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Software companies in Birmingham ranked by number of employees

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 67 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
67 of 5,344
Ranked first
FORMEL D (UK) LIMITED
Average employees of no. 1
348
Data as of

Summary

The list is led by FORMEL D (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab) with 348 average employees; TRACER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) and THE SAASY PEOPLE LTD (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking uses each company's most recent filed accounts. 67 software companies in Birmingham qualified. 25 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010. The median listed company was incorporated 15 years ago.

The ranking

Software companies in Birmingham ranked by number of employees: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous average employees, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Average employees Latest accounts Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 FORMEL D (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02935536 3062023 3482024 +42 +13.7% 31
2 TRACER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03611671 782023 2162024 +138 +176.9% 26
3 THE SAASY PEOPLE LTD (opens in a new tab)12341379 742023 962024 +22 +29.7% 5
4 CENTRALITY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03236716 882023 932024 +5 +5.7% 28
5 VEHICLE MOVEMENT EXCHANGE UK LTD (opens in a new tab)09631875 692023 702024 +1 +1.4% 10
6 CLARILIS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07708894 572023 642024 +7 +12.3% 13
7 SPHERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06951540 522024 592025 +7 +13.5% 15
8 LOVE FINANCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08103018 452023 592024 +14 +31.1% 13
9 4PS CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03695761 482023 582024 +10 +20.8% 26
10 FACEPUNCH STUDIOS LTD (opens in a new tab)06848626 322023 532024 +21 +65.6% 16
11 VECTOR GB LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06699692 472023 482024 +1 +2.1% 16
12 COLLECTIVETECH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11908428 392024 482025 +9 +23.1% 6
13 DEVI TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08554980 342023 462024 +12 +35.3% 12
14 GRIFFITHS WAITE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02943796 392023 412024 +2 +5.1% 31
15 BLUE THORN TECHNOLOGY LTD (opens in a new tab)04472705 302023 412024 +11 +36.7% 23
16 CLIK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03908285 412023 402024 -1 -2.4% 25
17 GUYKAT SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)07100069 402023 402024 +0 +0.0% 15
18 BLUETEL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05364409 392024 392025 +0 +0.0% 20
19 AGORA SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05990074 402024 392025 -1 -2.5% 18
20 SPICA TECHNOLOGIES LTD (opens in a new tab)09276549 372023 392024 +2 +5.4% 10
21 BYTESNAP DESIGN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06473223 392024 372025 -2 -5.1% 17
22 SOCIALSIGNIN LTD (opens in a new tab)08237170 402023 362024 -4 -10.0% 12
23 SALUS DIGITAL SECURITY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10899862 222023 352024 +13 +59.1% 7
24 ELECTRONIC BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01457911 292023 312024 +2 +6.9% 45
25 LIMITLESS TRAVEL LTD (opens in a new tab)09735991 172023 302024 +13 +76.5% 9
26 KUBIX MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09824555 242023 272024 +3 +12.5% 9
27 BLUEBERRY CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03293060 272024 262025 -1 -3.7% 28
28 TRANSOFT SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD (opens in a new tab)03472486 222023 262024 +4 +18.2% 27
29 APEX ECOMMERCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08533799 222024 252025 +3 +13.6% 12
30 PORT - P LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02959142 202023 232024 +3 +15.0% 30
31 FORWARD COMPUTERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03249628 292023 232024 -6 -20.7% 28
32 5874 DESIGN LTD (opens in a new tab)07979643 402024 232025 -17 -42.5% 13
33 MALAKA TRADING LTD (opens in a new tab)12177193 12023 232024 +22 +2,200.0% 5
34 IIZUKA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04498601 222023 222024 +0 +0.0% 22
35 PATCHS HEALTH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09108913 – 212025 – – 11
36 THE PROCESS PLAY LTD (opens in a new tab)14522539 52023 212024 +16 +320.0% 2
37 METCLOUD LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03594373 202024 202025 +0 +0.0% 26
38 GO DEPLOY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10580917 192024 202025 +1 +5.3% 8
39 SCORCHSOFT LTD (opens in a new tab)07246693 172023 192024 +2 +11.8% 15
40 SILKTIDE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04242422 252023 182024 -7 -28.0% 24
41 SENTINEL PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07710092 242023 182024 -6 -25.0% 13
42 SAFEENVIRO LTD (opens in a new tab)11594808 172023 182024 +1 +5.9% 6
43 SITEEYE TIMELAPSE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02209455 162024 172025 +1 +6.3% 37
44 ORTEC UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06488530 182023 162024 -2 -11.1% 17
45 ENTEC SI LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03170987 162024 152025 -1 -6.3% 29
46 JUMP TWENTY-FOUR LTD (opens in a new tab)09180318 172023 152024 -2 -11.8% 10
47 OMNICYBER SECURITY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09571699 152023 152024 +0 +0.0% 10
48 AVAIL AI LTD (opens in a new tab)11735027 112023 152024 +4 +36.4% 6
49 EQUILIBRIUM SECURITY SERVICES LTD. (opens in a new tab)08199633 112023 142024 +3 +27.3% 12
50 SWAPMONEY LTD (opens in a new tab)10716785 142023 142024 +0 +0.0% 8
Download CSV of this ranking 50 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
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 Birmingham.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by the average number of employees in the latest filed accounts. Companies with fewer than 10 employees are left out.
Exclusions
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:
  • 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
Companies with a matching SIC code in Birmingham5,344
Not active−1,028
Dormant−409
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−2,493
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−450
Average employees below 10−897
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list67