Digital publishing Used by UK Wholesale Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected digital publishing use across 659 of 77,014 trading UK wholesale companies, with Issuu ahead at 25.5% of detected use.

Among 77,014 trading UK wholesale companies, 659 have a detectable Digital publishing system. Usage is spread across 16 systems, with Issuu at 25.5% (168), FlipHTML5 at 19.0% (125), Heyzine at 12.3% (81), FlippingBook at 12.1% (80), and Flipsnack at 10.0% (66).

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Smaller wholesalers account for most of the identified usage: Under 10 employees covers 410 companies, led by Issuu at 26.3%, while 10–50 employees covers 207 companies, also led by Issuu at 23.7%. Over 50 employees is a narrower band at 42 companies, where FlipHTML5 leads with 28.6%.

The tail is fairly visible. YUDU has 4.7% (31), Paperturn has 4.4% (29), Yumpu has 4.1% (27), and 8 further systems cover 104 companies between them.

659

wholesale with detected Digital publishing

Of 77,014 UK wholesale

0.9%

Detection rate

2026

16

Systems detected

In this category

25.5%

Leader share

Issuu

UK Wholesale Digital publishing market share

YUDU
Paperturn
Yumpu
Other (8 systems)

Share of the 659 UK Wholesale with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Digital publishing compared

SystemUK WholesaleShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Issuu16825.5%612.5%Small wholesalers, broad usage
FlipHTML512519%611.2%Small wholesalers, larger-band skew
Heyzine8112.3%89.9%Small wholesalers, modest London share
FlippingBook8012.1%713.8%Small wholesalers, higher London share
Flipsnack6610%79.1%Small wholesalers, distributed usage
YUDU314.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
Paperturn294.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Yumpu274.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
PageSuite263.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Simplebooklet263.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
FlipBuilder253.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Publuu172.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
Publitas132%View these companies in Firmbase →
Calaméo121.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Ceros50.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
PressReader30.5%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 Digital publishing system shifts with company size: among UK Wholesale with under 10 employees, Issuu leads at 26.3% of the 410 with a detectable system; among UK Wholesale with 10–50 employees, Issuu leads at 23.7% of the 207 with a detectable system; and among UK Wholesale with over 50 employees, FlipHTML5 leads at 28.6% of the 42 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Issuu

26.3% of band

This is the largest observed band, with 410 wholesale companies using detectable Digital publishing systems. Issuu leads with 26.3%, while FlipHTML5, Heyzine, FlippingBook and Flipsnack share much of the remaining visible market.

10–50 employees

Issuu

23.7% of band

This mid-sized wholesale band contains 207 companies with detectable systems. Issuu remains ahead at 23.7%, but the spread across the named systems suggests a relatively fragmented buying pattern.

Over 50 employees

FlipHTML5

28.6% of band

This is a smaller band, with 42 wholesale companies identified. FlipHTML5 leads with 28.6%, making it the only employee band where Issuu is not the leading system.

How Digital publishing 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 Digital publishing among UK wholesale companies?
Issuu is the most-detected Digital publishing among UK wholesale companies, with 25.5% share (168 of 659 companies with a detectable system), ahead of FlipHTML5 (19%) and Heyzine (12.3%).
How many UK wholesale companies have a detectable Digital publishing?
659 of 77,014 actively-trading UK wholesale companies (0.9%) have a Digital publishing 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 Digital publishing?
A Digital publishing system helps UK wholesale companies present catalogues, brochures, lookbooks and product literature in an online reading format. For wholesalers, the job is usually to make product ranges easier to browse, share and update than static files or printed material.
How is Digital publishing 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 wholesale companies, Issuu or FlipHTML5?
Issuu: 168 detected companies versus 125 for FlipHTML5, of the 659 UK wholesale companies with a detectable Digital publishing.
What is the best Digital publishing for UK wholesale companies?
The ranking here reflects observed usage rather than a recommendation. Issuu leads among Under 10 employees with 26.3% and 10–50 employees with 23.7%, while FlipHTML5 leads among Over 50 employees with 28.6%; across all detected wholesale companies, Issuu has 25.5% (168), followed by FlipHTML5 at 19.0% (125).

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