Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Service Industry companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Service Industry Companies & Startups (London)
MyOptique Group
| Founders | Jamie Murray |
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The MyOptique Group is an online optical store offering prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses.
CUDONI
| Founders | James Harford-Tyrer |
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Europe’s only full-service luxury resale platform. Effortlessly buy and sell authentic designer items at up to 90% off retail price.
Cera
| Founders | Mahiben Maruthappu, Marek Sacha, Martin Ocenas |
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Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes.
TruRating
| Founders | Georgina Nelson |
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TruRating offers businesses with a POP rating system that analyses customer satisfaction.
Laundrapp
| Founders | Antony Pink, Dominic Perks, Edward Relf, Jack Mason, Nick Bransby-Williams |
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Laundrapp is the UK’s leading online laundry and dry cleaning service, offering unparalleled levels of quality cleaning right across London.
BUMP
| Founders | Jack Ryder, Sam Howarth |
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BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
Blow
| Founders | Dharmash Mistry, Fiona McIntosh |
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Blow is an online platform that provides its users with a range of beauty services.
Livity
| Founders | Sam Conniff |
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Livity, a multi disciplined youth marketing agency.
Marlowe Plc
| Founders | Alex Dacre |
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Marlowe Plc focuses to acquire and develop businesses in the outsourced business service sector.
Beyond
| Founders | Ian Strang, James Dunn, Maya Traykova |
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Your knowledgeable companion for everything after life.
StepLadder
| Founders | Lucy Mullins, Mihir Bhushan, Peter Rushton |
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StepLadder helps you buy your first home faster.
HCT Group
| Founders | Chris Thorpe |
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HCT Group is a transport company operating commercial London red bus routes, yellow school bus routes and Park & Ride services.
Legal Nodes
| Founders | Margarita Sivakova, Max Maliuk, Nestor Dubnevych |
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The all-in-one legal platform for global companies and freedom-seeking lawyers
Massive Interactive
| Founders | Derek Ellis, Ron Downey |
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Massive is a specialist provider of technology and design services and software in the area of IP video.
Open Data Institute
| Founders | Nigel Shadbolt, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Tim Berners-Lee |
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Open Data Institute is an organization thats works to lead the movement of the open data in the web.
UniZest
| Founders | Chris Donnachie, Peter Miles |
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Global banking for international students
Splento
| Founders | Roman Grigoriev |
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Professional Photographers on Demand
The Detox Kitchen
| Founders | Lily Simpson |
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The Detox Kitchen is the healthy food provider.
VISXA
| Founders | Mohamed Aboshanab |
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VISXA is a platform that connects immigrants and travelers with immigration and travel experts all around the world.
Zenoo
| Founders | Unknown |
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Zenoo is a digital onboarding solution that manages all of the onboarding workflows, internal systems, and 3rd-party services.
bySTORED
| Founders | Daniel Axsäter, Peter Gentzel |
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Taking the stress out of storage since 2013
Logidot
| Founders | Niccolò Corsini |
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Logidot is a plug-and-play and high-performance indoor location intelligence platform for warehousing and factory automation.
Arena Online Ltd
| Founders | Steve France, Will Wynne |
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Flowers & gifts, London, UK & Europe
Karma Kitchen
| Founders | Francesca Newton, Georgina Newton |
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Karma Kitchen is a provider of shared and private kitchen spaces used for businesses to grow and scale.
Workbounce
| Founders | Adam Smith, Rowan Bailey |
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Workbounce is the co-pilot for customer-facing team connecting tools like Google Drive, Notion, Slack with intelligent search and analytics.
Bark.com
| Founders | Andrew Michael, Andrew Michael, Kai Feller |
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A new better way to buy services online
IntelligentX
| Founders | Hew Leith, Rob McInerney |
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IntelligentX produces the world’s first beer brewed by artificial intelligence.
Future Gov
| Founders | Dominic Campbell |
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Future Gov is a digital and design company that provides public services.
Shoot
| Founders | Nicola Gammon |
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Shoot is striving to be the UK’s premier gardening and garden management website.
The List formerly mammalo.com
| Founders | Andrea Armanni |
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Re-imagining the way we access at-home services
Opendesk.cc
| Founders | Ian Bennink, James Arthur, Joni Steiner, Nick Ierodiaconou, Tim Carrigan |
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Opendesk is a furniture company.
Fast2Fibre
| Founders | Unknown |
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Fast2Fibre is a provider of a highly efficient, cost-effective process for upgrading copper telecoms and power cables worldwide.
Loco2
| Founders | Jamie Andrews, Jon Leighton, Kate Andrews |
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Loco2 lets you search for and book European train tickets through a simple and easy-to-use interface.
