Companies Using Laravel

After digging through our enriched company data on Laravel, several patterns jumped out that are worth highlighting for sales and marketing teams.

1. Growth Trajectory: From 22 Domains to 81,000+ in 12 Years

Laravel's detection data tells a clear growth story. First appearing in our crawl data in May 2013 with just 22 active domains, the framework grew steadily through the mid-2010s, crossing 1,000 domains in mid-2015 and 10,000 by mid-2018. The growth didn't stall there. Active domains doubled between 2019 and 2022, then accelerated again: from 56,000 in early 2024 to a peak of 81,751 in March 2025. That's a 46% year-over-year increase in the most recent 12-month window. The 2020 surge (16,000 to 20,000+ in a single month) aligns with increased digital project starts during the pandemic.

With 4.16% market share among web frameworks and a #7 ranking, Laravel sits behind ASP.NET, Express, and Ruby on Rails in absolute domain count. But among PHP-specific frameworks. It's the uncontested leader, with more than 1.5x the active domains of CodeIgniter (51,301). The recent drop in total domains (from 117K in September 2024 to 54K in July 2025) reflects our crawl normalization, not actual abandonment.

Sales Signal: Laravel's active domain count is still climbing. Sales teams targeting PHP-heavy organizations should note the 46% YoY growth rate, which signals an expanding addressable market. Companies adopting Laravel now are making a bet on PHP's continued relevance, and they'll need hosting, monitoring, security, and deployment tools.

2. Customer Profile: Enterprise PHP in Disguise

Laravel's customer profile defies the "small startup framework" stereotype. Our enriched company data shows that the top 30 companies by LinkedIn headcount are all 10,001+ employee organizations: Capgemini, PwC, Siemens, Oracle, HSBC, Nike, SAP, Unilever, Roche, and more. These aren't small agencies; they're Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies. The age distribution reinforces this: 42.7% of Laravel companies were founded in the 2010s, but a substantial 17.4% date to the 2000s and 8.5% to the 1990s. That's over a quarter of the base from pre-2010, established organizations.

The twist? Most enterprise Laravel deployments appear on subdomains and internal tools: compliance platforms (capgemini.com), alumni portals (pwc.com), application status monitors (siemens.com), and skills training systems (sap.com). These companies didn't replace their primary websites with Laravel. They chose it for specific applications where PHP's rapid development cycle and Laravel's built-in security features (CSRF protection, encryption, authentication scaffolding) made it the practical choice.

Sales Signal: Enterprise Laravel users need internal tool infrastructure: SSO integration, audit logging, compliance monitoring, and deployment pipelines for non-production applications. Sell to the IT department building internal apps, not the marketing team running the corporate website.

3. Industry and Geographic Concentration

The industry distribution is heavily weighted toward services. IT Services and IT Consulting dominates the top company list, with firms like Capgemini, Oracle, and Serco using Laravel for client-facing and internal projects. Financial Services and Banking form the second cluster: HSBC, Scotiabank, CIBC, M&T Bank, Truist, and Standard Chartered all run Laravel applications. Manufacturing (Unilever, Bayer, AkzoNobel), telecommunications (BT, TELUS), and healthcare (Roche, IQVIA) round out the verticals.

Geographically, the company list shows strong representation from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Switzerland. The presence of organizations like Buenos Aires government (buenosaires.gob.ar), Poste Italiane, and Delivery Hero in Berlin confirms Laravel's genuinely global reach. The framework doesn't have the US-centric skew you see with some SaaS-oriented tools.

Sales Signal: Financial services and banking represent a high-value vertical for Laravel tooling. These companies have strict security and compliance requirements, and they're building Laravel apps for sensitive internal workflows. Tools offering SOC 2 compliance, vulnerability scanning, and PHP security auditing have a natural fit here.

4. Migration Patterns: Winning Against ASP.NET, Losing to Express

Migration data reveals two opposing currents. Against legacy.NET frameworks, Laravel is a net winner: 6,643 companies moved from ASP.NET to Laravel vs. Only 3,856 going the other way (a 1.7:1 gain ratio). The ASP.NET 4.0 flow is even more one-sided at 2.1:1 (3,666 gained vs. 1,713 lost), suggesting companies are migrating off older.NET versions toward Laravel specifically.

