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Top 25 Small business HR software companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 324 small business HR software companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 21,241 professional contacts across them, including 9,829 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers small business HR software 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, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
324Companies
21,241Contacts tracked
9,829Verified emails
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The 25 largest small business HR software companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 324 small business HR software companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to small business HR software companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202610001+13,063 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Sage, we knock down barriers with information, insights, and tools to help your business flow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceSlough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261,001-5,0002,218 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IRIS Software Group is a leading business software and services provider, one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261,001-5,0001,465 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zellis helps organisations unlock better outcomes by creating exceptional experiences for their people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261,001-5,0001,075 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Peninsula is the worldwide leader and most trusted provider of employment law, HR and health & safety services, supporting over small businesses in the U.K.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500575 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BrightHR is a leading provider of HR and health & safety software, supporting over businesses across the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Strong evidenceLightwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500507 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Established in 1983, Frontier Software is an acknowledged leader in the provision of a global HR & Payroll software solution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceSwinton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026501-1,000364 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Moorepay delivers expert HR and payroll solutions trusted by SMEs across the UK and Ireland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200173 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A cloud based online software that provides Intuitive and comprehensive solutions integrated with impeccable management of employees payroll processing in real-time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200127 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Cezanne HR is leading the way in delivering smart, sophisticated and cost-effective Cloud HR and Native payroll software to UK and international businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceHorsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 2012, Breathe has made HR simpler for growing businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Strong evidenceBasingstoke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20095 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Take control of your HR processes with xcd, the single-solution HR and Payroll software which helps put you back in control and achieve more.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“KPI is an all-in-one business solution providing: Accounting, Payroll, Sales, Human Resources, Project Management, Report and Document applications all in one platform according…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20068 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Jibble Group builds HR SaaS products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Partial evidenceNorthern Ireland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20067 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PayEscape is one of the UK’s fastest growing outsourced Payroll, HR and Time Management providers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5044 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceKettering, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pegasus Software is one of the UK's leading suppliers of accounting software, cloud accounting software, business solutions and payroll software and has been for over 30 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidencePeterborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Are you seeking expert assistance in navigating the intricate world of human resources, payroll, and more?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Zelt is the UK's leading native all-in-one HR and Finance platform, built to give mid-sized businesses the tools they need to manage, pay, and grow their people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Partial evidenceLoughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-50016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Access PeopleHR is part of The Access Group, and together we are supporting the world of HR.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceUk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Modern HR Solutions, built on trust.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Go Enterprise HR: The Ultimate All-in-One HR Solution for Growing Businesses HR doesn’t have to be complicated.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Partial evidenceGreat Wakering, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Practical HR provides HR solutions SMEs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMidsomer Norton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chronologic helps businesses across the UK thrive by elevating their teams and solving workforce challenges.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Indirect evidenceFarnham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Providing professional Human Resources services to start-ups and SME's across London, Surrey and Hampshire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Partial evidenceLeicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We create software to support businesses, providing employee facing service web portals and apps to access their pay documents, discounts and other benefits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Small business HR software companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
46.3%Verified-email coverage
65.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
20.7%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
248
11-50
42
51-200
20
201-500
5
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 324 companies.

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 small business HR software companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search 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 Smart Search, 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 “small business HR software companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names small business HR software companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among small business HR software 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 its RevenueBase Smart Search 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, 9,829 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Small business HR software companies by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names small business HR software companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many small business HR software companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 324 small business HR software 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 small business HR software companies?

London leads with 67 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (11) and Bristol (5).

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 9,829 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 324 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.