Security Used by UK Advanced Manufacturing Companies: Market Share (2026)
Security is detectable at 5,725 of 50,406 trading UK advanced manufacturing companies; reCAPTCHA leads the detected market with 90.1%.
Among 50,406 trading UK advanced manufacturing companies, 5,725 have a detectable Security system. reCAPTCHA accounts for 90.1% of those detections, or 5,160 companies, so the category is highly concentrated around one system.
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The next tier is much smaller: Akismet has 5.4% (312 companies), CleanTalk 2.4% (135), hCaptcha 2.3% (131), Sucuri 1.5% (86), Wordfence 1.5% (85), WP Guardian 1.1% (63), and TrustedSite 0.9% (50). A further 9 systems cover 54 companies between them.
Size bands change the edges rather than the centre. reCAPTCHA has the largest share in all three bands: 90.2% of 3,310 companies under 10 employees, 90.5% of 2,081 companies with 10–50 employees, and 86.5% of 334 companies over 50 employees.
5,725
advanced manufacturing with detected Security
Of 50,406 UK advanced manufacturing
11.4%
Detection rate
2026
17
Systems detected
In this category
90.1%
Leader share
reCAPTCHA
UK Advanced Manufacturing Security market share
Share of the 5,725 UK Advanced Manufacturing with a detectable system. As of June 2026.
Security compared
| System | UK Advanced Manufacturing | Share | Median headcount | London share | Typical profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reCAPTCHA | 5,160 | 90.1% | 7 | 7.3% | Median 7 headcount, 90.1% share |
| Akismet | 312 | 5.4% | 7 | 6.7% | Median 7 headcount, 5.4% share |
| CleanTalk | 135 | 2.4% | 9 | 3% | Median 9 headcount, 2.4% share |
| hCaptcha | 131 | 2.3% | 7 | 4.6% | Median 7 headcount, 2.3% share |
| Sucuri | 86 | 1.5% | 8 | 9.3% | Median 8 headcount, 1.5% share |
| Wordfence | 85 | 1.5% | 11 | 8.2% | Median 11 headcount, 1.5% share |
| WP Guardian | 63 | 1.1% | 8 | 6.3% | Median 8 headcount, 1.1% share |
| TrustedSite | 50 | 0.9% | 7 | 6% | Median 7 headcount, 0.9% share |
| Akamai Bot Manager | 31 | 0.5% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Imperva | 17 | 0.3% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Barracuda Networks | 15 | 0.3% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Trustwave | 7 | 0.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Arkose Labs | 7 | 0.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Sectigo TrustLogo | 6 | 0.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| FingerprintJS | 5 | 0.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| HackerOne | 1 | 0% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| DataDome | 1 | 0% | — | — | 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 Security system shifts with company size: among UK Advanced Manufacturing with under 10 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 90.2% of the 3,310 with a detectable system; among UK Advanced Manufacturing with 10–50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 90.5% of the 2,081 with a detectable system; and among UK Advanced Manufacturing with over 50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 86.5% of the 334 with a detectable system.
Under 10 employees
90.2% of band
Among companies with fewer than 10 employees, reCAPTCHA accounts for 90.2% of 3,310 detectable Security installations. The remaining usage is split across smaller anti-spam, bot-checking and site-security systems.
10–50 employees
90.5% of band
In the 10–50 employee band, reCAPTCHA has 90.5% share across 2,081 companies. Akismet, CleanTalk, hCaptcha and the rest of the field compete for a much smaller pool.
Over 50 employees
86.5% of band
For companies with more than 50 employees, reCAPTCHA still has the largest share at 86.5% of 334 companies. The lower share leaves slightly more room for systems such as Sucuri, Wordfence and WP Guardian.
How Security usage is detected
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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