BRISTOL, UK (16 December, 2025): Pax8, the leading cloud Marketplace, ends the year by setting the pace for cloud innovation. Pax8 advanced AI capabilities, grew its footprint in Ireland and reinforced its commitment to empowering partners throughout the UK and Ireland.
A Year of Growth
MSPs are embracing enablement and innovation at pace. Thousands of new partners joined Pax8 in 2025 and the expansion into Ireland and across Europe enables Pax8 to provide partners with local support and resources; while remaining part of the global Pax8 community. Growth is accelerating and Pax8 is committed to sustaining this momentum.
- Pax8 welcomed thousands of new partners across EMEA in 2025.
- Achieved a three-year revenue growth of 239% while global headcount more than doubled across North America, EMEA and APAC (2021 to 2024).
- Globally, Pax8 now serves more than 47,000 partners, with EMEA growth continuing to rise.
- More than 20 new vendors were added to the Pax8 Marketplace in 2025, providing partners with greater choice and opportunity.
- Established a new Dublin office and an experienced sales team to deliver local, in-person support and collaboration.
- Expanded into Ireland, Switzerland and Denmark, reinforcing its commitment to regional partner success.
- Welcomed over 900 partners, from across 39 countries, to Beyond EMEA 2025 in Amsterdam.
Learning and Community
Partners using Pax8 Academy are prioritising AI education, demonstrating that data-driven strategies are essential for competitiveness. Pax8 Academy remained the cornerstone for MSP enablement, with the Data and AI Masterclass achieving the highest attendance in 2025. The most popular Academy content was “Why Businesses Need a Data and AI Strategy” underscoring the appetite among MSPs to lead the AI conversation.
2025 marked the rise of the Managed Intelligence Provider (MIP). The Pax8 MIP Playbook became the definitive guide for MSPs evolving into MIPs, architects of agentic, AI-powered transformation. MIPs go beyond managing services. They orchestrate intelligence, deploy autonomous AI agents and deliver measurable business outcomes. The Playbook outlines five key plays: Discover, Buy, Build, Sell and Manage, enabling partners to monetise AI confidently.
Pax8 Professional Services has been instrumental in advancing the MIP vision, enabling partners to deliver modular, outcome-driven transformation for SMBs. Professional Services delivered over 230 projects across the EMEA partner ecosystem from January to November 2025. The three core service offerings consistently driving partner and customer success across the UK and Ireland were:
- Microsoft Azure Landing Zone and Azure Virtual Desktop
Helped partners migrate on-premises solutions to Azure and deliver secure, scalable cloud environments with remote work capabilities and simplified IT management. - Microsoft 365 Device Management – Intune
Enabled partners to drive Business Premium upsell and streamline endpoint management through centralised device control, automated provisioning and enhanced security. - Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness Assessment
Prepared partners and customers for responsible AI adoption by assessing data governance and creating a roadmap for successful Copilot integration.
Celebrating Partners and Vendors
At Beyond EMEA 2025, held in Amsterdam, Pax8 honoured top performing partners and vendors across the region for their outstanding contributions to empowering SMBs through the Pax8 Marketplace. The event spotlighted innovation, education and community with award ceremonies recognising excellence across multiple categories.
UK & Ireland honourees included:
- Peak Performance, Continuity: Lucidica (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, Infrastructure: Enhanced (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, Network and Communications: Apex Computing (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, Operations: Nebula IT (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, Productivity: Logiq Consulting (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, Security: Bondgate IT (United Kingdom)
- Peak Performance, UK & Ireland: Nostra (Ireland)
These awards celebrate the remarkable influence these partners have had in advancing the channel landscape through collaboration and strategic engagement with Pax8. Learn more about next year’s Beyond EMEA event in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Looking ahead
In 2026, Pax8 will push boundaries with the Agent Store featuring advanced AI agents and deeper integrations, enhance OneCloud Guided Growth with predictive tools and AI capabilities for smarter Microsoft adoption and accelerate innovation through Pax8 Labs and AI-driven workflows that redefine MSP success. 2025 was just the beginning.
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About Pax8
Pax8 is the cloud commerce Marketplace of the future, linking partners, vendors, and small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) through AI-powered insights and comprehensive product support. With a global partner ecosystem of over 47,000 managed service providers, Pax8 empowers SMBs worldwide by providing software and services that unlock their growth potential and enhance their security. Committed to innovating cloud commerce at scale, Pax8 drives customer acquisition and solution consumption across its entire ecosystem.
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