United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Size, Share, and COVID-19 Impact Analysis, By Technology Type (Radio Frequency Identification, Barcodes, Infrared, Biometrics, Global Positioning Systems, and Others), By Software (Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Friction Welding, Laboratory Information Systems, Warehouse Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Others), and United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Insights, Industry Trend, Forecasts to 2035

United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Insights Forecasts to 2035

• The United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Size was estimated at USD 798.40 Million in 2024
• The Market Size is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of around 7.04% from 2025 to 2035
• The United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Size is Expected to Reach USD 1687.78 Million by 2035

According to a Research Report Published by Spherical Insights & Consulting, The United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Size is anticipated to Reach USD 1687.78 Million by 2035, Growing at a CAGR of 7.04% from 2025 to 2035. The country market expansion is fueled by stringent food safety laws, cutting-edge traceability systems, and a strong need for transparency in sectors including retail, food processing, and agriculture.

Market Overview

The United Kingdom Food Traceability Market Size refers to the industry focused on monitoring and recording the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of food items throughout the whole supply chain is known as the food traceability market. The food products journey from farm to consumer is tracked and documented using technologies like barcodes, RFID, IoT sensors, blockchain, and software platforms. Food traceabilitys main objectives are to guarantee food safety, enhance quality control, facilitate quick recalls, adhere to legal requirements, and give customers more transparency. Food traceability is becoming a crucial part of contemporary food systems as consumer demands for openness, supply chain disruptions, and worldwide worries about foodborne illnesses grow. Furthermore, robust traceability systems are needed as the worldwide food trade grows to comply with cross-border trade restrictions and preserve customer trust. The market for food traceability is expanding due to all of these characteristics, which enable dependable and secure food supply chains. Governments and international organizations have implemented stringent regulations to ensure food safety, prevent fraud, and improve public health. These standards mandate careful food item tracking and documentation from farm to fork, ensuring transparency and traceability at each stage of the supply chain.

Report Coverage

This research report categorizes the market for the United Kingdom food traceability market based on various segments and regions and forecasts revenue growth and analyzes trends in each submarket. The report analyses the key growth drivers, opportunities, and challenges influencing the United Kingdom food traceability market. Recent market developments and competitive strategies such as expansion, product launch, and development, partnership, merger, and acquisition have been included to draw the competitive landscape in the market. The report strategically identifies and profiles the key market players and analyses their core competencies in each sub-segment of the United Kingdom food traceability market.

Driving Factors

The market for United Kingdom food traceability is driven by the desire for transparency among consumers is the primary driver of the food traceability sector. These days, consumers are more conscious about the safety and origin of the food they eat, and they want detailed information about the source, manufacturing processes, and ingredient quality. The primary force behind this trend is rising public knowledge of environmental sustainability, moral quandaries, and foodborne illnesses. Unambiguous food supply chains empower customers to make informed choices, fostering trust and brand loyalty. In order to meet the increasing demands of customers for transparency and enhance food safety and quality assurance across the market, businesses are investing in sophisticated traceability systems.

Restraining Factors

Despite the significant growth, the market faces some hurdles, such as high implementation costs continue to be a major obstacle, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), regulatory compliance, integration, and interoperability are complicated, cybersecurity issues and data privacy issues, food supply chains lack of technical.

Market Segmentation

The United Kingdom food traceability market share is classified into technology type, and software.

• The barcodes segment held the largest market share in 2024 and is anticipated to grow at a substantial CAGR over the forecast period.

The United Kingdom food traceability market is segmented by technology type into radio frequency identification, barcodes, infrared, biometrics, global positioning systems, and others. Among these, the barcodes segment held the largest share in 2024 and is anticipated to grow at a substantial CAGR over the forecast period. This is due to barcode technology being less expensive to install than certain other traceability systems. A variety of firms, including small and medium-sized organizations in the food industry, can use barcodes because of their ease of use.

• The enterprise resources planning (ERP) segment dominated the market in 2024 and is expected to grow at a substantial CAGR over the forecast period.

The United Kingdom food traceability market is segmented by software into enterprise resources planning (ERP), friction welding, laboratory information systems, warehouse software, supply chain management (SCM), and others. Among these, the enterprise resources planning (ERP) segment dominated the market in 2024 and is anticipated to grow at a substantial CAGR over the forecast period. This is because its ERP systems provide thorough end-to-end integration between different organizational business operations. This comprises production planning, distribution, inventory management, and quality control modules. ERP is a potent tool for controlling the whole food supply chain because it can easily combine traceability procedures with these essential features.

Competitive Analysis:

The report offers the appropriate analysis of the key organizations/companies involved within the United Kingdom food traceability market along with a comparative evaluation primarily based on their product offering, business overviews, geographic presence, enterprise strategies, segment market share, and SWOT analysis. The report also provides an elaborative analysis focusing on the current news and developments of the companies, which includes product development, innovations, joint ventures, partnerships, mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, and others. This allows for the evaluation of the overall competition within the market.

List of Key Companies

• Industrial Technology Systems Ltd (ITS)
• SGS
• TraceGains
• Weber
• Codeway Ltd
• Oritain UK
• Others

Recent Developments:

• In April 2023, with support from Innovate UK, this project is a government-sponsored partnership between food producers, technology experts, and educational institutions.
  By combining IoT, blockchain, and artificial intelligence technology, the initiative seeks to digitally overhaul the food industrys cold chain, beginning with the production of sandwiches.

Key Target Audience

• Market Players
• Investors
• End-users
• Government Authorities 
• Consulting and Research Firm
• Venture capitalists
• Value-Added Resellers (VARs)

Market Segment

This study forecasts revenue at United Kingdom, regional, and country levels from 2020 to 2035. Spherical Insights has segmented the United Kingdom food traceability market based on the below-mentioned segments:

United Kingdom Food Traceability Market, By Technology Type

• Radio Frequency Identification
• Barcodes
• Infrared
• Biometrics
• Global Positioning Systems
• Others

United Kingdom Food Traceability Market, By Software

• Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP)
• Friction Welding
• Laboratory Information Systems
• Warehouse Software
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Others