CMS Used by UK construction: Market Share (2026)

This page shows detected CMS market share across 24,037 UK construction companies, with WordPress leading at 67.5%.

Among 237,686 trading UK construction companies, 24,037 have a detectable CMS. WordPress accounts for 67.5% (16,225) of detected companies, well ahead of Wix at 10.8% (2,597), Cornerstone at 5.4% (1,309), Squarespace at 4.8% (1,148), GoDaddy Website Builder at 3.8% (903), Duda at 3.1% (752), Webflow at 1.7% (399), and Joomla at 0.9% (218).

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The pattern is consistent across company size bands. WordPress has 66.2% of the 17,797 detected companies with under 10 employees, 70.4% of the 5,752 detected companies with 10–50 employees, and 79.5% of the 488 detected companies with over 50 employees.

The long tail is broad rather than deep: 37 systems are detected overall, with 29 further systems covering 873 companies between them. That leaves most detected usage concentrated in a small set of general-purpose CMS and website-builder systems, especially among construction firms with median headcounts around 4 to 6 across the profiled systems.

24,037

construction with detected CMS

Of 237,686 UK construction

10.1%

Detection rate

2026

37

Systems detected

In this category

67.5%

Leader share

WordPress

UK construction CMS market share

Joomla
Other (29 systems)

Share of the 24,037 UK construction with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CMS compared

SystemUK constructionShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
WordPress16,22567.5%513.7%Small construction firms, broad usage
Wix2,59710.8%514.2%Small firms, simple brochure sites
Cornerstone1,3095.4%413.1%Micro construction firms, trade sites
Squarespace1,1484.8%517.2%Small firms, London-skewed usage
GoDaddy Website Builder9033.8%516.5%Small firms, packaged websites
Duda7523.1%610.8%Small agencies’ construction clients
Webflow3991.7%520.3%Small firms, London-skewed builds
Joomla2180.9%511.9%Small firms, older CMS estates
Craft CMS1550.6%425.2%Micro firms, London-skewed builds
Drupal1370.6%310.2%Micro firms, custom CMS estates
Weebly1250.5%510.4%Small firms, simple sites
It'seeze1010.4%67.9%Small firms, local web packages
Microsoft SharePoint670.3%520.9%Small firms, London-skewed usage
Concrete CMS490.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
ProcessWire410.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
ExpressionEngine330.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sanity320.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Silverstripe270.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Business Catalyst250.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
DNN220.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Adobe Experience Manager210.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Statamic210.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
October CMS190.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Contentful170.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
FlipBuilder150.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
MODX140.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
TYPO3 CMS120%View these companies in Firmbase →
Storyblok120%View these companies in Firmbase →
Odoo100%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sitecore90%View these companies in Firmbase →
Prismic80%View these companies in Firmbase →
DatoCMS80%View these companies in Firmbase →
Umbraco50%View these companies in Firmbase →
Optimizely Content Management40%View these companies in Firmbase →
Tridion30%View these companies in Firmbase →
Kentico CMS20%View these companies in Firmbase →
Ghost10%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

WordPress

66.2% of band

This is the largest detected band, with 17,797 construction companies and a market led by WordPress at 66.2%. Wix, Squarespace and other website builders sit mainly in this small-employer market alongside specialist and agency-built sites.

10–50 employees

WordPress

70.4% of band

The 10–50 employees band covers 5,752 detected companies, with WordPress taking 70.4%. Competition remains concentrated among the same general CMS and website-builder systems, with fewer companies spread across the smaller platforms.

Over 50 employees

WordPress

79.5% of band

The over 50 employees band is much smaller, at 488 detected companies, and WordPress has 79.5%. Larger construction firms in this view appear less fragmented by CMS choice than smaller firms.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CMS among UK construction companies?
WordPress is the most-detected CMS among UK construction companies, with 67.5% share (16,225 of 24,037 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Wix (10.8%) and Cornerstone (5.4%).
How many UK construction companies have a detectable CMS?
24,037 of 237,686 actively-trading UK construction companies (10.1%) 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 system used to create, edit and publish website content. For UK construction companies, it usually supports service pages, project information, contact forms, credentials and local search pages without requiring every update to be coded by hand.
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 construction companies, WordPress or Wix?
WordPress: 16,225 detected companies versus 2,597 for Wix, of the 24,037 UK construction companies with a detectable CMS.
What is the best CMS for UK construction companies?
This page reports observed CMS usage rather than recommendations. WordPress has the largest share in every size band: 66.2% of 17,797 detected companies under 10 employees, 70.4% of 5,752 detected companies with 10–50 employees, and 79.5% of 488 detected companies over 50 employees. Overall detected usage is WordPress 67.5% (16,225), Wix 10.8% (2,597), Cornerstone 5.4% (1,309), Squarespace 4.8% (1,148), GoDaddy Website Builder 3.8% (903), Duda 3.1% (752), Webflow 1.7% (399), and Joomla 0.9% (218).

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