⚡ Identity Verification in the United Kingdom

Identity verification services are online platforms that confirm a person's identity by validating government-issued documents, biometric data, and other identity proofs in real time.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our research, identity verification services are detected on 0.01% of websites from the United Kingdom.

Statistics based on 160K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top identity verification services in the United Kingdom in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Entrust with a substantial share of 54.2%, followed by Sumsub with 33.3% and ID.me with 16.7%.

Entrust 54.2%
Sumsub 33.3%
ID.me 16.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in the United Kingdom than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Entrust ^(-3)
2. Sumsub ^(-1)

✨ Best Identity Verification Services

Below is a more detailed list of 3 identity verification services used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Entrust Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States An AI-powered identity verification platform offering document verification, biometric authentication, and fraud detection. $$$	54.2%
2	Sumsub London, United Kingdom A full-cycle verification and compliance platform that provides AI-powered tools for KYC (Know Your Customer), KYB (Know Your Business), KYT (Know Your Transaction), and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) checks. $149+/month	33.3%
3	ID.me McLean, Virginia, United States An online identity verification platform used by governments and businesses to confirm users' real-world identities. $50+/month	16.7%

👉 See Also

🌎 Identity Verification in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 160,968 websites from the United Kingdom.
We currently track the presence of 5 identity verification services across the web.
Of these, 3 were detected on websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.