Site search Used by UK Wholesale Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected site-search usage across 312 UK wholesale companies, with Fast Simon accounting for the largest share at 26.3% (82 companies).

Across 77,014 trading UK wholesale companies, 312 have a detectable Site search system. Fast Simon has the largest detected share at 26.3% (82), followed by Ivory Search and Doofinder on 20.8% (65) each.

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Fast Simon is first in each headcount band, with 25.9% of 197 detected companies under 10 employees, 28.2% of 103 in the 10–50 employee band, and 16.7% of 12 over 50 employees. The sample is concentrated among smaller wholesalers: 300 of the 312 detected companies sit below 50 employees.

Nine systems appear in total. Elasticsearch has 15.7% (49), ElasticSuite has 15.4% (48), Algolia has 9.9% (31), Coveo has 3.5% (11), and Klevu has 3.2% (10), with 1 further system covering 4 companies.

312

wholesale with detected Site search

Of 77,014 UK wholesale

0.4%

Detection rate

2026

9

Systems detected

In this category

26.3%

Leader share

Fast Simon

UK Wholesale Site search market share

Elasticsearch
ElasticSuite
Algolia
Coveo
Klevu
Other (1 systems)

Share of the 312 UK Wholesale with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Site search compared

SystemUK WholesaleShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Fast Simon8226.3%811%Small wholesalers, broadest detected share
Ivory Search6520.8%612.3%Very small wholesalers, joint second
Doofinder6520.8%810.8%Small wholesalers, joint second
Elasticsearch4915.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
ElasticSuite4815.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Algolia319.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Coveo113.5%View these companies in Firmbase →
Klevu103.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Jetboost41.3%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 Site search system shifts with company size: among UK Wholesale with under 10 employees, Fast Simon leads at 25.9% of the 197 with a detectable system; among UK Wholesale with 10–50 employees, Fast Simon leads at 28.2% of the 103 with a detectable system; and among UK Wholesale with over 50 employees, Fast Simon leads at 16.7% of the 12 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Fast Simon

25.9% of band

This is the largest detected band, with 197 wholesale companies. Fast Simon leads with 25.9%, while the wider market remains split across nine systems.

10–50 employees

Fast Simon

28.2% of band

The 10–50 employee band covers 103 detected wholesale companies. Fast Simon leads with 28.2%, but no single system accounts for a majority of usage.

Over 50 employees

Fast Simon

16.7% of band

Only 12 detected wholesale companies sit above 50 employees. Fast Simon leads with 16.7%, leaving a dispersed pattern across the remaining systems.

How Site search 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 Site search among UK wholesale companies?
Fast Simon is the most-detected Site search among UK wholesale companies, with 26.3% share (82 of 312 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Ivory Search (20.8%) and Doofinder (20.8%).
How many UK wholesale companies have a detectable Site search?
312 of 77,014 actively-trading UK wholesale companies (0.4%) have a Site search 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 Site search?
A Site search system helps visitors search and filter a wholesale company’s catalogue or content rather than relying only on navigation. For UK wholesale companies, it typically supports product, category, and content discovery across larger ranges of SKUs or buying information.
How is Site search 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 wholesale companies, Fast Simon or Ivory Search?
Fast Simon: 82 detected companies versus 65 for Ivory Search, of the 312 UK wholesale companies with a detectable Site search.
What is the best Site search for UK wholesale companies?
This page publishes usage data for UK wholesale companies rather than recommendations, so it does not name a single best Site search system. Fast Simon leads all three size bands: Under 10 employees with 25.9% of 197 companies, 10–50 employees with 28.2% of 103, and Over 50 employees with 16.7% of 12. Across all detected companies, Fast Simon has 26.3% (82), followed by Ivory Search and Doofinder at 20.8% (65) each.

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