Mark Anderson
This article showcases our top picks for the best English Small and Medium Businesses companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Small and Medium Businesses industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top English Small and Medium Businesses Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Dext
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Dext is a paperless bookkeeping platform connecting accountants, bookkeepers, and businesses.
iwoca
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Iwoca offers credit financing services for small businesses.
PaymentSense
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Paymentsense is a financial technology company providing card payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland.
Funding Options
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Funding Options is a business to business services marketplace platform operating in the UK and the Netherlands.
Tech Nation
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Tech Nation is focused on accelerating the growth of digital businesses across the UK.
Countingup
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The one that does your books. Countingup is the UK’s #1 banking & accounting app. Dead easy. Super fast. Self sorting.
Como
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Como is an end-to-end customer engagement for retail and hospitality chains.
Charlie
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Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas.
Early Metrics
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Early Metrics is the first startup rating agency.
Hassle.com
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Hassle.com is an online marketplace that matches busy people with local, trusted cleaners.
Phaidon International
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We have a clear strategy and it is working to deliver us competitive advantage and superior financial results.
Rotageek
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Using data-driven technology to meet demand, engage teams, and drive efficiency.
Talmix
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Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
Intruder
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Intruder is a cloud-based vulnerability scanner that finds cyber security weaknesses in your external infrastructure.
Novicap
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NoviCap is an online platform that allows businesses to receive early payments for outstanding invoices.
Liberis
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Liberis provides access to simple, flexible, and fair finance for small businesses.
Growth Street
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Growth Street is fast, flexible overdrafts for growing businesses.
Sainsbury’s
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Sainsbury’s operates supermarkets and convenience stores, an online grocery and general merchandise operation, as well as Sainsbury’s Bank.
Investly
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Investly is provide an invoice finance platform that lets you easily upload invoices.
Albert
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Albert is an innovative, fast growing technology company disrupting financial management for freelancers and the solo self-employed.
Idea Drop
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Idea Drop helps organisations capture, curate and action the best ideas from their people.
Equipment Connect
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Equipment Connect is the online marketplace for sourcing, financing and managing equipment.
Reloyalty
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Reloyalty turns any bank card in Europe into a personalized loyalty card, leveraging Open Banking / PSD2.
UnderPinned
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A SaaS that is changing the future of freelancing
Selldone
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E-commerce platform and store builder, Selldone covers physical, services, files, and virtual products.+ AI, SEO engine, and IOT integrated.
QuarterOne
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QuarterOne is a sales forecasting application for small to medium businesses.
Commissionly
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Commissionly is the cloud based sales commission software focused solely on the small to medium business sector.
Smarty Software Ltd.
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SaaS Accounting, CRM, Marketing, Invoicing system for small business owners and entrepreneurs
Kwanji
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Online FX Comparison Platform Bridging Emerging & Traditional Markets
Spacehop
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An online platform for people to list and book cheap, flexible office space at the days and hours of their choosing in London and the UK.
Omnisend (previously Soundest)
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Super easy email marketing designed for ecommerce. Convert your visitors and retain your customers.
FLYRE LIMITED
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FLYRE is an online re/insurance marketplace. Free re/insurance tools and workflows for everyone. Your risks and capacities online.
Paylinko
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Paylinko is a platform that enables users to receive deposits, ask for payments, and sell digital goods with a link.
Cashplus
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Cashplus is a digital challenger to UK banks and has served more than 1.6m customers since launching in 2005
Business e via Italy
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Business e via Italy (BEV), an online business service, helps people set up in Italy, enter the Italian market, or find a business for sale.
I-Movo Limited
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I-Movo Limited enables businesses to issue vouchers to their customers, which can then be redeemed securely at over 50,000 stores.
Plutio
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Plutio gives you everything you need to manage your business, collaborate with your teams and work closer with clients, all from one place.
Quotable
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Quotable is a global supply network that enables businesses to trade smarter with the help of AI.
GoSolo
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GoSolo is a Digital Banking and Financial Toolkit enabling entrepreneurs to start and manage their business
FluidStack
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FluidStack provides cloud-based business intelligence software for enterprise data.
