We’re thrilled to reveal the Top 75 Tech Agencies in the North of England for 2020!
Once again, Mustard has collaborated with Prolific North to compile the Top 75 Tech rankings, a list of the largest Tech firms registered in the North of England.
The list is based on a range of metrics linked to each company’s financial performance and levels of employment. All data is verified against online sources, such as Bureau van Dijk’s Fame database and Companies House.
Bet365 Group has held on to the top spot this year, with a turnover of £3.1 billion and over four and a half thousand employees. Radius Payment Solutions and ARRIS also make the top three.
It’s been a good year for Pretty Little Thing, who have broken into the top 20 this year, placing 14th, up from 22nd in 2019. Buy it Direct has also made the top 20 for the first time, in at number 19, up from 21 last year.
Manchester dominates the rankings, home to 15 of the largest Tech companies, and with five in the top 20, including The Hut Group (7th), Booking.com (8th) and Boohoo (12th).
The biggest climber this year is Godel, rising 13 places from 68th in 2019 to 55th this year. Journey First, Pharmacy 2U and Cloud Tech have also jumped ahead this year.
See below for the full rankings:
| 2020 | 2019 | Company Name | Activity | North of England Office | Employee Count | Turnover (£000s) |
| 1 | 1 | Bet365 Group | Gaming technology | Stoke-On-Trent | 4,646 | 3,063,651 |
| 2 | 2 | Radius Payment Solutions | Fleet services | Crewe | 1,000 | 2,488,800 |
| 3 | 5 | Arris Global | Telecommunications | Shipley | 8,483 | 2,143,500 |
| 4 | 3 | Shop Direct Holdings | eCommerce | Liverpool | 2,534 | 2,013,500 |
| 5 | 4 | The Sage Group | Software | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | 12,643 | 1,936,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Talk Talk | Telecommunications | Salford | 2,288 | 1,569,000 |
| 7 | 8 | The Hut Group | eCommerce | Manchester | 7,000 | 1,140,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Booking.com (previously rentalcars) | Comparison website | Manchester | 1,626 | 955,096 |
| 9 | 9 | AO World PLC | eCommerce | Bolton | 3,110 | 902,500 |
| 10 | 12 | Daisy Group Holdings | Telecommunications | Nelson | 3,500 | 675,700 |
| 11 | 10 | BetFred Group (including The Tote) | Gaming technology & software development | Warrington | 1,908 | 621,376 |
| 12 | 14 | Boohoo group Plc | eCommerce | Manchester | 2,352 | 434,565 |
| 13 | 13 | Plusnet | Telecommunications | Sheffield | 1,678 | 417,687 |
| 14 | 22 | Pretty Little Thing | eCommerce | Manchester | 323 | 374,445 |
| 15 | 17 | Auto Trader Group PLC | Automotive | Manchester | 859 | 355,100 |
| 16 | 15 | Moneysupermarket | Comparison website | Chester | 803 | 350,100 |
| 17 | 18 | Kcom Group | Telecommunications | Hull | 1,536 | 281,637 |
| 18 | 19 | NCC Group | Cyber security | Manchester | 1,850 | 250,700 |
| 19 | 21 | Buy it Direct | Online Retailer | Huddersfield | 396 | 248,779 |
| 20 | 11 | Ebuyer.com | eCommerce | Barton-upon-Humber | 250 | 190,467 |
| 21 | 16 | Communisis | Integrated business services | Leeds | 2,106 | 188,600 |
| 22 | 20 | Missguided | eCommerce | Manchester | 650 | 186,878 |
| 23 | 23 | Emis Group | Healthcare | Leeds | 1,109 | 159,500 |
| 24 | 27 | True Potential | Financial Services | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 157 | 144,923 |
| 25 | 24 | GB Group | Identity data | Chester | 1,000 | 143,504 |
| 26 | 28 | Bjss | Software | Leeds | 775 | 140,185 |
| 27 | 25 | Hocomm | Software | York | 132 | 139,319 |
| 28 | 29 | Chess | Utilities | Alderley Edge | 523 | 107,419 |
