The UK Accounting Software Market (2026)

75 accounting software companies have recorded headquarters in United Kingdom in this directory, led by ApprovalMax (0.05% of recorded software spend). Rankings use trailing-12-month software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Unranked recorded vendors remain included. Data as of 21 October 2026, 12:18 UTC.

What this ranking measures

Location is the recorded headquarters, which may differ from where a company was founded or where its customers operate. Vendors are ordered by trailing-12-month software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Recorded products without a current paid observation remain in the directory; inclusion alone does not establish current paid usage.

Annual rank changes use the separate global popularity rank, based on payment activity. Missing calendar endpoints stay unavailable. Founding year, employee and funding fields are recorded enrichment facts, which can be incomplete or historical. Full source data is available from the CSV and JSON download links.

The headline and leader facts describe the complete published location. Search and category selections apply to the directory and its downloads.

UK accounting software companies ranked by software spend

Vendors with recorded headquarters in this location, ordered by software spend share; annual changes use the separate global payment-activity rank.
#	Product	Category	Founded	Employees	Funding	12-mo activity rank change
1	ApprovalMax ApprovalMax is a SaaS product that helps streamline the approval process for financial documents. It offers solutions for bill processing, purchase order management, expense approval, sales invoice approval, and more.	Finance & Accounting	2016	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	-11
2	ScaleXP ScaleXP is a software platform for automating SaaS metrics. It integrates with accounting and CRM systems to provide real-time data on over 40 key metrics like MRR and churn. The platform offers features such as financial consolidation, revenue recognition, and customer renewal management.	Finance & Accounting	2021	11-50 employees	Under $1M	+14
3	Dext Dext provides automated accounting solutions to simplify tasks for accountants, bookkeepers, and businesses. The product offers three main solutions: Dext Prepare for automated data extraction, Dext Precision for quality control of accounting data, and Dext Commerce for managing e-commerce sales data. These tools help users deliver bookkeeping work and accounting services that are compliant with r	Finance & Accounting	2010	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	-7
4	Sage Sage offers a range of accounting and business management software solutions for small and medium businesses. The products offered by Sage US include Sage Business Cloud Accounting, Sage Intacct, Sage X3, Sage 50 Accounting, Sage Timeslips, and Sage HR, among others.	Finance & Accounting		10,001+ employees		-88
5	Chaser Chaser is a platform that offers accounts receivable automation software. The tool helps businesses manage their accounts receivables, reduce late payments, and improve cash flow. One of the key features of Chaser is the Payment Portal, which allows businesses to receive payments faster and easier from their customers. It also offers SMS payment reminders, credit checking, Chaser Pay, and payer ra	Finance & Accounting	2013	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	-89
6	Paddle Paddle helps SaaS companies build their payment infrastructure, ranging from payment processing and recurring billing management to tax and compliance regulation and product analytics.	Finance & Accounting	2012	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-30
7	Causal Causal is a SaaS product that offers a solution for business planning. It aims to replace spreadsheets by providing a platform to build and automate business plans, financial models, board reports, and forecasts. Causal offers different features tailored to specific customer needs. For finance and CFOs, the product provides automated reporting and BvA, multi-dimensional modeling and scenario plan	Finance & Accounting	2019	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	-217
8	Ensemble Ensemble is a platform that specializes in SaaS procurement, management, and partnerships. It empowers leaders in finance, technology, and procurement to acquire and renew SaaS subscriptions.	Finance & Accounting	2021	2-10 employees		+147
9	Mayday Mayday is a software tool designed to help finance teams handling multiple entities using Xero. It automates accurate accounting, minimizing manual data manipulation during month-end processes. Key features include balancing intercompany loan accounts, reallocating costs and revenues between entities, and matching transactions to corresponding bills or invoices.	Finance & Accounting	2021	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	+243
