We’re excited to announce the Top 75 Tech & eCommerce Companies for 2021!
Mustard has collaborated with Prolific North to create the annual Top 75 Tech & eCommerce ranking, which is comprised of the largest Tech companies registered in the North of England. As with previous years, the list is based on financial performance which is verified against Companies House.
Bet365 Group continue to hold number one position with a turnover of £2.8 billion and 5,000 employees. Radius Payment Solutions remains in second position and Shop Direct Holdings enters into the top three (up from 4th in 2020).
Team17 have had an incredible year, placing 39th, up from 73rd in 2020. Pharmacy2U, Surpass and Giacom World Networks have also climbed at least ten places this year.
There are 7 new entrants this year: Sky Betting & Gaming (12th), Trak Global Group (62nd), Matillion (63rd), Twinkl (66th), Cloud Imperium Games (67th), Crisp Thinking (69th) and Chameleon Technology (75th).
See below for the full rankings:
| 2021 Ranking | 2020 Ranking | Company | Activity | Location | Employee Count | Turnover
(£000s) |
| 1 | 1 | Bet365 Group | Gaming technology | Stoke-On-Trent | 5,177 | 2,811,400 |
| 2 | 2 | Radius Payment Solutions | Fleet services | Crewe | 1,484 | 2,203,900 |
| 3 | 4 | Shop Direct Holdings / The Very Group | eCommerce | Liverpool | 3,133 | 2,058,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Sage | Software | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | 12,506 | 1,903,000 |
| 5 | 3 | ARRIS | Telecommunications | Shipley | 8,483 | 1,723,500 |
| 6 | 7 | The Hut Group | eCommerce | Manchester | 6,083 | 1,613,625 |
| 7 | 6 | TalkTalk | Telecommunications | Salford | 2,077 | 1,353,000 |
| 8 | 9 | AO World | eCommerce | Bolton | 3,227 | 1,046,200 |
| 9 | 8 | Booking.com | Comparison website | Manchester | 1,908 | 1,029,320 |
| 10 | 10 | Daisy Group | Telecommunications | Nelson | 3,661 | 664,423 |
| 11 | 12 | Boohoo | eCommerce | Manchester | 2,352 | 600,733 |
| 12 | New entry | Sky Betting & Gaming | Gaming technology | Leeds | 1,540 | 581,528 |
| 13 | 11 | BetFred Group | Gaming technology & software development | Warrington | 6,993 | 524,943 |
| 14 | 14 | Pretty Little Thing | eCommerce | Manchester | 411 | 516,334 |
| 15 | 13 | Plusnet | Telecommunications | Sheffield | 1,049 | 418,453 |
| 16 | 15 | Auto Trader Group | Automotive | Manchester | 853 | 368,900 |
| 17 | 16 | Moneysupermarket | Comparison website | Chester | 780 | 299,800 |
| 18 | 19 | Buy It Direct | Online Retailer | Huddersfield | 693 | 295,491 |
| 19 | 18 | NCC Group | Cyber security | Manchester | 1,873 | 263,700 |
| 20 | 17 | KCOM Group | Telecommunications | Hull | 1,454 | 262,847 |
| 21 | 20 | Ebuyer.com | eCommerce | Barton-upon-Humber | 250 | 243,461 |
| 22 | 25 | GB Group | Identity data | Chester | 1,047 | 217,659 |
| 23 | 22 | Missguided | eCommerce | Manchester | 400 | 201,957 |
| 24 | 21 | Communisis | Integrated business services | Leeds | 2,106 | 188,600 |
| 25 | 26 | BJSS | Software | Leeds | 1,366 | 187,125 |
| 26 | 24 | True Potential | Financial Services | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 305 | 184,901 |
| 27 | 23 | Emis Group | Healthcare | Leeds | 1,579 | 159,500 |
| 28 | 31 | Blue Prism Group | Robotic process automation | Newton-Le-Willows | 1,005 | 141,400 |
| 29 | 43 | Pharmacy2U | Healthcare | Leeds | 400 | 139,824 |
