Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best London based Leisure companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Leisure 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
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Top London Leisure Companies
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Secret Escapes
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Secret Escapes is a members-only travel club offering discounted rates on luxury hotels and holidays in the UK.
Easol
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The all-in-one platform to manage your entire experience business, on your terms.
Hiyacar
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Hiyacar is a UK peer to peer car sharing platform.
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Butter.co.uk
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Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!
Stasher
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Stasher is the world’s first luggage storage network.
Abellio
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Abellio delivers rail and bus services to passengers in Scotland, England, and Germany.
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SMARTIFY
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SMARTIFY provides instant access to inspiring art commentary, straight to your smartphone.
Love Home Swap
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Love Home Swap is a home-swapping website enabling members to exchange and rent homes.
Everyman Media Group
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Everyman is an independent cinema group in terms of cinema venues, screens and admissions.
Finisterre
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Finisterre is a cold water surf company that designs products for cold water surfers around the world.
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VizEat
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VizEat is a European startup that operates a “social dining platform.
OTHERWORLD
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A VR island paradise in the cloud reached through a growing network of multi-sensory immersion pods.
Rhubarb
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Rhubarb is a food company that creates and delivers culinary services.
Peanut
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Peanut is an online platform that provides a safe space for women to connect across fertility and motherhood.
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Veeve
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Characterful homes. Dedicated service. Memorable stays.
Key Travel
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Key Travel is a travel management company that offers its services to NGO, academic, and faith sectors.
HotelFlex
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An award winning, VC backed hospitality tech startup, transforming the way hotels manage and sell their inventory
Chic Retreats
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A luxury travel marketplace using the latest in digital technology to connect our collection of independent hotels to affluent travellers
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Hill & Friends
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Hill and Friends is a brand that produces exceptionally crafted and luxuriously functional bags, each affirmed with a subversive wink.
Family Traveller
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Family Traveller is a multi-platform brand operating across familytraveller.com, social media and email.
thesqua.re
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Inventive corporate serviced apartments provider with loyalty programme, all-in-one online accounts, community events and concierge app.
Edge Retreats
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The global curated marketplace for luxury villa rentals, with exceptional service and expert concierge
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Timescenery
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All-in-One Trip Planner and Marketplace – the next stage in travel tech after metasearch | Plug and Play 2017
E-Car Club
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E-Car Club is a UK-based electric car club offering vehicles on a pay-per-use basis.
Pop & Rest
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Our platform connects local workers and travellers with sleep & meditation pods. Book by the hour to recharge
The Thinking Traveller
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The Thinking Traveller is a multiple award-winning villa rental company specialising in luxury villas.
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Big Bus Tours
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Big Bus Tours is a global operator of premium open-top sightseeing tours.
the Bike Club
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the Bike Club is a platform that offers pay monthly kids bikes that are exchanged as children grow up.
Oomph Wellness
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Oomph Wellness offers inclusive exercise and activity classes that improve physical mobility, social interaction, and mental stimulation.
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Dynamo
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Dynamo allows sharing Luxury Experiences (eg. Villas, Yachts, VIP Tables); thanks to its experience providers network in 20 cities worldwide
WeSwap
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WeSwap is a mobile application that allows users to swap different types of currency with others.
Crepeaffaire
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Crêpeaffaire offers freshly prepared crêpes, waffles, coffees and smoothies.
Sure
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Sure curates the most “Instagrammed” food and drink spots.
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shift
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Shift helps anybody move anything, anywhere, anytime. Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Logistics
Statesman Travel Group
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Statesman Travel Group is a business travel management company providing travel management services for corporate and private clients.
Innovate Finance
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Innovate Finance is an independent membership association that represents the UK’s global FinTech community.
Cloud 9 Leisure
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Cloud 9 Leisure is an exciting active indoor leisure experience.
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Viva City
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Viva City offers guest experience, discovery, and analytics software to help businesses thrive with the Chinese Inbound market.
GTA
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GTA provides ground travel products and services to the fully independent travel industry.
Rebel Book Club
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Rebel Book Club is an international non-fiction book club.
The Ticket Group
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TTG focusses of mobile-first ticketing solutions for leisure attractions, tours and activities
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ORMS
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Orms create an architecture that aims at elevating human experience through intuition, teamwork and dignity in design.
SkiYodl
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SkiYodl is a platform that allows its users to search and book their ski trips in real-time.
Ongosa
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Ongosa gives you a more advanced access to new adventure sports experiences.
Board a Boat
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Board a Boat is a boat trip marketplace that enables boat owners, managers and skippers to offer private and semi-private boat trips.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house established in 1986.
Booking Spaces
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Disruptive venue booking platform, connecting those looking for spaces with the spaces available for hire.
Trafalgar Tours
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Trafalgar is the world leader in guided vacations to Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia & New Zealand.