10	Joiin Joiin is a platform that offers consolidated financial reporting solutions. It aims to simplify the process of generating consolidated financial reports by providing users with a centralized platform to view and customize their financial data. The product solves the business problem of manual and time-consuming financial reporting by automating the process and offering intuitive reporting features	Finance & Accounting	2018	11-50 employees	Under $1M	-37
11	Ploy Ploy is a SaaS management platform that helps companies streamline the management of their software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. It offers features for shadow IT discovery, access management, employee offboarding, access reviews, vendor security questionnaires, and SaaS sprawl management.	Finance & Accounting	2023	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	-3
12	Open Exchange Rates Open Exchange Rates is an API platform offering exchange rate data and currency conversion services for businesses. The tool aims to assist businesses in obtaining accurate and up-to-date exchange rate information for cross-currency payments and conversions.	Finance & Accounting	2012			-4
13	Lightyear Lightyear is a cloud-based software platform for automated purchase order management and bill processing. Its features include document uploads, mobile app integration, automated purchase order creation and approval, goods-received tracking, three-way matching, user management, and integration with accounting software like Xero and QuickBooks.	Finance & Accounting	2017	51-200 employees		-468
14	Futrli by Sage Futrli provides forecasting, cash flow management, and reporting solutions, designed to support businesses and accounting firms. It offers tools for real-time cash flow forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning, and comprehensive three-way forecasting for profit & loss, balance sheet, and cash flow. The platform aims to empower users with insights and predictions for informed decision-making, enha	Finance & Accounting	2014	11-50 employees		+153
15	FreeAgent FreeAgent is a cloud-based accounting software that automates accounting and bookkeeping tasks for small businesses and freelancers. It builds accounts from bank statements, invoices, and expenses, and generates financial reports. Users can manage tasks such as invoicing, expense tracking, and tax return preparation.	Finance & Accounting	2007	51-200 employees	$1M - $5M
16	HedgeFlows HedgeFlows is a cloud platform that helps corporate treasury and finance teams manage FX exposure, forecast cash flows, and automate hedging workflows. It centralizes hedging strategy, execution tracking, and reporting.	Finance & Accounting	2020	2-10 employees	$1M - $5M
17	AutoEntry AutoEntry is a software that allows users to automate data entry for accounting software products.	Finance & Accounting	2012	501-1,000 employees		-439
18	Apron Apron is a fintech platform that enables businesses and accountants to manage invoices, pay suppliers, process payroll, track expenses, and reconcile accounts with their existing systems, with features like automated invoice capture and integrated bill payments.	Finance & Accounting	2021	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+205
19	VAT Sense A REST API that validates VAT numbers, creates compliant invoices, fetches VAT/GST rates, and performs currency conversions.	Finance & Accounting	2021	2-10 employees		+259
20	AccessPay AccessPay is a platform that connects corporate banking systems, payment rails and finance applications to automate payments, collections, bank-statement retrieval and cash-flow reconciliation across multiple banks.	Finance & Accounting	2012	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M
21	AccountancyManager by Bright AccountancyManager by Bright is a platform designed to help businesses and individuals manage their accounting and financial operations.	Finance & Accounting	2015	201-500 employees
22	Authority Software Authority Software is a platform that provides tools for generating regulatory reports in XBRL, iXBRL, and XML formats. It supports integration with data sources such as Microsoft Excel, SQL databases, and Oracle HFM to produce reports aligned with frameworks including Solvency II, CRD IV, and AIFMD.	Finance & Accounting	2010	11-50 employees
23	Bofin	Finance & Accounting		51-200 employees
24	Cardstream	Finance & Accounting	1999	51-200 employees
25	Clear Books Clear Books is a UK-based software company that offers cloud accounting software. Their main product provides tools for invoicing, bookkeeping, VAT management, multi-currency support, CIS compliance, and payroll for small businesses. It includes mobile access and features intuitive and streamlined accounting processes.	Finance & Accounting	2008	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
26	Comma Comma Payments Limited offers a payment system that automates bulk payment processing from existing bank accounts, integrating with accounting tools like Xero, ensuring compliance with Open Banking standards.	Finance & Accounting	2019	11-50 employees
