HR & HCM Used by UK B2B Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected HR & HCM usage across 783 of 112,345 trading UK B2B companies, with BambooHR leading at 40.9% of detected companies.

Among 112,345 trading UK B2B companies, 783 have a detectable HR & HCM system. Those detections span 11 systems, with BambooHR accounting for 40.9% (320).

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The next tier is much more compressed: UKG Pro has 8.9% (70), IRIS Software Group 8.7% (68), PeopleHR 7.7% (60), HiBob 7.2% (56), Dayforce 6.6% (52), BreatheHR 6.5% (51), and SAP SuccessFactors 6.5% (51). Three further systems cover 71 companies.

BambooHR has the largest detected share in each employee band: 40.1% of 461 companies under 10 employees, 43.4% of 251 companies with 10–50 employees, and 36.6% of 71 companies over 50 employees.

783

B2B with detected HR & HCM

Of 112,345 UK B2B

0.7%

Detection rate

2026

11

Systems detected

In this category

40.9%

Leader share

BambooHR

UK B2B HR & HCM market share

Other (3 systems)

Share of the 783 UK B2B with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

HR & HCM compared

SystemUK B2BShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
BambooHR32040.9%739.1%7-headcount median, 40.9% share
UKG Pro708.9%531.4%5-headcount median, 8.9% share
IRIS Software Group688.7%816.2%8-headcount median, 8.7% share
PeopleHR607.7%623.3%6-headcount median, 7.7% share
HiBob567.2%1039.3%10-headcount median, 7.2% share
Dayforce526.6%621.2%6-headcount median, 6.6% share
BreatheHR516.5%719.6%7-headcount median, 6.5% share
SAP SuccessFactors516.5%523.5%5-headcount median, 6.5% share
Personio476%View these companies in Firmbase →
Rippling314%View these companies in Firmbase →
Workday10.1%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 HR & HCM system shifts with company size: among UK B2B with under 10 employees, BambooHR leads at 40.1% of the 461 with a detectable system; among UK B2B with 10–50 employees, BambooHR leads at 43.4% of the 251 with a detectable system; and among UK B2B with over 50 employees, BambooHR leads at 36.6% of the 71 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

BambooHR

40.1% of band

This is the largest detected band, with 461 companies. BambooHR accounts for 40.1%, while the remaining usage is spread across the other detected systems.

10–50 employees

BambooHR

43.4% of band

The 10–50 employee band contains 251 companies and is still headed by BambooHR at 43.4%. The rest of the band is divided across the wider field of 11 detected systems.

Over 50 employees

BambooHR

36.6% of band

The over-50 employee band is smaller, with 71 companies. BambooHR remains first by detected share at 36.6%, but alternatives account for most of the remaining usage.

How HR & HCM 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 HR & HCM among UK B2B companies?
BambooHR is the most-detected HR & HCM among UK B2B companies, with 40.9% share (320 of 783 companies with a detectable system), ahead of UKG Pro (8.9%) and IRIS Software Group (8.7%).
How many UK B2B companies have a detectable HR & HCM?
783 of 112,345 actively-trading UK B2B companies (0.7%) have a HR & HCM 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 HR & HCM?
An HR & HCM system is the software layer used to manage employee records and core people processes. For UK B2B companies, it typically supports tasks such as onboarding, absence, payroll links, document handling and management reporting.
How is HR & HCM 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 B2B companies, BambooHR or UKG Pro?
BambooHR: 320 detected companies versus 70 for UKG Pro, of the 783 UK B2B companies with a detectable HR & HCM.
What is the best HR & HCM for UK B2B companies?
This page reports detected usage rather than recommendations. BambooHR has the largest share in all three employee bands: Under 10 employees at 40.1% of 461 companies, 10–50 employees at 43.4% of 251 companies, and Over 50 employees at 36.6% of 71 companies. Across all detected HR & HCM usage, BambooHR accounts for 40.9% (320), followed by UKG Pro at 8.9% (70) and IRIS Software Group at 8.7% (68).

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