Top Shopping Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This article showcases some of the most popular players in the Shopping space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Shopping industry.

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SEMRush.

Top Shopping Companies


Argos

Argos is a British online retail store that offers a range of consumer products in the U.K. and Ireland.

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Gumtree

GumTree is an online classified ads and community site that provides users with a platform to find and advertise rooms, flats, and houses.

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Tesco

Tesco PLC is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.

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Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer, through its subsidiaries, engages in retailing clothing, food, and home products.

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Wilko

Provide quality products that solve customers’ needs.

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Morrisons Supermarkets

Morrisons Supermarkets is engaged in the operation of retail supermarket stores under the Morrisons brand and associated activities.

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Primark Corporation

Wear. Share. Inspire. Welcome to the official Primark Pinterest.

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New Look

New Look is a retail seller of mens and womens clothing.

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Waitrose

Waitrose is a chain of British supermarkets, which forms the food retail division of Britain’s largest employee-owned retailer.

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Lyst

Lyst is a global fashion search platform.

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Selfridges

Selfridges is a chain of department stores that offers clothing, shoes, bags, and much more for men and women

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House of Fraser

House of Fraser is a national premium department store group.

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Quidco

Quidco is web platform that enables users to earn cash back when shopping online, in-store and on mobile.

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Thompson & Morgan

Thompson & Morgan is a horticultural brand selling young plants, bulbs, nursery stock plants, flower, and vegetable seeds.

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Harrods

Harrods is an upmarket department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

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MyVoucherCodes.co.uk

MyVoucherCodes.co.uk is a discount website providing sales, discount and voucher code information to consumers in the UK every month.

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BRANDALLEY

BRANDALLEY is an online retair of fashion, home and beauty products

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GHD

GHD manufactures of hair-care styling products and accessories from Britain.

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Viking

Viking, is an office supply mail order catalogue company based in the United Kingdom.

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mySupermarket

mySupermarket designs a supermarket shopping and comparison website that helps users to compare prices across different stores.

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Papier

Papier’s aim is to inspire people to connect with each other in a more thoughtful way and more often.

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Online Poundshop

Online Poundshop is an online-only, 24 hour, single priced retailer.

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Reviews App

Reviews helps build a safer internet experience by streamlining reviewing processes.

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Ruroc

Trailblazing action sports protection brand based in Gloucester.

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BUMP

BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.

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Better Bathrooms

Bathroom retailer based in the United Kingdom

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StyleWe.com

StyleWe is dedicated to create a shopping community featuring independent fashion designers.

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Travelport International

Travelport Limited provides business services, as well as transaction processing solutions and data to companies operating in the travel.

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Hackett

Hackett is a retail company.

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Cartridge Save

Cartridge Save is an online printer cartridge retail shop.

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Truly Experiences

Truly is a London-based gift marketplace.

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Promotionalcodes.org.uk

Promotionalcodes.org.uk is one of the leading voucher code sites in the UK.

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World E-Buy International Limited

Beddinginn.com has the most amazing homegoods, especially bedding sets, all are unique design with affordable price, buy now.

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Partyrama

Partyrama provide party product ranges in Europe.

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HEWI London

HEWI London are the UK’s leading designer resale site, allowing members to shop and sell the world’s most coveted luxury brands online.

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Urban Industries

Urban Industries is a streetwear store and warehouse located in Eastbourne.

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World Duty Free

World Duty Free aim to offer the ultimate airport shopping experience

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ME+EM

ME + EM is an online and brick and mortar fashion retailer founded by Clare Honrby.

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Chicmi

Chicmi helps fashion lovers discover fashion events, fashion news, new collections, offers and more from their favorite brands.

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Comms Express

Complete network supplies specialists providing all types of business solutions, including server & data racks, network cables, & cabinets.

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Cospa

Cospa is a Japanese clothing company specializing in the production of cosplay costumes and other apparel for the otaku fan base.

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Brent Cross

Brent Cross is an E-commerce based platform offering an engaging and exciting range of retail, leisure, and food and drink

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Sunspel

Sunspel is a fabric expertise to make lightweight, soft clothing in very fine cotton and pioneered the development of luxury undergarments.

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Ride-away

Ride-away is the equestrian multi-channel specialist.

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Euroffice

Euroffice Ltd., a London, UK-based online office supplies company serving the SME market. Based on an internet-only business model, with

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Whatafind.com

Online clearance and overstock homewares

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The Idle Man

The online style destination for todays Man

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Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a subscription service for men’s toiletries.

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Exclusive Mirrors Ltd

Exclusive Mirrors is a U.K.-based online store that provides its users with an exclusive range of mirrors collection.

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Morplan

Morplan is an online retail platform.

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field&flower

A UK-based company that delivers grass fed, free range meat boxes.

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Catherines of Partick

Catherines of Partick is a clothing store in Glasgow, established over 75 years ago.

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Nexudus

Nexudus is a white label tool for people to manage co-working or shared office space.

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Ekm Systems Ltd

Ekm Systems Ltd is an e-commerce platform that enables individuals to sell products online.