27	Compleat Compleat provides automation & paperless processes across invoice capture, AP automation, online buying & digital procurement.	Finance & Accounting	1999	11-50 employees
28	Controlaccount	Finance & Accounting	1980	51-200 employees
29	Crezco Crezco uses open banking technology to facilitate instant money requests and transactions. It allows users to link their bank accounts securely for smooth financial transactions. The platform is both a mobile and web application.	Finance & Accounting	2020	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M
30	Datamolino Datamolino is a platform that specializes in automated data entry and invoice processing.	Finance & Accounting	2013	11-50 employees	Under $1M
31	DeadHappy	Finance & Accounting	2013	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M
32	Expend Expend provides a platform for businesses to manage their expenses efficiently, offering features like automated expense tracking and real-time reporting to streamline financial processes.	Finance & Accounting	2015	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
33	Finmap Finmap is a cash flow management tool designed for business owners who want to understand their company's financial health without the need for specialized financial knowledge. It provides insights into the company's earnings, highlights profitable projects, and offers a clear view of the statement of cash flows, as well as accounts receivable and payable.	Finance & Accounting	2019	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
34	Float Cash Flow Forecasting Float Cash Flow Forecasting is a platform designed to help businesses manage their cash flow. It provides tools for forecasting and visualizing cash flow, allowing users to track income, expenses, and upcoming payments. By connecting with accounting software and bank accounts, Float automatically imports financial data and generates cash flow forecasts based on historical trends and future project	Finance & Accounting	2010	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
35	Floww Floww is a platform for managing fundraising and investments in private markets. It offers tools for deal management, investor reporting, and fund administration, allowing companies, venture capital firms, investors, and angel syndicates to manage their financial activities. The platform supports the entire process of handling investment deals and maintaining investor relations.	Finance & Accounting	2016	51-200 employees	$1M - $5M
36	Fluidly Fluidly combines artificial intelligence with financial modelling to produce a cashflow forecast that’s always up to date and in minutes.	Finance & Accounting	2015	501-1,000 employees
37	Gocardless GoCardless is a platform that facilitates the process of collecting recurring payments through bank-to-bank transfers, offering businesses a solution for managing subscription billing and invoicing. Users can set up automated payment schedules, collect payments from customers worldwide, and reconcile transactions. GoCardless integrates with various accounting and billing systems, streamlining paym	Finance & Accounting	2011	501-1,000 employees
38	GoHenry	Finance & Accounting	2012	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M
39	Grantify	Finance & Accounting	2020	51-200 employees
40	GrowCFO	Finance & Accounting	2020	11-50 employees
41	Husky Finance	Finance & Accounting	2015	11-50 employees
42	ICAEW	Finance & Accounting	1880	501-1,000 employees
43	Koinly Koinly is a cryptocurrency tax software designed to calculate and optimize crypto taxes.	Finance & Accounting	2019	11-50 employees
44	Ledgerscope	Finance & Accounting	2010	11-50 employees
45	LOQBOX	Finance & Accounting	2012	51-200 employees
46	Mintly Mintly is a platform that provides tools for validating financial details such as sort codes, bank account numbers, IBANs, and SWIFT codes through APIs and web services.	Finance & Accounting	2022	2-10 employees
47	Modulr	Finance & Accounting	2015	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M
48	Montify Montify is a SaaS product focused on billing and revenue operations for subscription businesses, helping centralize invoicing, subscription management and revenue analytics. It streamlines recurring billing workflows and provides visibility into subscription metrics.	Finance & Accounting	2020	2-10 employees
49	nettTracker by Farscape Applications nettTracker is a cloud accounting tool that automates period-end tasks like depreciation, accruals, prepayments, and deferred income. It posts journals, reconciles fixed assets with the balance sheet, and integrates with Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage.	Finance & Accounting	2019	2-10 employees
50	Nume Nume’s platform uses AI to act as a CFO that connects to a company’s financial systems to monitor cash flow, forecast liquidity, automate management reporting, validate accounting data, and deliver real-time financial insights and recommendations for decision-making. It analyses live bank, ERP, and accounting data to generate proactive forecasts, performance reports, expense analysis, investor rep	Finance & Accounting	2021	11-50 employees
