CMS Used by UK Advanced Manufacturing Companies: Market Share (2026)

Updated June 2026

Market share of 32 CMS across 12,006 UK advanced manufacturing companies with an identifiable CMS; WordPress is the largest detected system at 76.0% (9,127 companies).

Among 50,406 trading UK advanced manufacturing companies, 12,006 have a detectable CMS. WordPress accounts for 76.0% of those detected sites (9,127 companies), ahead of Wix at 9.0% (1,075) and Squarespace at 4.3% (519).

The pattern is consistent across headcount bands. WordPress leads under 10 employees with 75.4% of 7,270 detected companies, 10–50 employees with 76.4% of 4,175, and over 50 employees with 80.4% of 561.

Behind the main group, Duda has 2.5% (302), Webflow 1.6% (193), Joomla 1.3% (152), Drupal 1.2% (143) and Craft CMS 0.9% (114). A long tail of 24 further systems covers 435 companies, so most named alternatives operate at relatively small scale among UK advanced manufacturing companies.

12,006

advanced manufacturing with detected CMS

Of 50,406 UK advanced manufacturing

23.8%

Detection rate

2026

Systems detected

In this category

76%

Leader share

WordPress

UK Advanced Manufacturing CMS market share

Joomla

Other (24 systems)

Share of the 12,006 UK Advanced Manufacturing with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CMS compared

System	UK Advanced Manufacturing	Share	Median headcount	London share	Typical profile
WordPress	9,127	76%	7	7.3%	Small manufacturers, 76.0% share
Wix	1,075	9%	7	7%	Small manufacturers, 9.0% share
Squarespace	519	4.3%	7	13.1%	Small manufacturers, 4.3% share
Duda	302	2.5%	7	5.6%	Small manufacturers, 2.5% share
Webflow	193	1.6%	6	14.5%	Smaller teams, 1.6% share
Joomla	152	1.3%	7	9.9%	Small manufacturers, 1.3% share
Drupal	143	1.2%	6	11.2%	Smaller teams, 1.2% share
Craft CMS	114	0.9%	7	7.9%	Small manufacturers, 0.9% share
TYPO3 CMS	83	0.7%	4	10.8%	Very small teams, 0.7% share
Weebly	57	0.5%	7	5.3%	Small manufacturers, 0.5% share
Concrete CMS	43	0.4%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
It'seeze	43	0.4%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Adobe Experience Manager	27	0.2%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Statamic	24	0.2%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
ExpressionEngine	22	0.2%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Sanity	21	0.2%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Silverstripe	20	0.2%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
ProcessWire	17	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Contentful	16	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Business Catalyst	14	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Storyblok	13	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
October CMS	12	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Kentico	12	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Sitecore	11	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
DNN	11	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
YourCMS	9	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Blogger	9	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Umbraco	8	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Prismic	8	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
MODX	7	0.1%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
Optimizely Content Management	3	0%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →
DatoCMS	3	0%	—	—	Buy these companies as a spreadsheet →

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 CMS system shifts with company size: among UK Advanced Manufacturing with under 10 employees, WordPress leads at 75.4% of the 7,270 with a detectable system; among UK Advanced Manufacturing with 10–50 employees, WordPress leads at 76.4% of the 4,175 with a detectable system; and among UK Advanced Manufacturing with over 50 employees, WordPress leads at 80.4% of the 561 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

WordPress

75.4% of band

Under 10 employees contains 7,270 companies, with WordPress on 75.4%. Wix, Squarespace and the smaller CMS group compete for the remainder, leaving this band concentrated but not single-system.

10–50 employees

WordPress

76.4% of band

10–50 employees covers 4,175 companies and looks much like the smallest band: WordPress leads with 76.4%. Wix, Squarespace, Duda and the 24-system tail provide the main visible alternatives.

Over 50 employees

WordPress

80.4% of band

Over 50 employees is smaller, at 561 companies, but WordPress has the highest band share at 80.4%. The remaining users sit outside the leader, across the other detected CMS options.

How CMS 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.

Sources

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CMS among UK advanced manufacturing companies?

WordPress is the most-detected CMS among UK advanced manufacturing companies, with 76% share (9,127 of 12,006 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Wix (9%) and Squarespace (4.3%).

How many UK advanced manufacturing companies have a detectable CMS?

12,006 of 50,406 actively-trading UK advanced manufacturing companies (23.8%) have a CMS 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 CMS?

A CMS is the software used to create, edit, publish and manage a company website. For UK advanced manufacturing companies, it usually sits behind capability pages, technical content, contact forms and recruitment pages, allowing site content to be updated without rebuilding the website.

How is CMS 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 advanced manufacturing companies, WordPress or Wix?

WordPress: 9,127 detected companies versus 1,075 for Wix, of the 12,006 UK advanced manufacturing companies with a detectable CMS.

What is the best CMS for UK advanced manufacturing companies?

The page publishes usage data rather than recommendations, so the best CMS is not scored here. WordPress is the usage leader overall with 76.0% (9,127 of 12,006 detected companies) and also leads under 10 employees at 75.4% of 7,270, 10–50 employees at 76.4% of 4,175, and over 50 employees at 80.4% of 561. Wix is the next largest overall at 9.0% (1,075), followed by Squarespace at 4.3% (519), while 24 further systems cover 435 companies.

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