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Acquired named one of the UK's fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times
Acquired, the UK recurring payments specialist, is named in the FT's first UK's Fastest Growing Companies report, its second FT growth ranking of 2026.
We are proud to feature among 150 businesses in the FT’s inaugural ranking, marking our second growth recognition from the publication this year.
Twice in one year
The Financial Times has confirmed what our merchants already know: Acquired is moving fast.
Our inclusion in the inaugural UK’s Fastest Growing Companies report comes just months after placing #391 in the FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2026.
What is the FT UK’s Fastest Growing Companies report?
It is a new ranking from the Financial Times that identifies the UK businesses growing fastest. This is the first edition, and it names 150 companies.
You can see the full list on the FT.
Organic growth is a major milestone – it reflects merchants choosing to partner with us and continuing to stay.
Why growth matters when you choose a recurring payments provider
Recurring payments are more than just a one-off integration; they form the core infrastructure powering your monthly revenue. An organically growing provider continuously invests in its platform, product roadmap, and team.
For merchants, this means a reliable payments partner built to scale alongside them, actively driving higher authorisation rates, reducing failed payments, and expanding customer payment options.
What’s behind Acquired’s growth?
While being recognised is a significant milestone, it is ultimately a testament to our dedicated team and the clients who trust us with their transactions.
Those clients span lending, debt collection, insurance, financial services, subscriptions and EdTech. What they share is a business model built on repeat payments. We built one platform to process them all:
- Card Processing: recurring card payments built for high authorisation rates.
- Direct Debit: low-cost, reliable collection for regular payments.
- Variable Recurring Payments: Open Banking VRP and cVRP for flexible repeat payments.
- Pay by Bank: real-time account-to-account payments via Open Banking.
- Acquired Billing: subscription and recurring billing, in one place.
What’s next for Acquired?
We are proud of how far we have come, but we are only getting started.
Our focus remains unwavering: helping businesses convert and retain customers through smarter recurring payments. Thank you to every merchant, partner, and team member who helped make this achievement possible.
Recurring payments. Redefined.
Join the merchants growing with one of the UK’s fastest-growing payments companies. Get in touch.