AH Services

What AH Services does

A H Services Limited (operating as AH Services) is a privately-held UK software and IT services company registered with Companies House (Company Number 4680776) and headquartered at 54 Hambleton Road, Halesowen, West Midlands. With 1-10 employees and over 10 years of operating history, the firm delivers a horizontal suite of web and data services to UK small and medium businesses. The core product is iHarvest, a proprietary web data harvesting and screen scraping service that extracts structured data and images from websites and exports to CSV, XLS, SQL, and XML, available on weekly or one-off frequency. The technology stack is legacy Microsoft (Visual Studio VB6, VB.net, C#, SQL Server), with no API surface, no SDK, and no disclosed AI/ML components.

The business operates a professional services and SMB hosting model. Revenue streams include web design and hosting, custom application development, SQL Server and data warehousing with OLAP/cube analysis, pay-per-click internet advertising and SEO, and e-commerce setup as an Actinic Reseller/Developer. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the company website (ah-services.co.uk) and the iHarvest sub-brand (iharvest.co.uk), supported by phone and email contact rather than partner or reseller channels. Pricing is bespoke and contact-based, with no publicly disclosed tiers, and the company serves a horizontal mix of UK SMBs needing web presence, data extraction, and data warehousing support. The firm is independent and founder/management-owned, with no external funding, M&A activity, or public listings disclosed in the available data.

Name

AH Services

Legal name

A H Services Limited

Website

https://ah-services.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

A H Services Limited is a UK-based micro IT services firm (1-10 employees) offering iHarvest web data extraction alongside web design, hosting, application development, SQL/data warehousing, PPC, and e-commerce services to UK small and medium businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Web Services and Data Extraction: Revenue generated from web design, web hosting, data warehousing, and screen scraping services. Services are provided to businesses seeking data extraction and web development solutions.
2. Application Development: Custom software and application development using Microsoft technologies including VB6, VB.net, C#, and SQL Server.
3. Internet Advertising Services: Pay-per-click internet advertising services helping businesses drive qualified leads to their websites.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AH Services is a UK-based software services company that provides web data extraction (via its proprietary iHarvest screen scraping service), web design and hosting (including WordPress), custom application development on the Microsoft stack (VB6, VB.net, C#, SQL Server), data warehousing and OLAP/Cube Analysis reporting, pay-per-click internet advertising, and Actinic-based e-commerce development for small and medium UK businesses.

Product overview

AH Services is a UK-based software company offering a suite of web development and data services. The core offering is the iHarvest web data harvesting/scraping service, which extracts data and images from websites with export to CSV, XLS, SQL, and XML. This is complemented by web design and application development services using Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio, VB.net, C#, SQL Server), web hosting with UK data centres including WordPress options, data warehousing and OLAP/Cube Analysis reporting services, internet advertising, and e-commerce solutions via Actinic. The company has been providing data services for over 10 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iHarvest: Web data harvesting service that extracts data and images from the web. Export options include CSV, XLS, SQL, XML formats. Offered as weekly or one-off service.

Products and services

• iHarvest Web Data Extraction Service Managed web data harvesting and screen scraping service that extracts data and images from target websites and exports the results to CSV, XLS, SQL, or XML on a weekly recurring or one-off basis, for UK businesses that need structured data without building their own crawlers.
• Web Design Services Custom website design and development services using Microsoft technologies including Visual Studio VB6, VB.net, and C#, targeted at UK businesses building or refreshing their web presence.
• Web Hosting Services UK-based web hosting services running on a UK data centre, with WordPress hosting options, targeted at UK businesses needing managed domestic hosting.
• Application Development Custom software and application development services built on Microsoft Visual Studio with VB6, VB.net, C#, and SQL Server/MSDE as the core technology stack, for UK businesses needing bespoke business applications.
• SQL Server, Data Warehousing and Reporting Data warehousing, SQL database services, OLAP and Cube Analysis, and custom reporting solutions that enable companies to query databases and identify trends or extract statistics from their existing data.
• Internet Advertising Pay-per-click advertising services that help businesses attract qualified leads through targeted keyword advertising on search engines.
• E-commerce Solutions Online shop setup and e-commerce development delivered as an Actinic Reseller/Developer, enabling businesses to sell products online.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Zyte (formerly Scrapinghub): Zyte is a specialist web data extraction platform offering managed scraping services and tooling. It directly competes with AH Services' iHarvest in providing structured web data to businesses, but at substantially greater scale and with self-serve tooling AH Services lacks.
• Heart Internet: Heart Internet is a UK-focused web hosting and domain provider serving SMB customers, directly competing with AH Services' UK-based web hosting offering and WordPress hosting support.
• Apify: Apify operates a cloud platform for web scraping and automation with developers and businesses. It competes with iHarvest by offering configurable extraction 'actors' and scaleable crawling, mirroring the same customer pain points AH Services targets.
• UK2.net: UK2.net (part of the Hostinger group) is a UK-targeted hosting and small-business web services provider. It competes directly with AH Services for the same UK SMB hosting and basic web-development customer.
• ScraperAPI: ScraperAPI provides managed web scraping APIs and proxy services aimed at developers and SMBs. It is a direct competitor to AH Services' iHarvest on price-per-request scraping and is representative of the platform-style competition AH Services faces.

Broad incumbents

• Bright Data: Bright Data is a large, established web data collection platform serving enterprise customers. It overlaps with AH Services' data-extraction offering but operates globally with proprietary proxy infrastructure and at a far larger scale than AH Services.
• 1&1 IONOS: 1&1 IONOS is a large incumbent European hosting and SMB web services provider. It overlaps with AH Services on hosting, WordPress, and basic web presence services, but operates at vastly greater scale and as part of a much broader portfolio.

Regional players

• MadeByShape: MadeByShape is a UK-based web design and development agency serving SMB clients. It competes with AH Services for the UK SMB web design and WordPress customer but with a more brand-forward positioning and larger team.

Others

• Actinic / EKM / Shopwired: Shopwired (and successor platforms to Actinic) provide SaaS e-commerce storefronts for UK SMBs. AH Services is described as an Actinic reseller/developer; modern SaaS e-commerce providers compete with AH Services' bespoke e-commerce build offering for the same end customers.

Emerging players

• Infinity Data Solutions: Infinity Data Solutions is a UK-based SQL Server, data warehousing, and business intelligence consultancy. It mirrors the data warehousing, OLAP, and reporting services AH Services offers and addresses overlapping UK SMB customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

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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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