Fabacus
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Fabacus is a technology business that transforms brand licensing through the power of data.
Gloople
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Gloople provides a social sharing e-commerce platform with mobile functionality designed for start-ups and SMEs.
Twenty Something London
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We recommend the best independent places and events in London, and provide small businesses with a platform to advertise affordably.
Shiply
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The online transport marketplace matching people moving goods with transport companies “going there anyway”.
Sqwiz
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Sqwiz is the fastest website builder for small businesses.
Zealify
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Zealify is a recruitment tool assisting enterprises in finding candidates for higher level positions.
UKTN (formerly Tech City News)
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UKTN (formerly Tech City News) is the leading resource of news, information and events for tech innovators in the UK.
Makeshift
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Makeshift is a London-based startup studio that makes tools for startups. They bring together skills in entrepreneurship, design, hacking,
Quadrature Capital
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Quadrature Capital is a small tech business run by programmers.
Liridi
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LIRIDI is a digital platform that provides purchase financing for micro-business owners and entrepreneurs in emerging economies.
Hashblu Limited
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An Enteprise Grade Chatbot Lifecycle Management platform to design, build & manage bots for core business processes like Sales, CRM etc.
Euroffice
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Euroffice Ltd., a London, UK-based online office supplies company serving the SME market. Based on an internet-only business model, with
Creative AI
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Creative AI gives every business, big or small, the power of a dedicated marketing team.
Solna
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Solna is innovating the invoicing process for SMEs. The first platform in its kind to be powered by credit scoring data.
Aqilla
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Aqilla is the developer of web-based accounting solutions designed for medium-sized businesses and organisations.
BlakBear
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BlakBear provides sensors to improve quality control, reduce rejections and cut food waste from producer to consumer.
Close Brothers Asset Finance
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Close Brothers Asset Finance offers a range of flexible funding solutions to UK SMEs.
BuyerDeck
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BuyerDeck provides a portal for sales reps to manage deals with their buyer.
Aleph Finance Group
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Aleph Finance Group PLC is a holding company based in London catering investment and advisory services
CWJobs
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The UK’s leading specialist IT recruitment website.
Webpays
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Secure your industry with a High-Risk Merchant Account Instant Approval for enhancing your transactions.
Billdu
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Billdu is a professional invoicing software with all necessary features for a small business.
Etz Timesheet Solutions
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Etz Timesheets are provided through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model in the cloud and has been tailor-built for the recruitment sector.
Money&Co.
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Money&Co. is at the forefront of the P2B (Person to Business) world.
Launchese
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Launchese is a London based FinTech company that helps entrepreneurs to form their company in London.
Mamut ASA
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Mamut is a Norweigen based software company offering a variety of business applications from accounting to CRM.
Arcadis Gen
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Arcadis Gen offers cloud software and data drive solution & products for business solutions.
Promotivation Sourcing Limited
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Promotivation Sourcing’s range of over 70,000 business gifts and promotional products is instantly accessible on our website.
Studentgems
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Studentgems offers a U.K.-based job website for students with commercial skills.
eOffice
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eOffice is provides workspace and meeting facilities for businesses and professionals.
Pacific International Recruitment
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Pacific International Recruitment is the dedicated online information resource for business improvement.
Kerdos Ventures
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Kerdos Ventures invest in early-stage companies with outstanding teams and ambitious founders.
ISEG Limited
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ISEG Limited provides a better fit for the needs of today’s investor community.
goAfrica
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goAfrica B2B marketplace that enables buyers and suppliers worldwide to trade with buyers and suppliers within Africa.
PLATO Intelligence
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PLATO uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to help you recruit the best candidates and track them through their careers.
Appy Creations
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Appy Creations is an online platform that gathers multiple tried and tested shops selling baby products.
Dr Logic
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We provide Mac IT Services to ambitious businesses in London. We’re founding members of the Apple Consultants Network.
Prospex
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AI-driven sales lead generation. SaaS start-up launching May 2018.