BLANC
| Founders | Ludovic BLANC, Ludovic Blanc |
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BLANC is a premium eco-friendly clothes cleaner all about nature, quality and convenience.
ChargeBox
| Founders | Ian Hobson, Toby Staveley |
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ChargeBox They pride Theirselves for providing the easiest to use, most trusted and innovative charging solutions for public spaces.
Weemss Ltd.
| Founders | Ovanes Ovanessian, Simona Harizanova |
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Weemss is an event management software that does the heavy work, so you get more time to enjoy the things you love.
London Metal Exchange
| Founders | Unknown |
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The London Metal Exchange is the world center for industrial metals trading.
The Clubhouse
| Founders | Adam Blaskey |
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The Clubhouse is London’s leading business club, lounge and meeting space.
Neurofenix
| Founders | Dimitris Athanasiou, Guillem Singla Buxarrais |
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Neurofenix is aiming to make rehabilitation more autonomous, enjoyable and accessible to stroke victims.
Wallet Circle
| Founders | Manas Abichandani, Neetesh Gupta |
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Wallet Circle is a customer engagement platform that lets users reach out to customers who are within a 100 meter radius of their stores.
Willis Towers Watson
| Founders | Henry Willis |
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Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Plas Recycle
| Founders | Unknown |
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PlasRecycle has built the UK’s 1st dedicated plant for recycling post-consumer shopping bags and films.
Havebike
| Founders | Nick Brown |
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Havebike is a supplier of bicycles and fleet services to public and private organizations.
AtoCap
| Founders | Eleanor Stride, Mohan Edirisinghe, William Bonfield |
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AtoCap is a service provider providing consultation service in medical industry.
Mespo
| Founders | Julien Deray, Lukas Zoerner |
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Mespo is an independent platform that manages money across all of the accounts.
CIP Recruitment
| Founders | Unknown |
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CIP Recruitment provides bespoke recruitment solutions to a variety of clients across different fields.
WinwInnKeeper
| Founders | Ivo Gospodinov, Meridith Richardson, Miroslav Gospodinov |
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WinwInnKeeper offers hotel style management services for short-term lettings.
Arup
| Founders | Ove Arup |
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Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services.
Vini Italiani
| Founders | Matteo Berlucchi |
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Italian wine bar & merchant in London ready to expand.
Bundll
| Founders | Unknown |
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Bundll is a space to openly share what you’re thinking
GEOmii
| Founders | Martin de Heaver |
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Mobility as a service data and sensor systems
Locodels
| Founders | Stevica Kuharski, Yazeed Kawther |
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Next generation delivery service
&us
| Founders | Robert Fletcher Isaacs |
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&us is a community of problem solver individuals including strategists, designers, and coaches that help to create products and services.
BT Global Services
| Founders | Unknown |
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BT Global Services plc is a division of United Kingdom telecommunications operator BT Group.
Taskhub
| Founders | Aurore Hochard, Rahul Ahuja |
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Taskhub is the trusted online marketplace and directory for finding local services.
Arena Events Group plc
| Founders | Unknown |
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Arena Events provides event overlay services, designing and delivering complete temporary environments for sporting and cultural events.
Fanbytes
| Founders | Ambrose Cooke, Mitchell Fasanya, Timothy Armoo |
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Creating unforgettable experiences with the stars you love.
YooDeal
| Founders | Luca Ruju |
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YooDeal is an online shopping platform that employs a search and ranking algorithm to provide personalized deals and offers.
Explore UG
| Founders | Unknown |
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Explore provides big data geoprocessing services.
ONLICAR
| Founders | Khizarr K |
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They use Formula1 techniques to deliver scalable solutions that create actionable value for our customers.
Hiroes
| Founders | Raphael Scemama, Salomé Houta |
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Hiroes allows individuals and small business to be their own event planners
consean
| Founders | Unknown |
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Consean is a business consulting firm. We specialise in designing human regulated machine automated business services.
Freeon
| Founders | David Percival |
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Freeon provides Freemium Mobile Services in London
Roomstyler
| Founders | Brent Hoberman |
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Roomstyler is an interior decoration company offers floor plans and interior design.
Libra Group
| Founders | George Logothetis |
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The Libra Group is a privately-owned international business group
Clarion Events
| Founders | Russell Wilcox |
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Clarion Events can trace its roots back to 1947 and takes great pride in being one of the oldest independent event organisers.
Fair HQ
| Founders | Kate Pljaskovova |
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Fair HQ is a tech that offers diversity & inclusion across the business.
FlowX
| Founders | Kylan Gibbs, Richard Cartwright |
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FlowX integrates with city authorities’ existing CCTV network to provide better transport data.
