High-Growth Sector

Cloud Computing & Hosting

A market overview of active UK companies in Cloud Computing & Hosting. Figures exclude dormant and dissolved companies. Data refreshed 30 Apr 2026.

Active companies
4,834
trading & on register
Reporting turnover
446
9% of active
Reporting employees
4,082
84% of active
Register health
21%
of 6,256 on register are dormant

Company size (employees)

Active companies reporting employee counts

1-9
3,255
10-49
584
50-249
174
250+
69

Turnover distribution

Active companies reporting turnover

<£100k
60
£100k-£1m
45
£1m-£10m
91
£10m-£100m
200
£100m+
50

Where they're based

Active companies by major UK city (30km London, 15–20km elsewhere)

Greater London
1,331
Manchester
225
Birmingham
124
Leeds
71
Glasgow
58
Bristol
49
Edinburgh
45
Liverpool
45
Cardiff
40
Belfast
21

New formations by year

Active companies incorporated under this category (dormant shells excluded)

249
17
278
18
282
19
235
20
209
21
195
22
149
23
42
24
13
25
1
26

Largest by turnover

#CompanyTurnoverEBITDAEmployees3y growth
1SCC EMEA LIMITED£3.5B£65.2M6,56710%
2WESTCOAST LIMITED£3.3B£46.8M8962%
3INGRAM MICRO (UK) LIMITED£1.5B£38.5M5380%
4SOFTCAT PLC£962.6M£160.7M-7%
5LOGICALIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£935.3M£67.6M4,352-1%
6SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC£884.6M£15.4M2,101-
7PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED£848.2M£15.4M44828%
8ENTSERV UK LIMITED£792.9M£64.2M3,285-9%
900358466 PLC£714.8M£25.9M4,615-
10AMAZON DATA SERVICES UK LIMITED£606.0M£220.8M52537%
11CSC COMPUTER SCIENCES LIMITED£605.6M£36.0M2,0102%
12XMA HOLDINGS LIMITED£539.7M£6.4M7428%
13CLARANET GROUP LIMITED£506.8M£76.8M2,9799%
14VMWARE UK LIMITED£396.0M£37.7M604-9%
15MASSTOCK ARABLE (UK) LIMITED£355.3M£18.4M727-3%
16RACKSPACE LIMITED£354.8M£33.3M61049%
17THE UNITE GROUP PLC£332.8M£185.0M-9%
18AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (LONDON) LIMITED£328.6M-1,56032%
19XMA LIMITED£294.0M£2.9M573-12%
20BOX.COM (UK) LTD£271.1M£39.2M1467%

Fastest-growing

Active companies with turnover ≥ £1m, sorted by 3-year turnover CAGR

#CompanyTurnoverEmployees3y turnover growth
1MODALITY SYSTEMS LIMITED£7.5M25719%
2UK BANDWIDTH LIMITED£51.1M63341%
3KOCHO HOLDINGS LIMITED£43.2M260234%
4ROCKHOLD ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED£2.2M6193%
5VZ HYBRID COMPUTE (UK) LIMITED£6.8M22110%
6CIRCLE IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED£24.9M-93%
7NUAWARE LTD£68.0M1073%
8ANS BIDCO LIMITED£1.5M467%
9FYNITY NETWORK LIMITED£3.1M1166%
10SUSE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LTD£250.2M18165%
11JUST DEVELOP IT LIMITED£203.7M11461%
12CENTRAL TECHNOLOGY NORTH LIMITED£10.6M3657%
13LUNOVI LIMITED£55.4M29856%
14BABBLE CLOUD LIMITED£92.4M49555%
15LOCKSVILLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£43.9M3254%
16CLOUDCOCO GROUP PLC£27.5M8550%
17SERVERSCOM UK LTD£5.6M3250%
18RACKSPACE LIMITED£354.8M61049%
19ANS GROUP LIMITED£132.1M69948%
20BASE MEDIA CLOUD LIMITED£4.9M2843%

Newest formations

Most recently incorporated active companies

#CompanyLocationIncorporated
1KJL GROUP HOLDINGS LTDGainsborough2026
2WEMTECH GROUP LTDBrierley Hill2025
3DATA AND CLOUD LTDBirmingham2025
4UK-2 LIMITEDLeeds2025
5SILVER CLOUD TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTDGlasgow2025
6CIVO DATA CENTRE (WELWYN) LTDStevenage2025
7NUTBOURNE GROUP LIMITEDLondon2025
8AMSHIRE GROUP LIMITEDCheadle Hulme2025
9FCH LTDBrighouse2025
10NUTBOURNE HOLDINGS LIMITEDWokingham2025
1110-100 HOLDINGS LIMITEDMilton Keynes2025
12EXACTA TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LTDBristol2025
13NIMBLE TECH LTDLondon2025
14365 SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITEDWidnes2025
15DSDM GROUP LTDBolton2024
16ATLAS TECH SOLUTIONS LTDManchester2024
17VERTEX AGILITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDWatford2024
18GHS UK HOLDINGS LTDGlasgow2024
19DIGITALK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDMilton Keynes2024
20YOBAH HOLDCO LIMITEDBolton2024