Social media Used by UK Field Services Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected social media usage appears in 1,500 of 248,331 trading UK field services companies, with Smash Balloon Instagram Feed holding the largest share at 25.6%.

Detection covers 1,500 of 248,331 trading UK field services companies, with 16 Social media systems identified. Smash Balloon Instagram Feed and Instagram Feed for WordPress sit almost level among detected users, at 25.6% (384) and 25.3% (379) respectively.

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AddThis follows at 20.0% (300), with ShareThis at 12.5% (188), Twitter at 11.8% (177) and AddToAny at 8.5% (128). The smallest and mid-sized employer bands both favour Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, while the over-50 employee band shifts to AddThis.

The tail remains broad. SocialStream accounts for 5.3% (79), Pinterest for 3.9% (58), and 8 further systems cover 218 companies; median headcounts across the profiled systems sit between 6 and 8, so detected usage is mostly among small field services firms.

1,500

field services with detected Social media

Of 248,331 UK field services

0.6%

Detection rate

2026

16

Systems detected

In this category

25.6%

Leader share

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed

UK Field Services Social media market share

Other (8 systems)

Share of the 1,500 UK Field Services with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Social media compared

SystemUK Field ServicesShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed38425.6%613.8%Median-six field-service operators
Instagram Feed for WordPress37925.3%613.2%Median-six field-service operators
AddThis30020%610.3%Median-six field-service operators
ShareThis18812.5%615.4%Median-six, London-skewed operators
Twitter17711.8%610.7%Median-six field-service operators
AddToAny1288.5%717.2%Median-seven, London-skewed operators
SocialStream795.3%711.4%Median-seven field-service operators
Pinterest583.9%620.7%Median-six, London-weighted operators
SociableKIT583.9%610.3%Median-six field-service operators
Metricool563.7%88.9%Median-eight field-service operators
UltimatelySocial503.3%612%Median-six field-service operators
Custom Twitter Feeds322.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sassy Social Share281.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Shareiiit151%View these companies in Firmbase →
Buffer60.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Hootsuite30.2%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 Social media system shifts with company size: among UK Field Services with under 10 employees, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed leads at 26.7% of the 1,023 with a detectable system; among UK Field Services with 10–50 employees, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed leads at 24.2% of the 426 with a detectable system; and among UK Field Services with over 50 employees, AddThis leads at 21.6% of the 51 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed

26.7% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest detected band, with 1,023 companies. Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has the largest share at 26.7%, with Instagram Feed for WordPress and AddThis also prominent in the wider market at 25.3% and 20.0%.

10–50 employees

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed

24.2% of band

10–50 employees contains 426 companies, and Smash Balloon Instagram Feed again has the largest share at 24.2%. Competition remains close among feed and sharing tools, with Instagram Feed for WordPress at 25.3% and AddThis at 20.0% across detected companies.

Over 50 employees

AddThis

21.6% of band

Over 50 employees is a much smaller detected band, at 51 companies. AddThis has the largest share here at 21.6%, contrasting with Smash Balloon Instagram Feed’s position in the two smaller bands.

How Social media 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 Social media among UK field services companies?
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed is the most-detected Social media among UK field services companies, with 25.6% share (384 of 1,500 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Instagram Feed for WordPress (25.3%) and AddThis (20%).
How many UK field services companies have a detectable Social media?
1,500 of 248,331 actively-trading UK field services companies (0.6%) have a Social media 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 Social media?
A Social media system for UK field services companies is the website or plug-in layer used to display social feeds, share links or connect visitors to social channels. In this market it usually sits on small service-company websites, with median headcount among profiled systems ranging from 6 to 8.
How is Social media 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 field services companies, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed or Instagram Feed for WordPress?
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed: 384 detected companies versus 379 for Instagram Feed for WordPress, of the 1,500 UK field services companies with a detectable Social media.
What is the best Social media for UK field services companies?
The directory publishes observed usage rather than recommendations, so it does not name a single best Social media system. Among detected UK field services companies, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has 25.6% (384), Instagram Feed for WordPress has 25.3% (379) and AddThis has 20.0% (300); by employee band, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed is largest under 10 employees at 26.7% of 1,023 and in 10–50 employees at 24.2% of 426, while AddThis is largest over 50 employees at 21.6% of 51.

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