51	OfficeTime OfficeTime is a time tracking software that provides solutions for billing, project management, and productivity across various devices, including Mac, PC, iPhone, and iPad. It features idle time detection, manual and automatic time entry, and the ability to track time offline.	Finance & Accounting	2005	2-10 employees
52	Outfund	Finance & Accounting	2017	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M
53	Payhawk	Finance & Accounting		501-1,000 employees
54	PaymentSense	Finance & Accounting	2009	201-500 employees
55	Railsr	Finance & Accounting	2016	201-500 employees	$10M - $25M
56	Revolut	Finance & Accounting	2015	10,001+ employees	$10M - $25M
57	Runa	Finance & Accounting	2016	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M
58	SalesTrip SalesTrip is an expense and travel management software.	Finance & Accounting	2017	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
59	SendOwl SendOwl enables creators and businesses to sell digital products, subscriptions, and memberships directly to their audience. It aims to help with the process of integrating with payment gateways and managing automated, secure delivery of digital goods. The platform also offers features for optimizing checkout experiences and supports various sales channels to enhance online sales efficiency.	Finance & Accounting	2010	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M
60	Shuttle Shuttle is platform that connects softwares with payments service providers, offering features and connectivity to run payments in their products.	Finance & Accounting	2020	11-50 employees
61	Skrill Skrill is a payment platform that offers a digital wallet, allowing users to send and receive money, make online payments, transfer funds internationally, and manage prepaid/virtual cards in multiple currencies.	Finance & Accounting	2001	1,001-5,000 employees
62	Slicker Slicker provides an AI platform that integrates with billing and payment providers to monitor and recover failed subscription payments. The platform automates payment recovery workflows and account management processes for subscription businesses.	Finance & Accounting	2023	11-50 employees	Under $1M
63	Socket Socket provides tools for accounting and bookkeeping firms to manage client onboarding, proposals, billing, and workflow automation with structured processes.	Finance & Accounting	2023	2-10 employees
64	Soldo Soldo is a business spend management platform combining company cards with software to automate expense reporting, providing visibility and control over spending.	Finance & Accounting	2014	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M
65	SumUp	Finance & Accounting		1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+
66	Surewise	Finance & Accounting	2014	11-50 employees
67	TaxCalc	Finance & Accounting	2005	51-200 employees
68	Telleroo Telleroo is a platform for making bulk supplier and payroll payments efficiently. It integrates with accounting software like Xero and Staffology, allowing users to sync payments, assign approvers, and process international transactions. The service enhances payment security with features like the Telleroo Trust Check and supports easy reconciliation.	Finance & Accounting	2016	11-50 employees	Under $1M
69	Translucent Translucent provides a financial management platform designed for multi-entity finance teams. It integrates with existing accounting solutions to create a single system of record, offering features such as consolidated reporting, intercompany journal automation, and bank balance aggregation. The platform supports real-time data synchronization with tools like Google Sheets and includes various app	Finance & Accounting	2022	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M
70	TrueLayer TrueLayer provides an open banking API that enables instant bank payments and account information services, requiring user consent for data sharing and authentication via banks.	Finance & Accounting	2016	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M
71	UNIPaaS UNIPaaS is a payment solution that enables digital platforms and marketplaces to own, manage, and monetize from financial services.	Finance & Accounting	2020	11-50 employees
72	WhisperClaims WhisperClaims is a platform that provides a streamlined solution for Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claims.	Finance & Accounting	2017	11-50 employees
73	Xe	Finance & Accounting	1993	501-1,000 employees
74	Xenon Connect Xenon Connect is a platform offering a toolkit for Xero & QuickBooks Online users.	Finance & Accounting	2020	2-10 employees
75	Zahara Zahara is a cloud-first AP (Accounts Payable) and purchase order automation platform. It enables businesses to create, route, approve, and pay bills via configurable workflows. It supports OCR-powered invoice processing, automated POs, three-way matching (PO, receipt, invoice), multi-step approvals, supplier payments, and analytics.	Finance & Accounting	2018	11-50 employees

