Companies that use CookieFirst

Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 2,640 companies that use CookieFirst

I noticed that CookieFirst's customers span an incredibly wide range of industries, but what unites them is they all have a significant web presence serving European customers. These aren't pure tech companies. They're manufacturers like Hatz diesel engines and Platowood building materials, healthcare providers like St. Luke's Hospital and Medisch Spectrum Twente, service organizations like ARC Europe assistance services, and retail operations like Homestore + More. They operate physical businesses that need compliant websites to support operations, sales, or customer service.

These are predominantly mature, established businesses. The employee counts tell the story: most have 50 to 500+ employees, with several over 1,000. Very few show funding rounds, suggesting they're profitable, often family-owned or privately held companies that have operated for decades. MONDRAGON has been around since the cooperative movement's early days, Ei Electronics since the 1960s, Graphéine for years as a Parisian design agency. Even the smaller companies like Platowood and LUKAS Hydraulik describe 70+ years of history.

Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 2,640 companies that use CookieFirst

I noticed that CookieFirst users are predominantly marketing-driven companies with sophisticated digital advertising operations. The strong presence of LinkedIn Ads (13.4x more likely) and Facebook Ads (6.0x more likely) combined with Google Search Console tells me these are businesses running multi-channel paid campaigns and obsessively tracking their performance. They're clearly dealing with significant cookie consent obligations, which makes sense given the volume of tracking pixels these advertising platforms require.

The pairing of Microsoft Clarity with Facebook and LinkedIn Ads is particularly revealing. These companies aren't just running ads, they're deeply analyzing user behavior post-click to optimize conversion paths. Clarity provides session recordings and heatmaps, suggesting they're refining landing pages and user journeys based on actual visitor behavior. The Storyblok correlation, despite the smaller sample size, reinforces this. That's a headless CMS favored by companies that want to move fast on content while maintaining technical flexibility. They're likely running numerous campaign-specific landing pages.

My analysis shows these are marketing-led organizations, probably in growth stage rather than early startup or enterprise. They've moved beyond basic analytics into sophisticated attribution and optimization, but they're nimble enough to adopt newer tools like Microsoft Clarity and Storyblok. The presence of Intune suggests many have reached the scale where IT management matters, pointing to mid-market companies with distributed teams. They're compliance-conscious enough to invest in proper cookie consent management, which indicates either European market focus or regulated industries.