What Retriever Software does

Retriever Software is a privately held UK-based web application development company founded around 2000 and headquartered in Morpeth, North East England, serving manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and service industry clients across the United Kingdom. The company has operated continuously for over 20 years with a small team of 1-10 employees, and its product portfolio consists of four specialized vertical web applications: a Foundry Charge Management System for planning and tracking melt operations, a Logistics Yard Management System for vehicle and trailer movement within warehouse and depot yards, a Production Scheduling System for plant job scheduling, and a Digital Print Job Management Dashboard that integrates with Xeikon and HP Indigo presses for live job and SLA tracking. All products are built on Microsoft Azure infrastructure using ASP.NET, with data stored in Azure SQL Database, and benefit from Azure's adaptive scaling, Active Directory single sign-on, and point-in-time restore capabilities.

The business operates a dual revenue model. Pre-built applications are made available on a Software-as-a-Service basis via simple monthly subscriptions, marketed as requiring no customer-side hardware, middleware, IT department involvement, or capital expenditure. Alongside this, the company performs custom web application development and Azure migration projects for clients with bespoke process requirements, as well as legacy application modernization onto Azure virtual machines. Named customers include Union Electric Steel, The Co-operative, Newcastle University, and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), alongside an unspecified base of mid-sized UK companies. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, no parent organization, no M&A activity, and no publicly available revenue figures.

Name

Retriever Software

Legal name

Retriever Software

Website

https://retriever.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Retriever Software is a UK-based web application developer building specialized Microsoft Azure-hosted SaaS products — including foundry charge management, logistics yard management, production scheduling, and digital print job tracking — for manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and service industry clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing & Industrial Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Operations Outsourcing (Cloud Managed Operations) (BPAEAMAC), Cloud Strategy, Assessment & Roadmap (BPAEACAA)

Keywords

• Web application development
• Manufacturing software
• Logistics management
• Cloud SaaS platform
• Production scheduling

Headquarters

HQ city

Morpeth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Software provided on a subscription basis with simple monthly billing. Customers pay to access pre-developed, tested web applications without purchasing, installing, updating, or maintaining hardware, middleware, or software.
2. Custom Web Application Development: Development of bespoke web applications for business processes and workflows tailored to client needs, targeting manufacturing, engineering, logistics and service industry clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Retriever Software designs, builds, and delivers specialised web-based applications for manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and service-industry clients, hosted on Microsoft Azure and sold primarily on a SaaS subscription basis. The firm also provides custom web application development, legacy application modernisation, and Azure SQL migration services for UK-based businesses.

Product overview

Retriever Software is a web application development company that offers a portfolio of specialized SaaS web applications built on Microsoft Azure and ASP.NET, with data stored in Azure SQL Database. Their product suite includes the Foundry Charge Management System, Logistics Yard Management System, Production Scheduling System, and Digital Print Job Management Dashboard—all designed for manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and service industry clients. These applications are available as hosted SaaS subscriptions, providing automation capabilities for business processes and workflows with features including live dashboards, KPI reporting, and integration with industry-specific equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foundry Charge Management System
• Logistics Yard Management System
• Production Scheduling System
• Digital Print Job Management Dashboard
• Custom Web Application Development
• Legacy Application Modernisation & Azure Migration

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationRetriever Software builds all web applications on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. They use Azure for hosting, scaling, and managing enterprise, mobile, web and IoT applications. Azure SQL Database is used for data storage with automatic scaling and adaptive tuning capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Descartes Systems Group: Broad logistics technology incumbent with a large logistics and yard management portfolio, offering overlapping capability to Retriever's logistics customers from a much wider product suite.
• Capgemini UK: Large IT services and Microsoft Azure partner offering custom application development and cloud migration to UK enterprises — overlapping with Retriever's custom dev and Azure migration services.
• Sage Group: UK-headquartered software vendor serving mid-sized UK businesses with finance, ERP and operational applications; comparable in geography, customer segment, and SaaS delivery model.
• Quadient: Larger document and print workflow platform serving enterprise print operations with broader modules, competing with Retriever's print job management dashboard at the enterprise end of the market.
• Siemens Opcenter (formerly Camstar / Opcenter Execution): Siemens' manufacturing execution system covers scheduling, shop floor, and quality, broadly overlapping with Retriever's Production Scheduling and Foundry Charge apps inside enterprise customers.
• EFI (Electronics For Imaging): Established print MIS / digital print workflow vendor; overlaps with Retriever's Digital Print Job Management Dashboard that integrates with Xeikon and HP Indigo presses.

Direct peers

• C3 Solutions: Canadian vendor of yard management systems for warehouses and depots, directly comparable to Retriever's Logistics Yard Management System in target use case (vehicle/trailer movement, shunter efficiency) and customer profile.
• YardView: Specialized yard management software vendor competing head-to-head with Retriever's yard management app on live dashboards, gate-house operations, and trailer/VOR tracking for logistics depots.
• PlanetTogether: Specialist production scheduling and capacity planning software for manufacturers, directly comparable to Retriever's Production Scheduling System in functionality and target customer.

Emerging players

• 1E: Smaller UK-headquartered software vendor delivering digital workplace and operational SaaS built on Microsoft technologies, comparable in geography, scale and platform choice to Retriever.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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