Against Express (Node.js), the story flips. Laravel lost 3,323 companies to Express while gaining only 2,227, and the 1-year numbers are worse: 1,603 lost vs. 1,087 gained. This reflects the broader industry shift toward JavaScript-first stacks. The Ruby on Rails exchange is roughly balanced (2,486 gained vs. 2,668 lost over all time), with recent years slightly favoring Rails.

Sales Signal: The ASP.NET-to-Laravel pipeline is the biggest opportunity. Companies migrating off legacy.NET need PHP hosting improvement, CI/CD pipelines, and migration consulting. Conversely, companies leaving Laravel for Express represent a retention challenge: tools that help Laravel developers build API-first applications and real-time features could reduce this outflow.

5. Technology stack

The tech stack data paints a clear picture of the typical Laravel installation. jQuery at 86.3% is near-universal, reflecting Laravel's server-rendered heritage. Vue.js at 19.6% stands out as the preferred JavaScript framework, a relationship that dates back to Laravel's official endorsement of Vue in its documentation and Laravel Mix build tool. React (16.3%) is present but notably behind Vue in the Laravel community.

Infrastructure is split between Nginx (45.2%) and Apache (44.6%), the two dominant PHP-compatible web servers. Let's Encrypt at 68.6% dominates SSL, indicating cost-conscious deployments. Cloudflare at 29.4% and Amazon at 22.5% show a significant cloud and CDN presence. On the analytics side, Google Analytics (60.6%) and Google Tag Manager (62.3%) are standard. Facebook integration (70.9%) and LinkedIn (42.7%) suggest Laravel sites are often business-facing rather than purely developer tools.

Sales Signal: The Vue.js-Laravel pairing is a clear platform signal. Tools that integrate with both (component libraries, testing frameworks, deployment platforms) have a natural audience. The 45/45 Nginx-Apache split means infrastructure tooling can't assume one server, and the high Let's Encrypt adoption (vs. Paid SSL) signals cost sensitivity across the base.

G2 Insights for Prospecting

When I talk to teams evaluating Laravel, I point them to the G2 data first. The standout pro: ease of use. The red flag: the framework can feel overwhelming for beginners. For sales teams. That's your talk track right there.

What G2 Reviewers Say

The G2 review data aligns with our technical findings. Users consistently praise Laravel for ease of use and clean architecture, which explains the framework's sustained adoption among development teams building structured applications. The main criticism, complexity for beginners, is a common trade-off for full-featured frameworks and tracks with the learning curve inherent in MVC patterns. For teams evaluating Laravel, the G2 sentiment confirms it rewards investment in developer onboarding.

Key Takeaways

Laravel occupies a unique position: it's the PHP environment's dominant framework with 4.16% of the total web frameworks market, growing at 46% year-over-year. Its customer base splits into two distinct segments: digital agencies and startups building new products, and enterprise IT departments at companies like Capgemini, PwC, and HSBC deploying internal tools and microsites. The 42.7% concentration of companies founded in the 2010s aligns with Laravel's own timeline (created 2011), while the 25.9% from pre-2000 organizations proves the framework handles production-ready requirements. Migration patterns show net gains from ASP.NET but losses to Express, positioning Laravel at the center of the PHP-vs-Node debate that will define its next decade.

Sales Applications

Prospecting Template: "Hi [Name], I noticed [Company] runs Laravel on [detectionUrl]. Based on our data from 39,456 Laravel companies, organizations in [industry] typically pair Laravel with [relevant tech]. We help Laravel teams with [specific value prop]. Would 15 minutes make sense?"

Targeting Strategy: On TechnologyChecker.io, filter for Laravel + financial services industry + 1,001+ employees to find enterprise banking clients building internal tools. Cross-reference with companies that also use Vue.js for teams likely building modern single-page applications on Laravel backends.

Competitive Angle: Target the 6,643 companies that switched from ASP.NET to Laravel. These organizations are in active migration mode and need PHP-specific tooling for hosting, deployment, and security that their.NET stack previously provided.

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