutoStore robots and systems are engineered to maximize efficiency, accuracy and safety, and function as a closed-loop system where the robots drive containers from point to point inside a warehouse so that materials and goods can be assembled and packaged. AutoStore is a Norwegian company with a U.K. office in Nottingham. 

Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform that works with data to support e-commerce clients. Its SaaS product collects first-party customer data to create customized and targeted marketing materials across multiple channels including email, push notifications and SMS. Prominent e-commerce companies like Good American and Stanley 1913 rely on its work with data to reach the customers that want to engage with their products. Klaviyo is headquartered in Boston and also has a London office.

NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of global media giant Comcast and produces a wide array of content under a diverse variety of brands. It employs its team members from a variety of fields like engineering, finance, marketing and information technology. Its UK operations include remote hiring throughout England and an NBC News team and office based in London. 

Chainlink Labs focuses on developing technology that facilitates connections between software applications and blockchains. Developers, startups and enterprise organizations representing a variety of industries use Chainlink Labs’ solutions to support their shift toward embracing Web3 innovation. 

Redgate Software’s end-to-end database management software products are designed to support client companies’ development, operations and IT teams. Used by over 90 percent of Fortune 100 companies, its solutions are designed to integrate with other common tools to support efficient, quality software delivery. The company’s global headquarters is located in Cambridge.

Immersive Labs makes IT software for increasing protection against cyber threats and cybercrime. On its platform, the company assesses and improves individual, team and organization-level response readiness to digital threats by creating an internal resilience score. This score measures specific areas of vulnerability, and the platform runs simulations that allow for modeling of specific cyberthreat situations. The company was founded in the U.K. 

Clari’s enterprise revenue platform comes with artificial intelligence capabilities that allow businesses to produce accurate revenue forecasts, establish data-driven sales strategies and efficiently manage other important responsibilities that can contribute to business growth.  Its technology has applications for various teams, including sales, marketing and finance.

Headquartered in Helsinki with an office in London, Smartly is an AI-powered social media advertising platform trusted by major brands worldwide. Offering scalable tools for ad buying and production automation, Smartly streamlines campaign management while delivering real-time insights to optimize advertising strategies with its comprehensive suite of SaaS tools.

Integral Ad Science is a media measurement tool and optimization platform that uses data-driven results to improve ad campaigns and returns on investment for advertisers. Its software provides insights on contextual targeting, digital ad fraud and viewability. IAS also publishes case studies on the advertising industry as well as free white papers.

Magna International is an automotive supplier and mobility tech innovator that has a global workforce of 179,000 people. Its goal is to ensure vehicles are safer to use and cleaner for the environment. Magna develops technologies, systems and concepts geared toward achieving this goal.

IDeaS is a revenue management firm that makes software for hospitality businesses. Its products analyze the flow of money in and out of large organizations like hotel groups and franchise parking facilities, using revenue science, machine learning and AI to generate recommendations for operations and strategy. One of the company’s four global offices is in Marlow, just outside of London.