Accounting Software subcategories in United Kingdom

Finance companies in United Kingdom

ApprovalMax — ApprovalMax is a SaaS product that helps streamline the approval process for financial documents. It offers solutions fo…
Chaser — Chaser is a platform that offers accounts receivable automation software. The tool helps businesses manage their account…
Paddle — Paddle helps SaaS companies build their payment infrastructure, ranging from payment processing and recurring billing ma…
Joiin — Joiin is a platform that offers consolidated financial reporting solutions. It aims to simplify the process of generatin…

FP&A & Planning companies in United Kingdom

ScaleXP — ScaleXP is a software platform for automating SaaS metrics. It integrates with accounting and CRM systems to provide rea…
Causal — Causal is a SaaS product that offers a solution for business planning. It aims to replace spreadsheets by providing a pl…
Futrli by Sage — Futrli provides forecasting, cash flow management, and reporting solutions, designed to support businesses and accountin…
Finmap — Finmap is a cash flow management tool designed for business owners who want to understand their company's financial heal…
Float Cash Flow Forecasting — Float Cash Flow Forecasting is a platform designed to help businesses manage their cash flow. It provides tools for fore…
Fluidly — Fluidly combines artificial intelligence with financial modelling to produce a cashflow forecast that’s always up to dat…
Nume — Nume’s platform uses AI to act as a CFO that connects to a company’s financial systems to monitor cash flow, forecast li…

Accounting & Bookkeeping companies in United Kingdom

Dext — Dext provides automated accounting solutions to simplify tasks for accountants, bookkeepers, and businesses. The product…
Sage — Sage offers a range of accounting and business management software solutions for small and medium businesses. The produc…
Mayday — Mayday is a software tool designed to help finance teams handling multiple entities using Xero. It automates accurate ac…
FreeAgent — FreeAgent is a cloud-based accounting software that automates accounting and bookkeeping tasks for small businesses and …
AutoEntry — AutoEntry is a software that allows users to automate data entry for accounting software products.
VAT Sense — A REST API that validates VAT numbers, creates compliant invoices, fetches VAT/GST rates, and performs currency conversi…
AccountancyManager by Bright — AccountancyManager by Bright is a platform designed to help businesses and individuals manage their accounting and finan…
Clear Books — Clear Books is a UK-based software company that offers cloud accounting software. Their main product provides tools for …
ICAEW
Koinly — Koinly is a cryptocurrency tax software designed to calculate and optimize crypto taxes.
Ledgerscope
nettTracker by Farscape Applications — nettTracker is a cloud accounting tool that automates period-end tasks like depreciation, accruals, prepayments, and def…
Socket — Socket provides tools for accounting and bookkeeping firms to manage client onboarding, proposals, billing, and workflow…
TaxCalc
Translucent — Translucent provides a financial management platform designed for multi-entity finance teams. It integrates with existin…
Xenon Connect — Xenon Connect is a platform offering a toolkit for Xero & QuickBooks Online users.

SaaS Management companies in United Kingdom

Ensemble — Ensemble is a platform that specializes in SaaS procurement, management, and partnerships. It empowers leaders in financ…
Ploy — Ploy is a SaaS management platform that helps companies streamline the management of their software-as-a-service (SaaS) …

