UK AdTech Industry
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UK AdTech Industry

Understand the UK’s AdTech industry and the companies shaping the future of advertising through our unbeatable real-time sector data and trends.

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What is AdTech?

What does AdTech mean? Well in short, AdTech means Advertising Technology – a term used to describe the software and technology advertisers use to launch, deliver, monitor, and measure the effectiveness of their digital campaigns.

AdTech companies range from analytics software and data management services to programmatic platforms and ad exchange marketplaces.

AdTech sector summary

Key information you should know about the AdTech sector from our AI-driven platform of over 5 million companies:

  • AdTech has turnover of £91.44bn, meaning it is our 13th largest RTIC, and our 5th fastest growing sector.
  • The AdTech sector has not received additional investor attention in recent years and the amount of venture capital funding is not increasing as fast as our other emerging economy sectors.
  • On average the roles advertised in this sector are 12.64% higher than the UK’s average salary.
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COMPANIES CONSIDERED
£91.4bn
TOTAL TURNOVER
105,094
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
£2.6bn
TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING
£5.4m
TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING
24.8%
AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

AdTech verticals

Our AdTech RTIC is made up of 5 individual industry verticals, including verticals such as AdExchange, Advertisers, Data Management and Analysis. You can find out more about the verticals by buying a report, visualising the sector on our platform, or by downloading the data.

  • Sector Code Description Records
  • RTIC0001 AdTech 774 companies

    Companies that create technology and SaaS platforms that marketers use to target, design, deliver and review the effectiveness of their advertising.

    • AdTech: AdExchange

      Companies creating a digital marketplace where advertisers and publishers can interact

      136 companies
    • AdTech: Advertisers

      Companies providing technology enabling advertisers to reach audiences and offer products/services

      245 companies
    • AdTech: Data Management and Analysis

      Companies offering online platforms that support data analytics and management for advertisers and publishers

      444 companies
    • AdTech: Programmatic Platforms

      Companies providing online platforms that automatically buy and sell online advertising

      244 companies
    • AdTech: Publishers

      Companies that offer technology to those that sell or hire online space for advertisement purposes

      261 companies

AdTech industry growth

We estimate that the UK AdTech sector could be worth approximately £276.8bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.

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– Summary of RTIC data & industry performance
– Overview of key verticals
– Geographic analysis & breakdown
– Key insights & trends

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Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs)

At The Data City we’re mapping the emerging economy through accurate and reliable real-time data. We’ve produced Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs) for some of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, across over 350 industry verticals, including AdTech.

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