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Top 25 Payroll outsourcing companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 311 payroll outsourcing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 14,622 professional contacts across them, including 6,722 with verified work emails and 2,041 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.
This list covers payroll outsourcing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest payroll outsourcing companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAGEIndirect evidence | 13,063 | |||
“At Sage, we knock down barriers with information, insights, and tools to help your business flow.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | SampeoplePartial evidence | 74 | |||
“SAMpeople, SAMpeople Recruit and SAMpeople Payroll” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 74 | ||||
“Software When You Need It.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 67 | ||||
“PayEscape is one of the UK’s fastest growing outsourced Payroll, HR and Time Management providers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 38 | ||||
“Introducing DASA Umbrella Limited A Fully Compliant & Award-winning Payroll Company DASA Umbrella Limited provides recruitment agencies, contractors and end-user clients with a…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Vero HRPartial evidence | 36 | |||
“Are you seeking expert assistance in navigating the intricate world of human resources, payroll, and more?” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 34 | ||||
“We are a payroll company catering for contractors, freelancers, locums and agency workers, providing a fully compliant and secure way of paying contractors for their temporary…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 24 | ||||
“Generate is an industry-leading contractor payroll solutions provider, specialising in payroll management, outsourced employment, international services and limited company…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 23 | ||||
“The CE team specialises in helping organisations deliver their HR and payroll changes and run critical outsourced payroll services.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 21 | ||||
“Payroll specialists with 28 years of industry expertise offering an array of fully compliant payroll solutions to a variety of industry sectors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Orbital Payroll GroupPartial evidence | 21 | |||
“We are are a fully accredited, award winning payroll intermediary offering a one-stop-shop for candidate payroll options - covering CIS Sole Trader, Umbrella PAYE and PEO PAYE for…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Payroll SortedPartial evidence | 19 | |||
“WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMOVE PAYROLL FROM YOUR PRACTICE?” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Magna GroupIndirect evidence | 17 | |||
“We combine the perfect mix of industry-leading technology and personnel to support you in managing your workforce with greater efficiency than ever before.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Peoplepay GlobalPartial evidence | 17 | |||
“PeoplePay Global is a market leading International Payroll provider, helping companies take their first steps towards international expansion.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | FCLStrong evidence | 17 | |||
“Flamingo Contracting Limited (FCL) operates as a business support function, offering payroll outsourcing and sub-contracting solutions to companies wishing to focus their valuable…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 | ||||
“Here at Backoffice we offer a choice of services designed to meet both the agency and operative’s needs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 | ||||
“Payroll Options have a tradition of providing a fast and accurate payroll service.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 14 | ||||
“Modina is a friendly, professional outsourcing service dedicated to helping you stay in control of your bookkeeping and payroll.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Liberty BishopPartial evidence | 13 | |||
“Liberty Bishop are a UK and International Payroll Services Company specialising in providing Umbrella Company services and Limited Company services.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Mangata GM LTDPartial evidence | 11 | |||
“We are the payroll service your competition doesn’t want you to know about.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 10 | ||||
“At Rocket Paye, we simplify payroll for contractors, recruitment agencies, HR teams, and finance departments across the UK.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | The Cinch GroupIndirect evidence | 10 | |||
“At The Cinch Group, we pride ourselves on keeping the simple things simple and doing them right.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 10 | ||||
“BoostPay was founded in 2009, with a vision to create a payroll service that was better for workers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Intelligent PayrollPartial evidence | 9 | |||
“Since 2018, we've grown to become a trusted payroll partner for 650+ UK businesses, processing over £81 million in wages annually.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | SGW Payroll LTDPartial evidence | 9 | |||
“SGW Payroll is a UK leading company in the implementation of payroll and supporting services for businesses.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among payroll outsourcing companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “payroll outsourcing companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among payroll outsourcing companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and an evidence rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,722 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
How many payroll outsourcing companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 311 payroll outsourcing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
SAGE, headquartered in Newcastle Upon Tyne, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most payroll outsourcing companies?
London leads with 50 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (12) and Birmingham (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,722 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 311 companies.
How current is this list?
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