Security Used by UK Food Service Companies: Market Share (2026)
Security systems are detectable at 3,036 of 83,163 trading UK food service companies, with reCAPTCHA used by 50.8% of detected companies.
Among 83,163 trading UK food service companies, 3,036 have a detectable Security system. reCAPTCHA has the largest share at 50.8% (1,542 companies), while DataDome makes this a two-system market at 38.2% (1,161 companies).
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Concentration falls away after the first two systems. Akismet accounts for 3.2% (98 companies), Akamai Bot Manager 2.6% (79), hCaptcha 1.7% (51), Sucuri 1.4% (41), TrustedSite 1.1% (33), and CleanTalk 1.0% (31), with 8 further systems covering 60 companies.
Employee-band shares show the same pattern. reCAPTCHA has the highest share in Under 10 employees at 45.6% of 1,271 companies, in 10–50 employees at 51.8% of 1,596 companies, and in Over 50 employees at 81.1% of 169 companies.
3,036
food service with detected Security
Of 83,163 UK food service
3.7%
Detection rate
2026
16
Systems detected
In this category
50.8%
Leader share
reCAPTCHA
UK Food Service Security market share
Share of the 3,036 UK Food Service with a detectable system. As of June 2026.
Security compared
| System | UK Food Service | Share | Median headcount | London share | Typical profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reCAPTCHA | 1,542 | 50.8% | 14 | 17.3% | Median headcount 14, majority share |
| DataDome | 1,161 | 38.2% | 10 | 17.8% | Median headcount 10, minority share |
| Akismet | 98 | 3.2% | 13 | 14.3% | Median headcount 13, small share |
| Akamai Bot Manager | 79 | 2.6% | 11 | 16.5% | Median headcount 11, small share |
| hCaptcha | 51 | 1.7% | 13 | 15.7% | Median headcount 13, small share |
| Sucuri | 41 | 1.4% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| TrustedSite | 33 | 1.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| CleanTalk | 31 | 1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Wordfence | 30 | 1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| WP Guardian | 16 | 0.5% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Imperva | 16 | 0.5% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Arkose Labs | 13 | 0.4% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Barracuda Networks | 10 | 0.3% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| HackerOne | 5 | 0.2% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| Trustwave | 2 | 0.1% | — | — | View these companies in Firmbase → |
| FingerprintJS | 2 | 0.1% | — | — | 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 Security system shifts with company size: among UK Food Service with under 10 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 45.6% of the 1,271 with a detectable system; among UK Food Service with 10–50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 51.8% of the 1,596 with a detectable system; and among UK Food Service with over 50 employees, reCAPTCHA leads at 81.1% of the 169 with a detectable system.
Under 10 employees
45.6% of band
Under 10 employees contains 1,271 companies with a detectable Security system, and reCAPTCHA has the highest share at 45.6%. Other systems account for the balance, so smaller operators are less concentrated than larger ones.
10–50 employees
51.8% of band
10–50 employees is the largest detected band, with 1,596 companies. reCAPTCHA has the highest share at 51.8%, while the rest of the 16-system field accounts for the balance.
Over 50 employees
81.1% of band
Over 50 employees is much smaller at 169 companies, but reCAPTCHA’s share rises to 81.1%. Other systems are present, though the band is more concentrated than the lower-headcount segments.
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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