Top Energy Suppliers

Founded in 2011 Octopus Energy, like many other similar energy suppliers that were founded around the time as a strong focus on providing a more green and eco-friendly energy solution. Octopus Energy provides energy services for both homes and businesses and offers both gas and electricity.

Outfox The Market is a very different kind of energy supplier and its colourful and comic themed website really shows you everything you need to know about this energy supplier. If you’re applying to be a customer with Outfox The Market you’ll be dealing with a more unusual and more open energy supplier.

OVO Energy was founded in 2009 with a focus on providing greener and cheaper energy services. OVO Energy also puts a strong emphasis on simplicity as well, so if anyone finds navigating energy suppliers and tariffs difficult OVO Energy could be the supplier for you.

Co-op Energy is part of Midcounties Co-operative and started supplying domestic energy consumers in 2011. In August 2019 they entered into a partnership with Octopus Energy. Like Octopus Energy, Co-op Energy supplies environmentally friendly energy.

EDF Energy were formed in 2002 and are owned by Électricité de France, a French company. EDF Energy are based in London. They have over five million customers in the UK.

British Gas are the UK's largest energy supplier with around twelve million customers and approximately 20,000 employees. They are currently owned by Centrica.

Utility Warehouse were formed in 2013 and offer domestic energy as well as phones, broadband and home insurance. The company now has 2% of the domestic energy market with over half a million customers despite not advertising and relying instead on word-of-mouth recommendations and a network of agents.

Scottish Power are based in Glasgow, Scotland, although they are currently owned by Iberdrola, a Spanish utility company. They supply power to customers in Central and Southern Scotland, Merseyside, North Wales, and certain parts of Cheshire and Shropshire.

Ecotricity started supplying green gas in 2010, adding green energy to their offering in 2013. They claim that they are Britain’s Greenest Energy Company. A big claim, perhaps, but one that they can back up.

Good Energy were established in 1999 and they now have around a quarter of a million customers. They boast that their energy is the most environmentally friendly energy available and they are also involved in environmental projects. Good Energy generates some of the energy they supply at their own wind and solar farms.