| 30 | 27 | Hocomm | Software | York | 132 | 139,319 |
| 31 | 29 | Tombola | Gaming technology | Sunderland | 608 | 120,118 |
| 32 | 33 | Entertainment Magpie | eCommerce | Stockport | 501 | 116,180 |
| 33 | 35 | SSP Topco | Software | Halifax | 784 | 111,773 |
| 34 | 30 | Nycomm | Travel retailer | Manchester | 206 | 110,859 |
| 35 | 41 | PC Specialist | Computer assembly | Wakefield | 158 | 102,649 |
| 36 | 28 | Chess | Utilities | Alderley Edge | 493 | 101,736 |
| 37 | 36 | Parcel2GO.com | Comparison website | Bolton | 219 | 92,974 |
| 38 | 32 | Redcentric | Hosting services | Harrogate | 311 | 87,485 |
| 39 | 73 | Team17 | Video game developer | Wakefield | 200 | 82,969 |
| 40 | 34 | Beauty Bay | eCommerce | Salford | 129 | 82,230 |
| 41 | 40 | Ikonic Technology | IT distributor | Heywood | 79 | 80,587 |
| 42 | 38 | Paymentshield | Insurance & protection | Southport | 218 | 76,117 |
| 43 | 45 | UKFast | Server solutions | Manchester | 351 | 60,930 |
| 44 | 47 | CDL Group | Software | Stockport | 612 | 52,719 |
| 45 | 44 | Proactis | Software | Wetherby | 516 | 49,600 |
| 46 | 56 | Giacom World Networks | Cloud services | Hessle | 71 | 48,890 |
| 47 | 37 | K3 Business Technologies | Supply chain solutions | Salford | 473 | 48,819 |
| 48 | 51 | Tracsis | Transport | Leeds | 449 | 47,998 |
| 49 | 55 | Godel Technologies | Software | Manchester | 1,208 | 45,915 |
| 50 | 50 | ANS Group | IT | Manchester | 266 | 45,694 |
| 51 | 52 | Rockar 2016 | Consultancy & system development | York | 76 | 43,861 |
| 52 | 58 | Pure Technology Group | IT services | Pudsey | 134 | 41,926 |
| 53 | 53 | Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems | IT | Leeds | 111 | 41,207 |
| 54 | 61 | Zoo Digital Group | Subtitling & dubbing provider | Sheffield | 250 | 39,525 |
| 55 | 48 | Mobica | Software | Wilmslow | 696 | 39,171 |
| 56 | 54 | Atom Bank | Financial services | Durham | 402 | 37,966 |
| 57 | 64 | Performance Horizon | IT | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 336 | 37,799 |
| 58 | 62 | Cloud Technology Solutions | IT services / software | Manchester | 135 | 36,674 |
| 59 | 57 | Technology Services Group | IT | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 332 | 35,736 |
| 60 | 71 | Surpass | IT software | Shipley | 169 | 33,285 |
| 61 | 59 | M247 | Data centre | Manchester | 231 | 31,536 |
| 62 | New entry | Trak Global Group | Telematics technology | Crewe | 251 | 30,059 |
| 63 | New entry | Matillion | Software | Altrincham | 213 | 29,979 |
| 64 | 63 | Love Energy Savings | Comparison website | Bolton | 258 | 29,118 |
| 65 | 49 | Helical Industries | Property rental | Lytham St Annes | 371 | 28,391 |
| 66 | New entry | Twinkl | Online education publishing house | Sheffield | 498 | 27,084 |
| 67 | New entry | Cloud Imperium Games | Game development studio | Wilmslow | 432 | 26,358 |
| 68 | 68 | Digital ID Group | ID printing | Stockport | 100 | 26,137 |
| 69 | New entry | Crisp Thinking | Actor risk intelligence | Leeds | 173 | 23,717 |
| 70 | 65 | Centriq Group | IT | Blackpool | 132 | 23,566 |
| 71 | 60 | Beyond Trust | Software | Manchester | 148 | 23,561 |
| 72 | 66 | Aspire Technology Solutions | Computer consultancy | Gateshead | 148 | 23,276 |
| 73 | 67 | MDS CEM | Software | Warrington | 220 | 23,056 |
| 74 | 69 | ITPS | IT services | Gateshead | 132 | 20,166 |
| 75 | New entry | Chameleon Technology | Smart energy technology | Harrogate | 39 | 18,102 |
