Security Used by UK B2B: Market Share (2026)

Detected Security usage across 33,214 of 112,535 trading UK B2B companies, with reCAPTCHA ahead at 91.9% of detections.

Security usage among UK B2B companies is heavily concentrated. Of 112,535 trading companies in scope, 33,214 have a detectable Security system, and reCAPTCHA accounts for 91.9% of that group with 30,526 companies.

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The next largest systems sit well below 3% share: CleanTalk has 2.5% with 827 companies, hCaptcha has 2.5% with 820, Sucuri has 1.6% with 546, and Wordfence has 1.5% with 487. WP Guardian, Imperva and Akamai Bot Manager each sit below 1%.

Company size does not alter the order much. reCAPTCHA leads under 10 employees at 91.9% of 21,404 companies, 10–50 employees at 92.1% of 10,444, and over 50 employees at 90.6% of 1,366; the long tail is 11 further systems covering 380 companies.

33,214

B2B with detected Security

Of 112,535 UK B2B

29.5%

Detection rate

2026

19

Systems detected

In this category

91.9%

Leader share

reCAPTCHA

UK B2B Security market share

Other (11 systems)

Share of the 33,214 UK B2B with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Security compared

SystemUK B2BShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
reCAPTCHA30,52691.9%616.8%Micro firms, broad adoption
CleanTalk8272.5%715.6%Micro firms, 15.6% London
hCaptcha8202.5%620.1%Micro firms, 20.1% London
Sucuri5461.6%626.9%Micro firms, 26.9% London
Wordfence4871.5%714.2%Micro firms, 14.2% London
WP Guardian3100.9%78.1%Micro firms, 8.1% London
Imperva2080.6%430.8%Micro firms, 30.8% London
Akamai Bot Manager1720.5%429.1%Micro firms, 29.1% London
ClickCease1380.4%718.8%Micro firms, 18.8% London
Vanta940.3%755.3%Micro firms, 55.3% London
Barracuda Networks720.2%1130.6%Small firms, 30.6% London
Arkose Labs540.2%514.8%Micro firms, 14.8% London
Kiprotect450.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Trustwave440.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Drata430.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sectigo TrustLogo390.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
DataDome350.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
HackerOne310.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
F5170.1%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

Under 10 employees

reCAPTCHA

91.9% of band

Micro employers make up 21,404 companies with a detectable Security system. reCAPTCHA holds 91.9%, with the remainder spread across smaller CAPTCHA, anti-spam, bot-management and site-protection systems.

10–50 employees

reCAPTCHA

92.1% of band

Smaller established B2B firms account for 10,444 companies in this band. reCAPTCHA takes 92.1%, leaving other systems competing for a relatively small remainder.

Over 50 employees

reCAPTCHA

90.6% of band

Larger employers are a smaller cohort at 1,366 companies. reCAPTCHA still leads with 90.6%, so the market remains concentrated even above 50 employees.

How Security 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 Security among UK B2B companies?
reCAPTCHA is the most-detected Security among UK B2B companies, with 91.9% share (30,526 of 33,214 companies with a detectable system), ahead of CleanTalk (2.5%) and hCaptcha (2.5%).
How many UK B2B companies have a detectable Security?
33,214 of 112,535 actively-trading UK B2B companies (29.5%) have a Security 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 Security?
A Security system for UK B2B companies is software used on websites or digital services to reduce automated abuse, spam, suspicious traffic or unwanted form activity. For the 112,535 trading UK B2B companies in scope, the category includes CAPTCHA, anti-spam, bot-management and site-protection systems.
How is Security 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, reCAPTCHA or CleanTalk?
reCAPTCHA: 30,526 detected companies versus 827 for CleanTalk, of the 33,214 UK B2B companies with a detectable Security.
What is the best Security for UK B2B companies?
This page publishes usage statistics rather than recommendations, so “best” is not ranked by features, price or suitability. Usage is concentrated around reCAPTCHA, which accounts for 91.9% of detected Security usage across 30,526 companies and leads every employee band: 91.9% of 21,404 under-10-employee companies, 92.1% of 10,444 companies with 10–50 employees, and 90.6% of 1,366 companies with over 50 employees.

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