CDN Used by UK IT Services Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected CDN market share across 2,208 of 120,560 trading UK IT services companies, with Cloudflare accounting for 91.1% of detected usage.

Among 120,560 trading UK IT services companies, 2,208 have a detectable CDN. Cloudflare has by far the largest footprint, with 91.1% of detected companies (2,012 companies), followed by Amazon S3 on 7.2% (159 companies) and Amazon CloudFront on 6.7% (148 companies).

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The same pattern holds by headcount. Cloudflare leads Under 10 employees with 92.0% of 1,410 companies, 10–50 employees with 90.2% of 713 companies, and Over 50 employees with 84.7% of 85 companies.

The long tail is thin across 11 detected systems. Akamai accounts for 1.5% (33 companies), Fastly for 1.1% (25 companies), ShortPixel for 1.0% (21 companies), Section.io for 0.8% (17 companies) and Bunny for 0.3% (6 companies), while 3 further systems cover 1 company between them.

2,211

IT services with detected CDN

Of 121,118 UK IT services

1.8%

Detection rate

2026

11

Systems detected

In this category

91.1%

Leader share

Cloudflare

UK IT Services CDN market share

Section.io
Other (3 systems)

Share of the 2,211 UK IT Services with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CDN compared

SystemUK IT ServicesShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Cloudflare2,01491.1%626.5%6-headcount IT services, majority usage
Amazon S31607.2%725.6%7-headcount IT services, minority usage
Amazon CloudFront1486.7%737.8%7-headcount IT services, London-skewed usage
Akamai331.5%View these companies in Firmbase →
Fastly251.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
ShortPixel210.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Section.io170.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Bunny60.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Filestack10%View these companies in Firmbase →
ImageEngine10%View these companies in Firmbase →
Uploadcare10%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

The leading CDN system shifts with company size: among UK IT Services with under 10 employees, Cloudflare leads at 91.9% of the 1,412 with a detectable system; among UK IT Services with 10–50 employees, Cloudflare leads at 90.3% of the 714 with a detectable system; and among UK IT Services with over 50 employees, Cloudflare leads at 84.7% of the 85 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Cloudflare

91.9% of band

Firms with Under 10 employees form the largest detected band, with 1,410 companies. Cloudflare leads on 92.0%, leaving a small residual share for Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront and the rest of the market.

10–50 employees

Cloudflare

90.3% of band

The 10–50 employees band contains 713 detected companies. Cloudflare leads with 90.2%, so competition is mainly for the remaining 9.8% of detectable usage.

Over 50 employees

Cloudflare

84.7% of band

Only 85 detected companies sit in the Over 50 employees band. Cloudflare still leads at 84.7%, although the residual share is larger than in 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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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CDN among UK IT services companies?
Cloudflare is the most-detected CDN among UK IT services companies, with 91.1% share (2,014 of 2,211 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Amazon S3 (7.2%) and Amazon CloudFront (6.7%).
How many UK IT services companies have a detectable CDN?
2,211 of 121,118 actively-trading UK IT services companies (1.8%) 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 is a content delivery network: infrastructure that serves cached website and application assets closer to end users. For UK IT services companies, it typically sits in front of public websites, client portals or hosted applications, reducing origin-server load and helping pages, files and images load more consistently.
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 IT services companies, Cloudflare or Amazon S3?
Cloudflare: 2,014 detected companies versus 160 for Amazon S3, of the 2,211 UK IT services companies with a detectable CDN.
What is the best CDN for UK IT services companies?
This page publishes usage data rather than recommendations, so the best CDN depends on workload, budget and operating model. Cloudflare leads all three employee bands: 92.0% of 1,410 detected companies under 10 employees, 90.2% of 713 companies with 10–50 employees, and 84.7% of 85 companies over 50 employees. Across 2,208 detected CDN users, Cloudflare has 91.1% (2,012 companies), ahead of Amazon S3 on 7.2% (159 companies) and Amazon CloudFront on 6.7% (148 companies).

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