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IoT Companies in Manchester: 34 Active Firms (2026)
IoT companies in Manchester build internet-connected devices, sensors and platforms for industrial, commercial and consumer use across the city region.
Buying centres in Manchester’s connected-device market tend to sit in operations, facilities, product engineering and IT rather than a single software budget. Suppliers are typically selling to manufacturers, landlords, infrastructure operators, installers, distributors and commercial-product teams that need devices monitored after deployment. Engagements often combine hardware, embedded software, device management and support documentation, so sales cycles can resemble technical procurement rather than a pure subscription-software purchase. The typical provider is small to lower-mid-market, with lean engineering and field-support teams, and a need to evidence security practices before devices reach customers or channel partners.
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Manchester has 34 actively trading IoT companies, making the local cohort relatively narrow compared with broad UK software categories but still visible across industrial and commercial use cases. Reported employment stands at 330 people, pointing to a base of specialist teams rather than large manufacturers. The market profile is therefore closer to applied engineering and channel-led deployment than high-volume consumer electronics: device design, integration, maintenance and compliance work all sit close together, and customer relationships often depend on installation partners as much as direct software sales.
Consumer-facing connected products sit under the UK product-security regime created through the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act and related security requirements regulations. The obligations fall on manufacturers, importers and distributors of relevant internet- or network-connectable products, covering password design, vulnerability reporting routes and clear information on the minimum security-update period. Manufacturers must produce a Statement of Compliance, while importers and distributors must not make products available unless that compliance statement accompanies them. The Office for Product Safety and Standards enforces the regime, which makes documentation and channel governance part of market access rather than a post-sale housekeeping task.
Growth in Manchester’s IoT base appears likely to be uneven. Firms with repeatable hardware designs, defensible installation routes and security documentation built into their product cycle should find procurement easier, particularly in industrial monitoring, smart-building and infrastructure settings. Smaller device makers may find the compliance burden harder to absorb, especially where they rely on distributors or imported components. The cohort also tends to blur hardware, software and services, which may favour acquisition by adjacent automation, facilities-management or managed-service groups over a large wave of standalone local scale-ups.
34
Active firms
2026
2
Above £5M
turnover band
6
Incorporated since 2022
Manchester firms
Key facts
About 5% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (2 of 34 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
17% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (6 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
UK consumer connectable products have been subject to the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 and the 2023 security requirements regulations since 29 April 2024.
Manufacturers, importers and distributors must support unique or user-defined passwords, vulnerability reporting and clear security-update periods.
A Statement of Compliance must accompany relevant products, with enforcement handled by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
GOV.UK’s consumer-IoT manufacturer survey said the UK IoT market was expected to reach £24.74 billion by the end of 2024.
OECD digital-economy reporting puts average firm IoT adoption at 27% across measured economies, ranging from 6% to 53%.
Top Manchester IoT companies
DIGI LTD
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsDevelops and supplies industrial IoT hardware and software, including cellular routers, embedded modules, gateways and device management platforms. Provides connectivity, remote management and…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers deploying IoT/M2M networks, including enterprises, industrial operators, utilities, healthcare organisations, oil and gas firms, retailers, transport agencies and…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
Steama Company Limited
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsDevelops and operates an IoT-based smart metering and revenue management platform for electricity utilities and off‑grid energy providers, including smart meters, data analytics, payment automation,…
Serves energy distributors and utilities in Africa, including grid operators and off-grid electricity providers, with buyers such as utility executives and revenue or operations teams.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -29% CAGR over 1y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures industrial embedded computing hardware, including industrial PCs, single board computers, embedded motherboards, system-on-modules, panel PCs, Ethernet switches, network…
Serves B2B OEMs, system integrators and technology teams in industrial automation, transport, medical, retail/kiosk, energy, networking, gaming and smart city/AIoT markets.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
CONVERGE I/O LIMITED
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsDevelops sensor systems and software for monitoring concrete strength and temperature on construction projects. Provides embedded and reusable wireless sensors, data collection platforms, and AI…
Sells to construction contractors, readymix concrete suppliers, testing labs and precast manufacturers working on concrete frames, tunnelling, major civils and precast production.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
OCTAGON METERING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides smart metering services for water and energy utilities, including installation, replacement and management of gas, electricity, water and heat meters. Offers automated meter reading…
Sells to water and energy providers needing smart metering and meter-reading support. Serves utility organisations requiring water, gas, electricity and heat meter installation, data collection,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 26% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
1y · 2024–NowProvides push-to-talk over cellular communication systems and workforce management software for businesses, including dispatch consoles, GPS location tracking, lone worker monitoring and rugged…
Serves businesses and public sector organisations with mobile or remote workforces, including transport, logistics, construction, facilities management, manufacturing, utilities, security, aviation,…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Sensormatic
Provides retail technology including electronic article surveillance systems, RFID inventory tracking, people‑counting sensors, and shopper analytics software. Supplies tags, labels, detection…
Serves brick-and-mortar retailers, retail chains, store operations and loss prevention teams, as well as shopping centre operators using shopper traffic and occupancy data.