Other companies in United Kingdom

Open Exchange Rates — Open Exchange Rates is an API platform offering exchange rate data and currency conversion services for businesses. The …
HedgeFlows — HedgeFlows is a cloud platform that helps corporate treasury and finance teams manage FX exposure, forecast cash flows, …
Authority Software — Authority Software is a platform that provides tools for generating regulatory reports in XBRL, iXBRL, and XML formats. …
Bofin
Controlaccount
Crezco — Crezco uses open banking technology to facilitate instant money requests and transactions. It allows users to link their…
DeadHappy
Floww — Floww is a platform for managing fundraising and investments in private markets. It offers tools for deal management, in…
GoHenry
Grantify
GrowCFO
Husky Finance
LOQBOX
Mintly — Mintly is a platform that provides tools for validating financial details such as sort codes, bank account numbers, IBAN…
Modulr
Outfund
PaymentSense
Railsr
Skrill — Skrill is a payment platform that offers a digital wallet, allowing users to send and receive money, make online payment…
Surewise
TrueLayer — TrueLayer provides an open banking API that enables instant bank payments and account information services, requiring us…
UNIPaaS — UNIPaaS is a payment solution that enables digital platforms and marketplaces to own, manage, and monetize from financia…
WhisperClaims — WhisperClaims is a platform that provides a streamlined solution for Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claims.
Xe

Accounts Payable companies in United Kingdom

Lightyear — Lightyear is a cloud-based software platform for automated purchase order management and bill processing. Its features i…
Apron — Apron is a fintech platform that enables businesses and accountants to manage invoices, pay suppliers, process payroll, …
AccessPay — AccessPay is a platform that connects corporate banking systems, payment rails and finance applications to automate paym…
Comma — Comma Payments Limited offers a payment system that automates bulk payment processing from existing bank accounts, integ…
Compleat — Compleat provides automation & paperless processes across invoice capture, AP automation, online buying & digital procur…
Datamolino — Datamolino is a platform that specializes in automated data entry and invoice processing.
Telleroo — Telleroo is a platform for making bulk supplier and payroll payments efficiently. It integrates with accounting software…
Zahara — Zahara is a cloud-first AP (Accounts Payable) and purchase order automation platform. It enables businesses to create, r…

Billing & Subscriptions companies in United Kingdom

Cardstream
Gocardless — GoCardless is a platform that facilitates the process of collecting recurring payments through bank-to-bank transfers, o…
Montify — Montify is a SaaS product focused on billing and revenue operations for subscription businesses, helping centralize invo…
OfficeTime — OfficeTime is a time tracking software that provides solutions for billing, project management, and productivity across …
Runa
SendOwl — SendOwl enables creators and businesses to sell digital products, subscriptions, and memberships directly to their audie…
Shuttle — Shuttle is platform that connects softwares with payments service providers, offering features and connectivity to run p…
Slicker — Slicker provides an AI platform that integrates with billing and payment providers to monitor and recover failed subscri…
SumUp

Expense Management companies in United Kingdom

Expend — Expend provides a platform for businesses to manage their expenses efficiently, offering features like automated expense…
Payhawk
SalesTrip — SalesTrip is an expense and travel management software.
Soldo — Soldo is a business spend management platform combining company cards with software to automate expense reporting, provi…

Corporate Cards companies in United Kingdom

Revolut

Rising UK accounting software companies

HedgeFlows and Ensemble show the strongest payment-activity rank gains over the three-calendar-month comparison.

How United Kingdom compares globally

the United Kingdom accounts for 16.3% of the accounting software products tracked globally on Cledara (75 of 459).

The top UK product, ApprovalMax, ranks #10 by recorded software spend in the global category dataset.

Frequently asked questions

Which UK accounting software vendors lead the spend ranking?

ApprovalMax, ScaleXP and Dext lead the UK accounting software market in 2026, ordered by recorded software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Last updated 21 October 2026, 12:18 UTC.

How big is the UK accounting software market?

This directory records 75 accounting software products headquartered in United Kingdom, led by ApprovalMax in recorded software spend share. Inclusion does not establish current paid usage. This is a dataset count, not a market-size or revenue estimate.

Which UK accounting software vendors gained payment-activity rank?

HedgeFlows and Ensemble show the strongest global payment-activity rank gains over three calendar months among vendors in this headquarters/category group.

Where does this data come from?

From anonymized, aggregated purchasing data across companies that manage their software with Cledara — real payments, not surveys or web traffic. Updated monthly.