Your guide to the top 100 groundbreaking, creative, and ingenious UK startups that will turn the business world upside down this year.
Welcome to the 2026 Startups 100 Index, powered by Sage. After months of waiting, the UK’s longest-running new business can finally lift the curtain on our official ranking of the top ‘one-to-watch’ businesses over the next 12 months. And what a list that is.
We’ve featured many future giants long before they became household names, including Deliveroo and Monzo. Now in our eighteenth edition, and during one of the toughest business landscapes the UK has yet to face, the Startups team has been awed by the many inspiring entrepreneurs who are rewriting how we work, buy, live, and connect this year.
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Our winner, Omnea is the AI platform revolutionising the supplier lifecycle. Founded by Ben Freeman and Ben Allen, it is tackling the problems and pains of the modern procurement market head on, it has so far saved customers from over 100,000 hours in decision delays and spiralling costs.
Our silver and bronze startups are no strangers to the Index, having both appeared in our 2025 edition. Runner-up HIVED, the UK’s breakout delivery startup, is proving that parcel shipping can be faster, greener, and more reliable at scale.
In third, MAGIC AI’s smart mirror blends cutting-edge AI, mass-market retail presence, and award-winning innovation to emerge as a category-leading fitness platform.
Following behind are 97 more inventive and inspiring businesses across 17 sectors. Having raised a combined total of over £1 billion, they include a fintech with a brand new payment method, a viral TikTok sensation, and a startup that’s making t-shirts out of potatoes.
Discover who we’re naming the top 100 startups for 2026, and the business trends that will be shaping the next era of UK entrepreneurship.
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1. Omnea
2. HIVED
3. MAGIC AI
4. OXCCU
5. Lightyear
6. Neuranics
7. Hormona
8. Burbank
9. Better Dairy
10. Lenkie Technologies
11. Userled
12. Hoxton Farms
13. Rensair
14. PulpaTronics
15. TradeKart
16. 32Co
17. Carmoola
18. cheqd
19. Currence
20. Adamo Foods
21. Bold Bean Co
22. Beams Renovation
23. Pan Galactic
24. Capi Money
25. Spotted Zebra
26. ANTHROTEK
27. Unravel
28. Perci Health
29. Untap Health
30. Hair Syrup
31. Connect Earth
32. spacebands
33. Unfabled
34. Lightning Reach
35. STOCKED
36. Embeddable
37. XR Therapeutics
38. Literal Labs
39. Scooch
40. Openr
41. Fibe Limited
42. Inicio AI
43. Peachies
44. Better Nature
45. Ctrl Alt
46. Resting Reef
47. Nila
48. ROXFIT
49. Finmile
50. NavLive
51. Volunteero
52. Inntelo AI
53. Zonova
54. A&B Smart Materials
55. Ethicronics
56. Treeapp
57. kennek
58. Soil Benchmark
59. Vox Aeris
60. Asan Cup
61. Nuuri
62. Mindstone
63. MYNDUP
64. Enbiosis Biotechnology
65. JUX Food
66. Danu Robotics
67. Wylde Market
68. Air Aware Labs
69. Mimicrete Ltd
70. ALYVE
71. Happl
72. Living Things
73. Grub Club Pets
74. Mealia
75. PetProov
76. Lylo Products
77. Chest
78. ZIM Connections
79. Uptime Labs
80. Teal
81. Zero Fintech
82. Micro Thermal Energy
83. Kanjo
84. Merlin Cloud
85. My Skin Feels
86. Eleria
87. Cashblack
88. RevvedUp
89. Cosysense
90. SuperFi
91. Loom
92. Legacy Compass
93. Meshed
94. SWURF
95. Main Squeeze
96. Sampl Technologies
97. Over the Moo
98. Pioneering People
99. Bikebook
100. Recondition
The Startups 100 Awards for 2026
As well as ranking the UK’s top 100 startups, we also select startups and founders from the list who are innovating and excelling in particular areas, and recognise these achievements with special awards.
This year, we have commended exceptional founders, and businesses that are making big waves in the worlds of sustainability, marketing, and tech.
Found out who the nominees and winners of these awards are below:
