2026 Startups 100: UK’s Best New Startups Revealed Your guide to the top 100 groundbreaking, creative, and ingenious UK startups that will turn the business world upside down this year. Written by The Startups Team Sponsored by Sage Published on January 12, 2026 About the Startups 100 Now in its 18th year, the Startups 100 is the definitive list of the most promising new UK businesses. There's no fee for entry or for inclusion in our index. The Startups team of new business experts judge all our top 100 entrants in collaboration with specialist industry consultants. 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. Jump to the Startups 100 Index for 2026: The 2026 Startups 100 Index 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. View the full Startups 100 Index for 20261. Omnea2. HIVED3. MAGIC AI4. OXCCU5. Lightyear6. Neuranics 7. Hormona8. Burbank9. Better Dairy 10. Lenkie Technologies11. Userled12. Hoxton Farms13. Rensair14. PulpaTronics15. TradeKart16. 32Co17. Carmoola18. cheqd19. Sightline Analytics20. Adamo Foods21. Bold Bean Co22. Beams Renovation 23. Pan Galactic24. Capi Money25. Spotted Zebra26. ANTHROTEK 27. Unravel28. Perci Health29. Untap Health30. Hair Syrup31. Connect Earth 32. spacebands 33. Unfabled34. Lightning Reach35. STOCKED36. Embeddable37. XR Therapeutics38. Literal Labs39. Scooch40. Openr41. Fibe Limited42. Inicio AI43. Peachies44. Better Nature 45. Ctrl Alt46. Resting Reef47. Nila48. ROXFIT49. Finmile50. NavLive51. Volunteero52. Inntelo AI53. Zonova54. A&B Smart Materials55. Ethicronics56. Treeapp57. kennek58. Soil Benchmark59. Vox Aeris60. Asan Cup61. Nuuri62. Mindstone63. MYNDUP64. Enbiosis Biotechnology65. JUX Food66. Danu Robotics67. Wylde Market68. Air Aware Labs69. Mimicrete Ltd70. ALYVE71. Happl72. Living Things73. Grub Club Pets74. Mealia75. PetProov76. Lylo Products77. Chest78. ZIM Connections79. Uptime Labs80. Teal81. Zero Fintech82. Micro Thermal Energy 83. Kanjo 84. Merlin Cloud85. My Skin Feels86. Eleria87. Cashblack88. RevvedUp89. Cosysense90. SuperFi91. Loom92. Legacy Compass93. Meshed94. SWURF95. Main Squeeze96. Sampl Technologies97. Over the Moo98. Pioneering People99. Bikebook100. Recondition Share this post facebook twitter linkedin Tags 2026 Written by: The Startups Team Sponsored by: Sage Startups 100 Index Sponsor 2026 Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.