The Essex tech sector continues to grow from strength to strength, from billion pound investment in supercomputers in Thurrock, to local entrepreneurs taking that risk and starting their newest venture on a shoestring.
Today, Essex is home to an estimated 5,320 tech businesses employing over 20,500 people, a testament to its dynamic and growing ecosystem.
This third iteration of the Tech 50 shows the depth of growing and highly competitive businesses who are based in Essex. This year, we’ve also introduced individual awards to recognise truly outstanding contributors, a challenging task given the wealth of talent within our borders.
The Tech 50 has gone from a simple to list to a catalyst of competition within our county and acted as a springboard for those aspiring to be on the next cohort of Grow Essex Global. We hope the following businesses and individuals inspire you to innovate and grow, and to make you certain that Essex really is the home of innovation.
Colchester has a burgeoning tech sector and features strongly in the Essex Tech 50 list this year:
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Read more about Colchester’s Essex Tech 50 2026 companies:
Concurrent – Extraordinary Essex
iSite TV – Extraordinary Essex
Mammoth Creative – Extraordinary Essex
Marmoset – Extraordinary Essex
Merlin Cloud – Extraordinary Essex
Softvize – Extraordinary Essex