r/smallbusinessuk

85k members
r/smallbusinessuk is a subreddit with 85k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses business, business partner, struggling, supplier, and accounting, and they frequently recommend/review bank account, accounting software, and banking.
Questions and answers about starting, owning, and growing a small business in the UK.

Popular Themes in r/smallbusinessuk

#1
Advice Requests
: "Sole trader handling customers' personal data (UK): how did you get the legal side right without a big solicitor bill?"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Online Cloud Storage - looking for options"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "If I had a penny for every time a small business owner told me that they "don't have enough time to create content," I'd never actually need to work again."
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Potential Business idea - realistic thoughts?"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "What’s the best way to make money online in the UK right now?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Developed a free to use online calculator - what am I missing?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/smallbusinessuk

#1

Business

8 posts
#2

Business Partner

3 posts
#3

Struggling

3 posts
#4

Supplier

2 posts
#5

Accounting

2 posts
#6

Invoice Payments

2 posts
#7

Credit

2 posts
#8

Credit Card

2 posts
#9

Software

2 posts
#10

Virtual

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/smallbusinessuk

Bank Account

32 reviews
#1
Monzo
4.3★ from 9 reviews
#2
Mettle
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#3
Tide
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#1
Xero
4.2★ from 13 reviews
#2
FreeAgent
4.8★ from 8 reviews
#3
Sage
4.0★ from 2 reviews

Banking

21 reviews
#1
Tide
3.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Mettle
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Starling
3.0★ from 2 reviews

Member Growth in r/smallbusinessuk

Yearly
+31k members(58.7%)

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Last updated: November 1, 2026