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
WONDRWALL LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and supplies AI-powered home energy management systems that control heating, batteries, hot water, EV charging and solar generation, optimising household energy use based on tariffs, weather…
Serves housebuilders developing net zero ready homes and homeowners seeking lower-energy living, with additional partner channels for residential battery and home energy products.
Financial Health
StableStable · -62% CAGR over 4y
Location
EARSWITCH LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops in‑ear biometric sensing and control technology, including sensor hardware, data platforms and software for health monitoring, medical research and device interaction. Products capture…
Serves healthcare providers, clinical research organisations, digital health and medtech companies, and earphone or hearables manufacturers developing patient monitoring, biometric data, oximetry or…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 86% CAGR over 4y
Location
PILL CONNECT LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops connected pill dispensers and software that record time‑stamped medication access data, enabling real-time monitoring of patient adherence in clinical trials and pharmaceutical research…
Serves pharmaceutical and biotech companies, clinical trial sponsors, CROs and trial/site teams running clinical trials or launched drug programmes where participants dose at home, including…
Financial Health
StableStable · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides smart metering, meter installation and data collection services for the energy sector. Develops systems for meter data management, supplier switching, CRM and billing, and offers consultancy…
Serves UK energy suppliers, third-party intermediaries and commercial energy users, including organisations needing metering data, customer switching, billing, carbon compliance and regulatory…
Financial Health
StableStable
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops wearable body temperature monitoring technology combining a skin sensor and mobile app. The system records temperature readings every few seconds, converts them to estimated body…
Serves families, clinicians in healthcare settings such as hospitals and care homes, and employers seeking health monitoring for their workforce.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
TITAN SMART SERVICES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowDesigns and manufactures HVAC sensors, environmental monitoring devices and building management system controllers. Products include temperature, humidity and CO2 sensors, BACnet controllers, user…
Serves B2B building-services contractors, BMS integrators, HVAC installers and facilities teams working on commercial buildings, hotels, residential developments, education estates and…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
CRYSTAL BALL LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides fleet management and telematics systems including vehicle tracking devices, 4G dash cameras, asset and trailer tracking, and cloud-based software for monitoring vehicles, driver behaviour…
Serves SMEs, local government fleet teams, and businesses operating vans, cars, HGVs, trailers or mobile workforces; also targets personal and business vehicle owners.
