Authentication Used by UK B2B: Market Share (2026)

Detected Authentication use appears across 518 of 112,339 trading UK B2B companies, with Google Sign-in holding the largest observed share at 48.1%.

Authentication detection is narrow across UK B2B in 2026: 518 of 112,339 trading companies have a detectable system, spread across 5 systems. Google Sign-in is the largest detected system at 48.1% (249), ahead of Auth0 at 20.5% (106), Microsoft Entra ID at 14.7% (76), Okta at 13.1% (68) and Azure AD B2C at 7.3% (38).

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The size-band pattern is consistent rather than fragmented. Google Sign-in leads Under 10 employees with 51.5% of 344 detected companies, 10–50 employees with 41.6% of 149 detected companies, and Over 50 employees with 40.0% of 25 detected companies.

The tail is short: only 5 Authentication systems are detected among UK B2B companies. Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta form the middle of the market, while Azure AD B2C is present but smaller at 7.3% (38).

518

B2B with detected Authentication

Of 112,339 UK B2B

0.5%

Detection rate

2026

5

Systems detected

In this category

48.1%

Leader share

Google Sign-in

UK B2B Authentication market share

Azure AD B2C

Share of the 518 UK B2B with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Authentication compared

SystemUK B2BShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Google Sign-in24948.1%627.3%Six-person teams, 48.1% share
Auth010620.5%746.2%Seven-person teams, 20.5% share
Microsoft Entra ID7614.7%631.6%Six-person teams, 14.7% share
Okta6813.1%642.6%Six-person teams, 13.1% share
Azure AD B2C387.3%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

Under 10 employees

Google Sign-in

51.5% of band

This band contains 344 detected companies, making it the main small-team segment. Google Sign-in leads at 51.5%, the highest leader share across the three employee bands.

10–50 employees

Google Sign-in

41.6% of band

This band contains 149 detected companies, with Google Sign-in leading at 41.6%. The leader share is lower than in Under 10 employees, so the remainder of detected usage is more spread across other systems.

Over 50 employees

Google Sign-in

40% of band

This band contains 25 detected companies, so each system count moves the share more visibly. Google Sign-in still leads at 40.0%, but the band is much smaller than the two sub-50 employee groups.

How Authentication usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. 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.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used Authentication among UK B2B companies?
Google Sign-in is the most-detected Authentication among UK B2B companies, with 48.1% share (249 of 518 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Auth0 (20.5%) and Microsoft Entra ID (14.7%).
How many UK B2B companies have a detectable Authentication?
518 of 112,339 actively-trading UK B2B companies (0.5%) have a Authentication detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a Authentication?
An Authentication system verifies users and manages access to applications, accounts or portals. For UK B2B companies, the job is to let staff, customers or partners sign in, enforce access rules and connect identity to the company’s software stack.
How is Authentication usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK B2B companies, Google Sign-in or Auth0?
Google Sign-in: 249 detected companies versus 106 for Auth0, of the 518 UK B2B companies with a detectable Authentication.
What is the best Authentication for UK B2B companies?
This page publishes usage counts, not recommendations, so there is no single best Authentication system here. Among 518 detected companies, Google Sign-in has 48.1% (249), followed by Auth0 at 20.5% (106), Microsoft Entra ID at 14.7% (76), Okta at 13.1% (68) and Azure AD B2C at 7.3% (38). Google Sign-in also leads every employee band: Under 10 employees at 51.5% of 344 companies, 10–50 employees at 41.6% of 149 companies, and Over 50 employees at 40.0% of 25 companies.

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