Software companies in Manchester ranked by employee growth
Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 59 companies that qualified.
- Companies qualified
- 59 of 7,920
- Ranked first
- MANAGED IT SERVICES GROUP LTD
- Top headcount increase
- +39 employees
- Data as of
Summary
59 software companies with a registered office in Manchester grew their average employees between their latest two annual accounts and met the rules for this list.
MANAGED IT SERVICES GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with average employees rising from 92 to 131 (+42.4%).
Together the listed companies went from 1,154 to 1,447 average employees. 4 of the 50 listed companies at least doubled their average employees.
Top 10: before and after
- Rank 1 MANAGED IT SERVICES GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab) 92 (2023) to 131 (2024) +42.4%
- Rank 2 REALLY COMFY BEDS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 8 (2024) to 41 (2025) +412.5%
- Rank 3 SWEETHAVEN COMPUTERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 35 (2023) to 53 (2024) +51.4%
- Rank 4 EVERYTHING TECH LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 37 (2023) to 50 (2024) +35.1%
- Rank 5 3VRM LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 42 (2024) to 55 (2025) +31.0%
- Rank 6 UK GSR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2023) to 15 (2024) +200.0%
- Rank 7 THE UDDER GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 7 (2023) to 17 (2024) +142.9%
- Rank 8 BETABLE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 35 (2023) to 45 (2024) +28.6%
- Rank 9 SWIFT GLOBAL ECO SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 7 (2023) to 16 (2024) +128.6%
- Rank 10 BESPOKE SOLUTIONS CONSULTANCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 16 (2023) to 24 (2024) +50.0%
The ranking
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50 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.
How this list was made
- Industry
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Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
- 62011 – Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
- 62012 – Business and domestic software development
- 62020 – Information technology consultancy activities
- 62090 – Other information technology service activities
- 58290 – Other software publishing
- Location
- The post town of the registered office address is Manchester.
- Periods compared
- Each company's latest annual accounts against its accounts for the year before. Companies whose two latest accounts are not for consecutive years are left out.
- Ranking
- Ranked by the increase in average employees between the latest two consecutive annual accounts, then by percentage increase. Companies must have started with at least 5 average employees.
- Exclusions
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Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it).
Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
- headcount more than 10 times the year before
- an employee number identical to the net assets figure, or above 100,000
- more employees than the company's accounts category allows (micro: 50, small: 250, with a margin)
- less than £5,000 of turnover per employee, or a round number of thousands with no turnover to check it against
- Companies checked
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Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester7,920Not active−1,644Dormant−499Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−3,901Figure missing for one of the two years−757Starting figure below the minimum−956No increase−104Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0Qualified for this list59