TalkTalk
| Founders | Andrew Burke, Charles Dunstone |
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TalkTalk is a phone and broadband company that offers fixed and mobile telephony and broadband services to consumers.
Cavalry PRA
| Founders | Adam Farah, Mark Asquith |
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Cavalry is an on-demand UK breakdown cover and roadside assistance.
Mumsnet
| Founders | Justine Roberts |
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Mumsnet is the UK’s busiest social network for parents.
Henchman App
| Founders | Dihan Algama, Ingmaras Keleras, Ryan Perera |
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Get anything you want from any restaurant or store delivered to you in less than 60 minutes.
Raptor Supplies
| Founders | Arjun Singh |
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Industrial supplies / MRO ecommerce, serving the world
Elasticine Ltd.
| Founders | Henry Franks |
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Elasticine is a disruptive music-tech software business focused on the live events sector.
Direct Ferries
| Founders | Howard Davies |
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Direct Ferries helps customers plan ferry routes and compare prices on different lines.
Formidable
| Founders | Unknown |
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Formidable is a global design and engineering consultancy and open source software organization, specializing in React.js, React Native.
Harvey Nash plc
| Founders | Unknown |
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Harvey Nash operates as a global employment agency in London, United Kingdom.
ihateironing.com
| Founders | Matthew Connelly |
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ihateironing.com is a company that provides dry cleaning and laundry services on delivery.
Carbon Trade eXchange
| Founders | Wayne Sharpe |
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Carbon Trade Exchange is a global carbon exchange for all voluntary and regulated Carbon Credits with 24/7 web based electronic trading and technology to support any carbon market or exchange via license.
See-R
| Founders | Unknown |
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See-R is a user friendly environment to generate free high-quality forecasts quickly and automatically.
Evotix
| Founders | Unknown |
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Evotix is London based company that offers EHS software for health and safety management.
Unifrog
| Founders | Alex Kelly |
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Unifrog is a whole-school careers and destinations platform for students.
My Help At Home
| Founders | Unknown |
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My Help At Home are revolutionising the homecare system by making it easy to find and keep the perfect #carer for you and your loved ones.
freuds
| Founders | Matthew Freud |
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We help our clients by creating, curating and editing powerful narratives that define products, causes and individuals.
Quantanite
| Founders | Unknown |
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Quantanite is a global professional services company focusing on business process transformation, primarily through the robotic process.
ZORTRAX AGRICULTURE CORPORATION
| Founders | PIERRE ZORTRAX |
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For more than 6 years, Zortrax Agriculture Corporation (ZAC) has been a reputable name in Europe, middle East and American agriculture. Currently our teams are in Africa, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania establishing farms and value additions industries in that part of the world.
Drafter
| Founders | Alex Foster |
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Drafter is an inbox assistant for sales people.
Nexo
| Founders | Craig Jorasch, Tom McGannon |
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Nexo offers insight, and global tracking and consumer engagement solutions for the cold drinks refrigeration sector.
TESM
| Founders | Michael Godec, Patrick O’Connor |
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TESM is provideS an honest, practical and realistic approach to the delivery of service management projects, solutions and services.
SmartSpace Software
| Founders | Unknown |
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SmartSpace Software Plc is focused on technologies that make real estate more efficient and businesses more effective.
Yoke Network
| Founders | Jidé Maduako, Mustafa Mohamed |
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We help apps grow by driving downloads through social media influencers & providing tangible business value.
Gryyn
| Founders | Unknown |
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A bank and on demand multi-service platform like no other (coming soon)
Informa Connect
| Founders | Unknown |
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Informa Connect is a provider of live events and digital communities for professionals.
Zopto
| Founders | Andrei Breaz |
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Zopto offers cloud-based software that allows businesses to automate the LinkedIn outreach campaigns through a web-interface.
We Are Human
| Founders | Johan Brand |
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We Are Human is a co-creative company that designs and builds products and services.
BBA Aviation
| Founders | Unknown |
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A British multinational aviation services company headquartered in London, U.K
Clyx
| Founders | Alyx van Der Vorm |
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Consumer services.
Es Solo
| Founders | Unknown |
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Es Solo specializes in the design and production of financial infrastructure tools that are out of reach for traditional banks and FIs.
Dobeo
| Founders | Nadim Stub, Peter Bodum |
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Dobeo is an innovative platform that brings domestic services to everyday users using a mobile UX and intelligent logistics .
UK-2 Limited
| Founders | Unknown |
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UK-2 Limited provide an automated registration service, as opposed to the old paper-based procedure.
Apira
| Founders | Geoff Broome |
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Apira helps organisations gain the most from technology and information in order to meet today’s pressing challenges.