| 29 | 34 | Tombola | Gaming technology | Sunderland | 300 | 104,431 |
| 30 | 26 | Nycomm | Travel Retailer | Manchester | 370 | 103,185 |
| 31 | 43 | Blue Prism Group | Robotic process automation | Newton-Le-Willows | 1,001 | 101,000 |
| 32 | 33 | Redcentric | Hosting services | Harrogate | 466 | 93,260 |
| 33 | 35 | Entertainment Magpie | eCommerce | Stockport | 750 | 88,720 |
| 34 | 32 | Beauty Bay | eCommerce | Salford | 307 | 87,739 |
| 35 | 36 | SSP Topco | Software | Halifax | 773 | 85,273 |
| 36 | 38 | P2G.com | Comparison website | Bolton | 209 | 82,706 |
| 37 | 37 | K3 Business Technology Group | Supply chain solutions | Salford | 687 | 78,412 |
| 38 | 39 | Paymentshield | Insurance and Protection | Southport | 250 | 73,869 |
| 39 | 31 | On The Beach | Travel Retailer | Manchester | 504 | 73,384 |
| 40 | 40 | Ikonic Technology | IT Distributor | Heywood | 39 | 72,419 |
| 41 | 44 | PC Specialist | Computer Assembly | Wakefield | 55 | £66,281 |
| 42 | 41 | Celerity | IT | Preston | 43 | 63,176 |
| 43 | 54 | Pharmacy2u Limited | Healthcare | Leeds | 200 | 60,672 |
| 44 | 47 | Proactis Holdings | Software | Wetherby | 498 | 54,140 |
| 45 | 45 | UK Fast | Server solutions | Manchester | 350 | 53,942 |
| 46 | 50 | Proact IT UK | IT | Chesterfield | 250 | 53,127 |
| 47 | 42 | CDL Group | Software | Stockport | 620 | 52,931 |
| 48 | 48 | Mobica Holdings | Software | Wilmslow | 867 | 51,628 |
| 49 | 49 | Helical Industries | Property rental | Lytham St Annes | 288 | 50,657 |
| 50 | 46 | ANS Group | IT | Manchester | 267 | 50,414 |
| 51 | 56 | Tracsis | Transport | Leeds | 450 | 49,216 |
| 52 | 51 | Rockar 2016 | Consultancy and system development | York | 77 | 47,855 |
| 53 | 52 | Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems | IT | Leeds | 137 | 47,777 |
| 54 | 57 | Atom Bank | Financial Services | Durham | 379 | 37,966 |
| 55 | 68 | Godel Technologies | Software | Manchester | 1,000 | 35,594 |
| 56 | 64 | Giacom World Networks | Cloud Services | Hessle | 42 | 35,466 |
| 57 | 58 | Technology Services Group | IT | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 350 | 34,519 |
| 58 | 61 | Pure Technology Group | IT services | Pudsey | 370 | 32,980 |
| 59 | 55 | Manchester Metronet / M247 | Data centre | Manchester | 147 | 31,503 |
| 60 | 60 | Beyond Trust (formally Avecto) | Software | Manchester | 21 | 29,464 |
| 61 | 67 | Zoo Digital Group | Subtitling and dubbing provider | Sheffield | 200 | 28,818 |
| 62 | 73 | Cloud Technology Solutions | IT services/Software | Manchester | 76 | 26,144 |
| 63 | 63 | Love Energy Savings | Comparison website | Bolton | 249 | 25,755 |
| 64 | 72 | Performance Horizon | IT | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 181 | 24,094 |
| 65 | 65 | Centriq Group | IT | Blackpool | 132 | 23,566 |
| 66 | 70 | Aspire Technology Solutions | Computer consultancy | Gateshead | 130 | 23,276 |
| 67 | 66 | MDS CEM | Software | Warrington | 220 | 23,056 |
| 68 | 69 | Digital ID Group | ID printing | Stockport | 49 | 21,599 |
| 69 | 71 | Itps (Holdings) | IT services | Gateshead | 124 | 19,767 |
| 70 | 74 | Hybrid Services | Printing services | Crewe | 38 | 17,767 |
| 71 | 75 | Surpass (formerly BTL Group) | IT software | Shipley | 151 | 17,734 |
| 72 | new entry | Bigchange | Workforce management software | Leeds | 136 | 11,206 |
| 73 | 59 | Team 17 Holdings | Video game developer | Wakefield | 200 | 1,413 |
| 74 | 30 | Evolution Funding | Financial Services | Chesterfield | TBC | TBC |
| 75 | 62 | Payzone UK | Payment services | Northwich | TBC | TBC |
