Hosting & PaaS Used by UK B2C Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected Hosting & PaaS usage across 20,014 of 84,728 trading UK B2C companies, with Amazon Web Services ahead on 22.8% share.

Across 84,728 trading UK B2C companies, 20,014 have a detectable Hosting & PaaS system, with 36 systems appearing in total. Amazon Web Services has the largest detected share at 22.8% (4,571), while SiteGround follows at 18.9% (3,783).

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A mid-tier group sits below those two: Amazon S3 at 10.2% (2,041), Hostinger at 9.3% (1,859), WP Engine at 8.8% (1,768), Plesk at 7.2% (1,445), GoDaddy at 6.0% (1,209) and Microsoft Azure at 5.7% (1,139). The tail is fragmented, with 28 further systems covering 4,912 companies.

Amazon Web Services has the largest detected share in each headcount band: 21.5% of 12,192 under 10 employee companies, 25.4% of 6,969 companies with 10–50 employees, and 21.5% of 853 companies with over 50 employees. The pattern suggests a broad default choice rather than a system confined to larger operators.

20,014

B2C with detected Hosting & PaaS

Of 84,728 UK B2C

23.6%

Detection rate

2026

36

Systems detected

In this category

22.8%

Leader share

Amazon Web Services

UK B2C Hosting & PaaS market share

Other (28 systems)

Share of the 20,014 UK B2C with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Hosting & PaaS compared

SystemUK B2CShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Amazon Web Services4,57122.8%819.9%Median 8 staff, 22.8% share
SiteGround3,78318.9%816.2%Median 8 staff, 18.9% share
Amazon S32,04110.2%818.6%Median 8 staff, 10.2% share
Hostinger1,8599.3%726.9%Median 7 staff, 9.3% share
WP Engine1,7688.8%620.8%Median 6 staff, 8.8% share
Plesk1,4457.2%714.9%Median 7 staff, 7.2% share
GoDaddy1,2096%719.1%Median 7 staff, 6.0% share
Microsoft Azure1,1395.7%913.6%Median 9 staff, 5.7% share
Cloudways8224.1%717.3%Median 7 staff, 4.1% share
Vercel7243.6%732.3%Median 7 staff, 3.6% share
Kinsta6393.2%621.1%Median 6 staff, 3.2% share
20i StackCP6313.2%811.4%Median 8 staff, 3.2% share
Netlify4342.2%725.1%Median 7 staff, 2.2% share
Flywheel3321.7%718.1%Median 7 staff, 1.7% share
Bluehost3241.6%625.9%Median 6 staff, 1.6% share
IONOS2511.3%813.5%Median 8 staff, 1.3% share
cPanel2331.2%714.6%Median 7 staff, 1.2% share
One.com2061%926.7%Median 9 staff, 1.0% share
Firebase1810.9%826.5%Median 8 staff, 0.9% share
wp.cloud910.5%817.6%Median 8 staff, 0.5% share
Prositehosting750.4%712%Median 7 staff, 0.4% share
Pantheon670.3%837.3%Median 8 staff, 0.3% share
Fasthosts570.3%817.5%Median 8 staff, 0.3% share
34SP.com560.3%67.1%Median 6 staff, 0.3% share
GitHub Pages520.3%923.1%Median 9 staff, 0.3% share
Google Cloud Storage500.2%616%Median 6 staff, 0.2% share
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Hetzner400.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Acquia Cloud Platform350.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
tsoHost350.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Nimbus Hosting350.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Oracle Cloud210.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
F5 Distributed Cloud Services190.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
DigitalOcean120.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Render100%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 Hosting & PaaS system shifts with company size: among UK B2C with under 10 employees, Amazon Web Services leads at 21.5% of the 12,192 with a detectable system; among UK B2C with 10–50 employees, Amazon Web Services leads at 25.4% of the 6,969 with a detectable system; and among UK B2C with over 50 employees, Amazon Web Services leads at 21.5% of the 853 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Amazon Web Services

21.5% of band

Smaller firms make up the largest band, with 12,192 companies in Under 10 employees. Amazon Web Services has the largest detected share at 21.5%, leaving a broad remainder split across other Hosting & PaaS systems.

10–50 employees

Amazon Web Services

25.4% of band

The 10–50 employees band contains 6,969 companies. Amazon Web Services has its highest band share here at 25.4%, with the rest spread across a multi-system market.

Over 50 employees

Amazon Web Services

21.5% of band

Over 50 employees is much smaller at 853 companies. Amazon Web Services remains the largest detected system at 21.5%, so usage among larger B2C operators remains dispersed.

How Hosting & PaaS 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 Hosting & PaaS among UK B2C companies?
Amazon Web Services is the most-detected Hosting & PaaS among UK B2C companies, with 22.8% share (4,571 of 20,014 companies with a detectable system), ahead of SiteGround (18.9%) and Amazon S3 (10.2%).
How many UK B2C companies have a detectable Hosting & PaaS?
20,014 of 84,728 actively-trading UK B2C companies (23.6%) have a Hosting & PaaS 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 Hosting & PaaS?
Hosting & PaaS covers the services that run websites, web applications, object storage and managed hosting environments. For UK B2C companies, it keeps consumer-facing journeys online and gives teams a place to deploy code, store assets and manage server or platform administration.
How is Hosting & PaaS 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, Amazon Web Services or SiteGround?
Amazon Web Services: 4,571 detected companies versus 3,783 for SiteGround, of the 20,014 UK B2C companies with a detectable Hosting & PaaS.
What is the best Hosting & PaaS for UK B2C companies?
Observed usage is reported rather than recommendations, so “best” is treated as a market-share question rather than a buyer verdict. Amazon Web Services has the largest detected share overall at 22.8% (4,571), ahead of SiteGround at 18.9% (3,783), and it is also largest in every size band: 21.5% of 12,192 under 10 employee companies, 25.4% of 6,969 companies with 10–50 employees, and 21.5% of 853 companies with over 50 employees. Amazon S3 at 10.2% (2,041), Hostinger at 9.3% (1,859) and WP Engine at 8.8% (1,768) form the next tier, while 28 further systems cover 4,912 companies.

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