CDN Used by UK B2C: Market Share (2026)

Detected CDN use across 25,618 of 84,649 trading UK B2C companies, with Cloudflare appearing on 87.1% of detected companies.

Among 84,649 trading UK B2C companies, 25,618 have a detectable CDN. Cloudflare dominates that detected market at 87.1% (22,312 companies), ahead of Amazon CloudFront at 10.2% (2,606 companies) and Amazon S3 at 7.9% (2,030 companies).

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Size band does not change the first-place system. Cloudflare accounts for 88.5% of the 16,354 companies under 10 employees, 84.2% of the 8,199 companies with 10–50 employees, and 88.4% of the 1,065 companies over 50 employees.

The tail is narrow across the 11 detected systems. Akamai reaches 1.0% (259 companies), followed by Bunny at 0.8% (204 companies), Fastly at 0.5% (129 companies), ShortPixel at 0.5% (119 companies) and ImageEngine at 0.2% (56 companies), while 3 further systems cover 19 companies.

25,618

B2C with detected CDN

Of 84,649 UK B2C

30.3%

Detection rate

2026

11

Systems detected

In this category

87.1%

Leader share

Cloudflare

UK B2C CDN market share

Other (3 systems)

Share of the 25,618 UK B2C with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CDN compared

SystemUK B2CShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Cloudflare22,31287.1%719.6%Small B2C firms, broad usage
Amazon CloudFront2,60610.2%821.7%Small B2C firms, secondary usage
Amazon S32,0307.9%818.8%Small B2C firms, storage-led CDN
Akamai2591%525.5%Small firms, London-skewed niche
Bunny2040.8%811.8%Small firms, less London-skewed
Fastly1290.5%731%Small firms, London-weighted niche
ShortPixel1190.5%716%Small firms, image optimisation
ImageEngine560.2%83.6%Small firms, non-London niche
Uploadcare390.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Section.io320.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Filestack210.1%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

Cloudflare

88.5% of band

Cloudflare accounts for 88.5% of the 16,354 companies with a detectable CDN in this band. The smallest B2C employers are therefore concentrated around one system, with Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3 and smaller providers sharing the remainder.

10–50 employees

Cloudflare

84.2% of band

Cloudflare remains first among 10–50 employee companies, with 84.2% share across 8,199 companies. Amazon CloudFront and Amazon S3 form the main secondary layer, while the rest of the market is fragmented.

Over 50 employees

Cloudflare

88.4% of band

Cloudflare also leads the over 50 employee band, at 88.4% across 1,065 companies. Larger B2C employers do not show a materially different first-choice pattern from the smaller bands.

How CDN 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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UK B2C by CDN

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CDN among UK B2C companies?
Cloudflare is the most-detected CDN among UK B2C companies, with 87.1% share (22,312 of 25,618 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Amazon CloudFront (10.2%) and Amazon S3 (7.9%).
How many UK B2C companies have a detectable CDN?
25,618 of 84,649 actively-trading UK B2C companies (30.3%) have a CDN 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 CDN?
A CDN caches and delivers web content for UK B2C companies, usually by serving pages, images, scripts and other static assets from infrastructure closer to visitors. It sits between the company’s website or application and the end user, reducing traffic back to the origin server and helping content load consistently when demand varies.
How is CDN 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 B2C companies, Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront?
Cloudflare: 22,312 detected companies versus 2,606 for Amazon CloudFront, of the 25,618 UK B2C companies with a detectable CDN.
What is the best CDN for UK B2C companies?
This page publishes usage data rather than recommendations, so “best” should be read as “most used” within this UK B2C sample. Cloudflare leads every employee band: 88.5% of 16,354 companies under 10 employees, 84.2% of 8,199 companies with 10–50 employees, and 88.4% of 1,065 companies over 50 employees.

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