Tewkesbury-based broadband provider Netomnia has been named the south west's fastest-growing tech business by The Sunday Times, this January 2026.
Four south west businesses made the second annual Sunday Times 100 Tech – the sister league table to the newspaper's Sunday Times 100, which ranks the UK's fastest growing private companies – and Tewkesbury's Netomnia was the region's highest-ranked business.
With the league table split in two between software and hardware businesses, the company also ranked as the UK's third fastest-growing hardware firm.
Based on Tewkesbury Business Park, Netomnia operates the UK's fourth largest full fibre network, with plans to reach five million premises by the end of 2027.
The business, founded by chief executive Jeremy Chelot and chief financial officer Will Wadsworth in 2019, is backed by £1.6 million of funding – and through reported acquisition talks with Virgin Media, could be valued at around £2 billion.
Also providing broadband services via its YouFibre brand, Netomnia merged with fellow provider Brsk in 2024 to become one of the largest 'altnets' – alternative network providers – boasting annual sales of £38.7 million and sales growth over the last three years of 352.78 per cent.
Sunday Times business editor, Jon Yeomans, said of the ranking: 'Despite a challenging economic backdrop, Britain’s tech sector continues to produce businesses of extraordinary ambition and momentum.
'This year’s Sunday Times 100 Tech highlights founders who are scaling at remarkable speed, creating thousands of jobs and exporting British innovation to the world.'