Financial Health
StableStable · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and develops Internet of Things hardware and software, including single-board computers, sensor and communications gateways, and IoT web platforms. Provides embedded software development,…
Serves B2B organisations in manufacturing, industrial equipment, automotive, energy, smart buildings and asset tracking, including teams developing IoT, embedded systems and connected device…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 10% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops industrial internet of things (IIoT) platforms and software for manufacturing and industrial operations. Products connect machines and industrial systems, and include carbon and energy…
Serves B2B industrial enterprises and manufacturers, including factory operators, operations teams and sustainability leaders seeking smart manufacturing, asset connectivity, energy management and…
Financial Health
WeakWeak
Location
INVISIBLE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and supplies IoT-based monitoring systems and software for temperature, energy, water and environmental conditions. Provides sensors, data platforms, installation and support to automate…
Serves enterprise and public sector organisations with complex, multi-site estates, including food manufacturing and retail, healthcare logistics, construction, facilities management, materials…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 18% CAGR over 4y
Location
TROLEX LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDesigns and manufactures industrial safety monitoring equipment, including gas detectors, dust and silica particulate monitors, temperature and vibration sensors, pressure monitoring systems, alarms…
Serves industrial businesses and safety teams in harsh occupational environments worldwide, including organisations managing worker exposure risks from dust, silica and gases, plus local distributors.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Profitable, Growing, Hiring · 4% CAGR over 3y
Location
Multisensor Systems Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and supplies online analytical instruments for monitoring hydrocarbons, oil in water, trihalomethanes and volatile organic compounds in water and gas. Systems are used by water utilities and…
Serves B2B and public-sector water utilities, wastewater treatment works, industrial facilities and environmental operators needing water-quality, effluent and emissions monitoring, through a global…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
THE GOOD BOX CO LABS LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2019–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops contactless donation technology for charities and fundraisers, including card‑enabled donation boxes, portable devices and display units. Provides a platform and tools to manage digital…
Serves charities and fundraisers, including corporate CSR teams, museums and galleries, religious organisations, conference organisers, BIDs and councils, plus businesses or individuals running…
Financial Health
StableStable · -62% CAGR over 5y
Location
Astra Telematics Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsManufactures IoT telematics hardware and provides fleet tracking and management platforms. Offers GPS tracking devices, vehicle data monitoring, remote immobiliser control, and connectivity services…
Serves B2B fleet operators, mobility-sharing providers, telematics service providers and resellers needing vehicle or asset tracking for commercial vehicles, public-service fleets and electric…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Sm@rt Technology Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and manufactures assistive technology devices and systems for visually impaired and disabled users, including smart canes, beacons, crossings and wearable devices that provide audio…
Serves local authorities, transport operators, disability organisations and individual users, particularly visually impaired people and those with dementia, learning disabilities, Parkinson’s,…
Financial Health
StableStable · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
Intrinsic Group Services Limited
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowDevelops and supplies smart technology systems and software through group brands, including home automation, marine telemetry and remote vessel monitoring. Provides cloud‑based platforms, smart home…
Serves a mix of residential, marine and commercial customers, including homeowners, yacht and vessel owners or operators, businesses adopting smart technology, and sector professionals seeking…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
BLUE BEAR GROUP LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and integrates robotic and autonomous systems for air, land and maritime platforms. Provides software, avionics, mission systems and testing services enabling AI‑driven uncrewed vehicles,…
Serves defence and security agencies, armed forces, government R&D bodies and commercial operators in air, land and maritime domains, including critical infrastructure, logistics, border control,…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
DELSYS EUROPE LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsSupplies wireless electromyography (EMG) systems and wearable sensors used to measure muscle activity and human movement. Provides hardware and software for biomechanics, neurophysiology and…
Serves academic, clinical and engineering research teams studying human movement, biomechanics, neurophysiology, rehabilitation and motor control, including universities and specialist laboratories.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 41% CAGR over 2y
Location
FOCAL SYSTEMS UK, LIMITED
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowDevelops AI-powered shelf camera systems and computer vision software for retail stores. The platform captures shelf images and analyses product availability, stock levels and compliance, helping…
Serves B2B grocery and retail operators, especially supermarket chains and store operations teams managing physical store estates, inventory accuracy, shrink, ecommerce fulfilment and workforce…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
EMSYS MARITIME LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and supplies emissions monitoring systems for ships, including marine emissions monitors and smoke density monitors. Provides installation, commissioning, reporting tools for mass emissions…
Serves maritime industry businesses, especially shipowners and fleet operators managing vessel fleets and emissions compliance requirements, with support aimed at technical and service teams…
Financial Health
StableStable · -60% CAGR over 4y
Location
ADDTIME RECORDING CO LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides workforce time and attendance management software and systems, including cloud-based platforms, biometric clocking terminals, clock card machines, visitor management and access control…
Serves UK businesses with employee workforces, especially organisations managing shifts, payroll, HR records, site access and visitors, including engineering, manufacturing, automotive retail and…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
TMRW LIFE SCIENCES, LTD.
