Security Used by UK Fit-Out Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected Security usage across 2,604 UK fit-out companies shows reCAPTCHA ahead at 88.8% share, followed by Akismet at 6.4%.

Among 9,830 trading UK fit-out companies, 2,604 have a detectable Security system. reCAPTCHA accounts for 88.8% of detected companies, or 2,313 firms, leaving the rest of the market split across 14 other systems.

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Akismet is the second-largest detected system at 6.4% and 167 companies, followed by CleanTalk at 3.3% and 87 companies. hCaptcha and TrustedSite each appear on 44 companies, while WP Guardian and Wordfence each appear on 30.

By employee band, reCAPTCHA is first in every segment: 88.8% among Under 10 employees, 89.5% among 10–50 employees, and 81.1% among Over 50 employees. The long tail is thin, with 7 further systems covering 7 companies between them.

2,604

fit-out with detected Security

Of 9,830 UK fit-out

26.5%

Detection rate

2026

15

Systems detected

In this category

88.8%

Leader share

reCAPTCHA

UK Fit-Out Security market share

Other (7 systems)

Share of the 2,604 UK Fit-Out with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Security compared

SystemUK Fit-OutShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
reCAPTCHA2,31388.8%514.1%5-person fit-out firms, 88.8% share
Akismet1676.4%616.2%6-person fit-out firms, 6.4% share
CleanTalk873.3%413.8%4-person fit-out firms, 3.3% share
hCaptcha441.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
TrustedSite441.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
WP Guardian301.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Wordfence301.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sucuri170.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
Arkose Labs30.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Akamai Bot Manager20.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Trustwave20.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Imperva10%View these companies in Firmbase →
Barracuda Networks10%View these companies in Firmbase →
HackerOne10%View these companies in Firmbase →
Kiprotect10%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 Fit-Out with under 10 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 88.8% of the 1,885 with a detectable system; among UK Fit-Out with 10–50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 89.5% of the 666 with a detectable system; and among UK Fit-Out with over 50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 81.1% of the 53 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

reCAPTCHA

88.8% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest detected band, with 1,885 companies. reCAPTCHA accounts for 88.8%, while smaller website anti-spam and verification tools divide most of the remainder.

10–50 employees

reCAPTCHA

89.5% of band

10–50 employees contains 666 companies and is slightly more concentrated around reCAPTCHA, which accounts for 89.5%. Akismet, CleanTalk and the remaining systems compete for a comparatively narrow share.

Over 50 employees

reCAPTCHA

81.1% of band

Over 50 employees is a small detected segment, with 53 companies. reCAPTCHA still ranks first at 81.1%, but the share left for other systems is larger than in the smaller bands.

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 fit-out companies?
reCAPTCHA is the most-detected Security among UK fit-out companies, with 88.8% share (2,313 of 2,604 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Akismet (6.4%) and CleanTalk (3.3%).
How many UK fit-out companies have a detectable Security?
2,604 of 9,830 actively-trading UK fit-out companies (26.5%) 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 fit-out companies is the detectable website layer used to reduce spam, bot traffic and form abuse. In this market, the category is mainly represented by verification and anti-spam tools attached to public-facing sites and enquiry forms.
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 fit-out companies, reCAPTCHA or Akismet?
reCAPTCHA: 2,313 detected companies versus 167 for Akismet, of the 2,604 UK fit-out companies with a detectable Security.
What is the best Security for UK fit-out companies?
This page publishes observed usage rather than recommendations, with 2,604 UK fit-out companies showing a detectable Security system out of 9,830 trading companies. reCAPTCHA ranks first in every employee band: Under 10 employees has 1,885 companies and an 88.8% reCAPTCHA share; 10–50 employees has 666 companies and 89.5%; Over 50 employees has 53 companies and 81.1%.

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