Marketing automation Used by UK B2B Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected marketing automation usage across 5,882 UK B2B companies, with Mailchimp ranking first on 36.6% of detections.

Of 112,345 trading UK B2B companies, 5,882 have a detectable Marketing automation system, across 27 systems. Mailchimp is the largest named system at 36.6% (2,153), ahead of HubSpot at 24.2% (1,423).

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Mailchimp leads every employee band: Under 10 employees at 38.1% of 3,604 companies, 10–50 employees at 34.5% of 2,009 companies, and Over 50 employees at 32.3% of 269 companies. HubSpot remains the main second system overall, while Klaviyo at 6.9% (405), GoHighLevel at 6.0% (350) and HighLevel at 5.2% (303) form the next cluster.

The long tail is visible rather than dominant. MailerLite accounts for 4.0% (237), Brevo for 3.9% (227), Pardot for 3.5% (206), and 19 further systems cover 948 companies between them.

5,882

B2B with detected Marketing automation

Of 112,345 UK B2B

5.2%

Detection rate

2026

27

Systems detected

In this category

36.6%

Leader share

Mailchimp

UK B2B Marketing automation market share

Other (19 systems)

Share of the 5,882 UK B2B with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Marketing automation compared

SystemUK B2BShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Mailchimp2,15336.6%619.7%Six-person micro-company teams
HubSpot1,42324.2%734.1%Seven-person London-skewed teams
Klaviyo4056.9%620.5%Six-person UK-wide small teams
GoHighLevel3506%719.1%Seven-person small B2B operators
HighLevel3035.2%720.1%Seven-person small B2B teams
MailerLite2374%715.2%Seven-person outside-London small teams
Brevo2273.9%616.7%Six-person outside-London small teams
Pardot2063.5%636.4%Six-person London-skewed teams
ActiveCampaign1983.4%626.3%Six-person London-leaning teams
WonderPush1863.2%616.7%Six-person outside-London small teams
Herefish1803.1%1028.9%Ten-person London-leaning teams
Marketo1021.7%640.2%Six-person London-heavy teams
ClickDimensions851.4%931.8%Nine-person London-leaning teams
Dotdigital721.2%827.8%Eight-person London-leaning teams
Salesloft510.9%547.1%Five-person London-heavy teams
Eloqua480.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
SharpSpring380.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
Customer.io370.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
Hextom310.5%View these companies in Firmbase →
AWeber260.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Privy240.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Linkfire240.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Swym200.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Omnisend190.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Airship130.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Attentive120.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Wheree20%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 Marketing automation system shifts with company size: among UK B2B with under 10 employees, Mailchimp leads at 38.1% of the 3,604 with a detectable system; among UK B2B with 10–50 employees, Mailchimp leads at 34.5% of the 2,009 with a detectable system; and among UK B2B with over 50 employees, Mailchimp leads at 32.3% of the 269 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Mailchimp

38.1% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest band, with 3,604 companies and Mailchimp at 38.1%. The remaining usage is spread across HubSpot and the wider field of smaller systems.

10–50 employees

Mailchimp

34.5% of band

10–50 employees contains 2,009 companies, with Mailchimp still first at 34.5%. The band has enough volume for several systems to compete, although no other system is shown as the band leader.

Over 50 employees

Mailchimp

32.3% of band

Over 50 employees is the smallest band, at 269 companies, and Mailchimp leads with 32.3%. The rest of the market is split across alternatives rather than a single named challenger.

How Marketing automation 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 Marketing automation among UK B2B companies?
Mailchimp is the most-detected Marketing automation among UK B2B companies, with 36.6% share (2,153 of 5,882 companies with a detectable system), ahead of HubSpot (24.2%) and Klaviyo (6.9%).
How many UK B2B companies have a detectable Marketing automation?
5,882 of 112,345 actively-trading UK B2B companies (5.2%) have a Marketing automation 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 Marketing automation?
A Marketing automation system coordinates repeatable marketing work for UK B2B companies, such as email journeys, contact lists, campaign triggers and lead hand-off. It helps sales and marketing teams manage prospects from first form fill through follow-up without rebuilding each campaign manually.
How is Marketing automation 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, Mailchimp or HubSpot?
Mailchimp: 2,153 detected companies versus 1,423 for HubSpot, of the 5,882 UK B2B companies with a detectable Marketing automation.
What is the best Marketing automation for UK B2B companies?
This page publishes observed usage rather than product recommendations. Mailchimp leads Under 10 employees at 38.1% of 3,604 companies, 10–50 employees at 34.5% of 2,009 companies, and Over 50 employees at 32.3% of 269 companies. Across all identified Marketing automation usage, Mailchimp has 36.6% (2,153) and HubSpot has 24.2% (1,423).

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