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Aduna

Aduna is a African-inspired food brand

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Two Bare Feet

Manufacturers, marketeers and retailers of watersports equipment

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Spitalfields Market

Spitalfields Market is a traders market as well as a food and art market located in Spitalfields, London.

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TheGivingMachine

TheGivingMachine provides an online shopping portal offering supporters of small charities, schools and community organisations.

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WholePeople.com

WholePeople.com Inc., a multi-faceted e-commerce company in the “Whole Living” industry.

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Po-Zu

Po-Zu is an award-winning sustainable footwear brand, currently ranked the UK’s No. 1 Ethical Shoe Brand.

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Atterley

Atterley, the womenswear and menswear etailer for independent boutiques and brands to reach a global audience

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Persun.fr

Persun supply many style of wedding dresses, formal dresses and dresses for other occasions to France & all over the world.

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Kelkoo

Kelkoo is a one-stop shopping service, helping customers to find, research, and buy products at low prices.

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Elcometer Limited

Elcometer Limited is an information technology company located in Manchester.

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Stylus Media

Stylus is a company which analyses how consumer lifestyle trends impact product design and consumer engagement across industries.

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AO World

AO World is a online retailer company.

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Royce Lingerie

Royce Lingerie is a non-wired lingerie retail company located in Banbury.

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Snappy Shopper

Snappy Shopper is a platform that enables convenience stores and corner shops to sell online.

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Kik E-Cigarettes

Kik electronic cigarette starter kits are simple and easy to use and are geared towards both novices and intermediate users.

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Duke & Dexter

Duke & Dexter is a British born footwear label appealing to those looking for a touch of the traditional, delivered on contemporary terms.

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Everyclick

Everyclick is a search engine that helps users raise money for charity.

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Argos Spares & Accessories

Argos Spares & Accessories offers comprehensive package of online shopping, customer support, professional knowledge and advice.

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NearSt

NearSt is a retail technology company building the world’s source of real-time local inventory.

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Scottish Midland Co-Operative Society

Scotmid Co-operative is Scotland’s largest independent co-operative society, supporting local communities since 1859.

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The New Craftsmen

The New Craftsmen is a multi-channel platform that enables British craftsmen and craftswomen to reach customers in the luxury goods market.

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Fruugo.com

Fruugo is a global marketplace for retailers & shoppers.

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Top Fabric Of Soho

Top Fabric Of Soho is an online fabric store.

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Isabella Oliver

Isabella Oliver offers stylish and versatile maternity clothing that allow expectant women to maintain their fashion confidence.

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RewardPay

Earn cashback with a RewardPay Personal or Business Account and gain access to thousands of amazing discounts.

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Hot Drops

Hot Drops brings you a personalised daily edit of style news and the hottest new arrivals available from your favourite brands

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Lebara

Lebara offers tailored innovative telecommunications solutions for families, friends, and colleagues to keep in touch.

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Caroline Gardner Publishing

Caroline Gardner is best known as one of the UK’s leading and most prolific stationery and gift designers.

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Ramp T-shirts

Ramptshirts.com is owned by MDNTECH in the UK.

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Value Retail PLC

Value Retail operates luxury outlet shopping destinations.

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Gabicci

Gabicci is to detail and originality that always at the forefront of every collection, unique fabrics specialized in brand Marketing,retail.

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Nuji

Nuji is a marketplace to discover the Internet’s best fashion and lifestyle products.

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The Light Leeds

The Light boasts a wide selection of places to eat and drink, from stylish dining haunts such as Browns, Zizzi, Café Rouge, Prezzo,

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Ideal Shopping Direct

Ideal Shopping Direct is a digital retailer, selling products to consumers via its television shopping channels and the internet.

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Matttech Modular

Matttech Modular is the North of England’s very first Modular Synthesizer store, focusing on the ever-expanding Eurorack format

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DUNCAN & Todd

Duncan and Todd is an optician having outlets in Aberdeenshire, Moray, Inverness-shire and Tayside.

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Rpi Engineering

Rpi Engineering is an online auto parts selling company.

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Daydream Education

The company was founded 19 years ago and now has a range of more than 2,000 products developed with teachers

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Erdem

Erdem is an online shopping platform.

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By Rotation

UK’s Fashion Rental App. Peer to Peer, Fashion Rental, Mobile App, Sharing Economy, Social Network

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Birdsong

Birdsong is an ethical womenswear brand aiming to revolutionise the way they shop.

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Harding Retail

Harding Retail provides on board retailing and services.

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Blast My Deals

Blast My Deals has the UK’s hot deals & Discounts. However, the savings don’t stop there Vote, Comments & Share. Earn points & claim prizes.

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Soleheaven

Soleheaven is a sneaker shopping platform.

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Miso Tasty

Miso Tasty is a Japanese food brand based out of London.

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Cestrian Signs

Cestrian Signs is an online signage suppliers and shopping portal.

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Hedoine

Hedoine craft the most innovative, sustainable, and premium fashion essentials.

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Slaylebrity

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