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops automated cryogenic storage and digital inventory systems for IVF clinics, enabling tracking, management, and transport of frozen eggs, embryos, and sperm. Provides RFID-based specimen…
Serves fertility clinics, IVF laboratories, embryologists and clinic operators managing frozen eggs, embryos and sperm, with patient-facing storage support for people undergoing fertility treatment.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · -50% CAGR over 1y
Location
MEV Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides electronics and software design services for industrial systems, including embedded software, FPGA and PCIe hardware design, PCB development, and custom Windows and Linux device drivers.…
Serves B2B engineering and technology teams in defence, nuclear, industrial, non-destructive testing, automotive, construction, CCTV and broadcast TV sectors.
Financial Health
StableStable · -10% CAGR over 4y
Location
ELTAL LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides custom electronic design and prototyping services, developing embedded microcontroller‑based control systems, firmware, and software. Designs electronic circuits and products to client…
Serves B2B buyers and manufacturers needing custom electronics design, prototyping, embedded MCU, firmware and software support, with stated markets in North America, South America and Eastern Europe.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
General Management Systems Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures performance electronics including engine management systems, transmission controllers, data acquisition units and in‑car display systems for motorsport, automotive and…
Serves B2B customers including motorsport teams, automotive and aviation organisations, and research and development teams worldwide.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 19% CAGR over 4y
Location
SMART GRID SOLUTIONS LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) software and provides consultancy services for utilities and energy companies to monitor, control and optimise distributed energy…
Serves grid utilities, DER developers, energy service companies, municipal authorities, commercial and industrial energy users, battery fleet operators and other energy market participants in Europe…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Rockley Photonics
Develops silicon photonics technologies and optical sensing platforms for wearable health monitoring and data communications. Designs photonic chipsets and biosensing devices that use short‑wave…
Serves strategic customers and partners in wearable biosensing, digital health, medical technology and consumer electronics markets.
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How Manchester IoT companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Manchester IoT providers typically blend product and service revenue rather than relying on a pure software subscription. Hardware sales, sensor installation, gateway configuration, embedded software, device-management portals and support contracts often sit in the same commercial package. Pricing tends to follow the deployed estate: per device, per site, per gateway, or per managed asset, with integration work charged separately. Early engagements often start as pilots, but margin depends on whether the firm can turn custom engineering into a repeatable deployment model across customers and channel partners.
Who they sell to
Customer demand usually comes from operations, estates, facilities, product engineering, IT and procurement teams inside manufacturers, property groups, infrastructure operators and commercial-product businesses. Technical sign-off often matters as much as budget ownership, so CTOs, Heads of Engineering, security leads and operations directors may all influence the purchase. Smaller deals are commonly direct and relationship-led, while larger estates, infrastructure settings and public-sector adjacent work tend to involve formal procurement, partner qualification or tender processes. Sales cycles are rarely self-serve; buyers need proof that devices will work in messy physical environments.
What they buy
Most Manchester IoT firms tend to spend on engineering tools, cloud hosting, device observability, firmware testing, security assessment, vulnerability handling, product-compliance documentation and customer-support systems. Hardware-linked businesses also buy stock management, component sourcing, quality assurance, field-service scheduling and installation-partner management. As they commercialise, CRM, billing, contract management, finance software and customer analytics become more relevant, especially where recurring monitoring revenue sits alongside one-off hardware sales. Specialist recruitment, outsourced embedded development, legal advice and technical writing can also fit where lean teams need evidence packs for customers or distributors.
Why and how to sell to them
IoT buyers tend to evaluate suppliers when a prototype becomes a customer deployment, when a new distributor asks for compliance evidence, or when support volumes expose gaps in device monitoring and update processes. Funding events, senior technical hires, new product ranges, channel agreements and security reviews are useful intent signals. Outbound messaging works better when it is tied to a concrete operational problem: fewer field visits, clearer vulnerability reporting, faster partner onboarding, lower support burden, better visibility of deployed devices, or cleaner evidence for product-security duties. Generic software-efficiency claims are less likely to land.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
The underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear in the list within days of submission. The curated list ordering is regenerated when the underlying data moves meaningfully (company count changes by more than 5%, a new company enters the top-ranked segment, or the filed-revenue numbers for the top firms change). You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.
Sources
- Cyber security of consumer IoT: manufacturer survey
- The study initially mapped 394 manufacturers of consumer connectable products.
- Less than 10% of initially mapped manufacturers engaged in the research: 33 of 394.
- A desk research exercise examined a subset of 70 companies for publicly available compliance evidence.
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