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Azooki
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Azooki helps you book & discover amazing things to do in South East Asia’s most enchanting destinations
Virgin Limited Edition
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Virgin Limited Edition is Richard Branson’s collection of stunning retreats have a private island, lodge, vineyard and luxury villas.
Reed & Mackay
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Reed & Mackay is a corporate travel management company.
Ten Lifestyle Group Plc
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Ten Lifestyle Group Plc is a technology enabled lifestyle and travel platform company.
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ForestCar
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ForestCar is a car sharing service for airports.
Young Foodies
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Young Foodies provides a community and specialist services for the most exciting food and drink challenger brands
Ebookers Plc
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Ebookers.com is a leading pan-European online travel agency specialising in worldwide travel.
Lotus
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Lotus is a specialist travel PR and representation outfit.
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Belmond
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A hotel and leisure company that operates luxury hotels, train services and river cruises.
Byron Hamburgers
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Byron Hamburgers is a British burger restaurant chain.
tripAbrood
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tripAbrood is an AI-driven travel platform for families to discover and book holidays.
MYRENTBOAT
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Find the best yacht rental deals Choose from 25 000 yachts online
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Local Data Company
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Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail and leisure location data business.
SpareFare
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SpareFare.net is a secure secondary travel marketplace
Go Native Ltd
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An excellent alternative to hotels, Go Native serviced apartments provide flexibility and convenience for business & leisure travellers.
TravelStaytion
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TravelStaytion is an online holiday rental marketplace, enables its users to list their spare property or get accommodation at lower prices.
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Scott Dunn Ltd
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Scott Dunn Ltd provides a broad range of luxury holidays from skiing and Mediterranean resorts.
Day 8
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We are a unique experience provider within travel, culture and leisure.
The Dorchester Collection
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The Dorchester Collection provides one of the world’s largest selections of luxury hotels.
Inspired Gaming (UK) Limited
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Inspired Gaming (UK) Limited is owner and distributor of amusement machines.
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Arena Racing Company
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Arena Racing Company is a large racecourse operator in the UK with its racecourses hosting racing on over 300 days a year.
Leisure Pass
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A London-based city attraction sightseeing company.
Encore Tickets
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Encore tickets provides theater tickets and group bookings for all London theaters.
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WeTrack
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WeTrack provides event delivery software for major events, federations, venues and governing bodies
My Private Villas Ltd
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My Private Villas offers its users with villa and holiday rentals.
divento.com
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Provides cultural institutions in Europe with content management and booking facility
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Pacific Interactive
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Pacific Interactive develops social and casino themed games.
Beyonk
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Beyonk is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for experiences, making it easier for visitors to find and book local things to do
National Rail Enquiries
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National Rail Enquiries is the official source for train times and timetables in the U.K.
Places for People
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Places for People is a property management, development, regeneration and leisure company.
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JacTravel Group
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JacTravel is one of the world’s premier suppliers of online hotel bookings and inbound travel services to the tourism sector.
Surfdome.com
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Surfdome.com is Europe’s premier action sports and lifestyle retailer
Qbic
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Qbic brings affordable hotel experience to London.
Wyndham Exchange and Rentals (UK) Holdings
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Wyndham Exchange and Rentals (UK) Holdings provides owns and operates leisure facilities such as beach holidays, country cottages.
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Coffee Republic
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Coffee Republic is a coffee chain in UK that is known and offers great tasting coffee and delicious freshly made food.
Live2Leave
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Live2Leave is a travel app where you can record your favorite spots & get recommendations from people you know.
Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services
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Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services is a worldwide chauffeur company operating in over 80 countries.
HostelBookers.com
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HostelBookers.com is a website enabling travelers to book hostels and cheap hotels.
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Sailchecker Ltd.
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Travel Tech • The original global yacht charter booking platform & community
Your Golf Travel
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Your Golf Travel is a golf travel company, offering golf holidays & breaks throughout the UK, Europe & Rest of World.
Plexal
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Plexal is Europe’s largest innovation hub based at Here East, on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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Swayy
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Swayy is the world’s leading hotel and restaurant booking site for digital Influencers.
Emiliea Ltd
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Decorating, Painters, Decorators, Decorating company, interior & exterior painting, wallpapering
Regency House Hotel London
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Looking for a Hotel Near Gower Street London at affordable price?We have Single, Double, Twin, and Family comfortable rooms for sleeping up
DeMellier London
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Luxury day and evening bags featuring our signature interior designed with today’s woman in mind.
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YOLO Leisure and Technology
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YOLO Leisure and Technology plc aims to focus on opportunities in the travel, technology and leisure sectors.
Global Leisure Capital Partners
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The current investment arm of Global Leisure Partners LLP specializing in private equity investments.
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