Specialism: Cybersecurity
Vendors: Trend Micro, Forcepoint, Cloudflare, Bitdefender, Netwrix, Tanium, Proofpoint, Keyfactor, Zerofox, Threatlocker
Revenue: £73.7m (+12%)
Headcount: 56
Active reseller/MSP base: Over 1,500
This Surbiton-based cybersecurity distributor has delivered two consecutive years of 12% growth, with its top line swelling to £73.7m in its latest calendar 2024 period.
A new incubator arm, e92spark, launched by the Trend Micro and Forcepoint ally in June is designed to give start-up cybersecurity vendors “the focus they require”.
National and international expansion is the top priority of CEO Mukesh Gupta (see Q&A below).
“Pax8 criticising the very thing they do is bold”
Quickfire Q&A with CEO Mukesh Gupta
What’s your top priority over the next 12 months?
National and international expansion.
What’s the most under-rated facet of your business?
Our fantastic finance solutions.
Are you expecting to grow in this calendar year?
Yes, already on that trajectory.
What distribution news story most grabbed your attention in 2025?
Pax8 not calling themselves a distributor!
3 of the 4 largest companies in this report have changed ownership in the last 12 months (or are about to). What does that say about the market?
It is a hot space!
How do you feel that one company featured in this report took out a full-page New York Times ad in March blasting the term ‘distributor’?
Criticising the very thing they do is bold.
On a scale of 1-10, how optimistic are you about the IT distribution market right now?
From our point of view cybersecurity is continuing to grow and require distribution to scale, so very optimistic 10!
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