Animal services

UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.

Subsegments

Boarding (2269 companies)

Company snapshot

What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.

All companies

5538

Active companies

4208

Formed in latest 12 months

436

Median active-company age

7.1 years

Revenue known

79

Importers

148

Exporters

67

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 5,538
Active companies 4,208
Formed in latest 12 months 436
Importers 148
Exporters 67

Revenue coverage among active companies: 79 known, 4129 unknown (1.9%).

Company formations

What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.

Latest ten months shown in the chart

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-121839
2026-014439
2026-023036
2026-035251
2026-044920
2026-054535
2026-063028
2026-073752
2026-082733
2026-092337

Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.

Company status

What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.

Top values shown in the chart

StatusCompanies
Active 3,972
Dissolved 1,285
Dormant 236
Liquidation 42
Converted / Closed 3

Active companies by UK region

What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.

Top values shown in the chart

ITL2 regionCompanies
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 188
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 173
Surrey, East and West Sussex 166
Northern Ireland 161
Shropshire and Staffordshire 154
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 144
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 137
Lancashire 133
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 132
Mid and South West Wales 130

Geography coverage: 4167 known, 41 unknown (99.0%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 2,745
1m-15m 456
15m-54m 14
54m+ 19

Revenue-range coverage: 3234 known, 974 unknown (76.9%).

Company size and employees

What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.

Top values shown in the chart

Company sizeCompanies
Micro 1,611
Small 1,549
Medium 4
Large 30
Holding 11
Dormant 236

Company-size coverage: 3441 known, 767 unknown (81.8%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 850
1–9 2,015
10–49 150
50–249 20

Employee coverage: 3035 known, 1173 unknown (72.1%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 426
1–3 years 760
3–5 years 524
5–10 years 907
10–20 years 898
20+ years 693

Incorporation-date coverage: 4208 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).

Classification breakdown

What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.

Top values shown in the chart

ClassificationCompanies
Droving, shearing, other n.e.c. 2,591
Boarding 1,669

International trade

What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.

Top values shown in the chart

Trade participationCompanies
Importer only 98
Exporter only 17
Both 50
Neither 4,043

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts78£9,173,790,0992016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices51£5,187,501,6462016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment44£10,202,687,7872016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products36£3,279,801,9322016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products30£1,610,359,1952016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils25£84,737,0252016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
23 — Animal feed and food waste22£251,405,0602016-06-01 – 2026-05-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products22£2,217,366,8232017-12-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)22£1,329,184,1412016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods21£104,581,7152016-03-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts33£1,745,235,7582016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment21£1,441,779,1002016-07-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices20£1,477,922,1552016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products16£765,645,9772016-02-01 – 2026-03-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products14£273,093,1472016-12-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)14£383,584,6122017-06-01 – 2026-03-01
23 — Animal feed and food waste12£283,861,3892016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products9£1,038,728,1912016-05-01 – 2026-03-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings7£39,619,9182018-01-01 – 2025-02-01
05 — Animal-based products not listed elsewhere6£22,823,9012017-02-01 – 2025-07-01

Business and digital traits

What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.

Values shown in the chart with data coverage

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 823 3,800 408 90.3%
Holding company 0 3,800 408 90.3%
Solo founder 1,804 3,800 408 90.3%
Ecommerce 15 103 4,105 2.4%
Website 131 137 4,071 3.3%
LinkedIn 67 137 4,071 3.3%

Leading active companies

What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.

Revenue coverage: 79 known, 4129 unknown (1.9%).

Related classifications

What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.

Top values shown in the chart

ClassificationCompanies
Mixed farming 9,742
Plant growing 8,546
Animal breeding 8,410
Crop services 3,273
Poultry & eggs 1,485
Post-harvest services 744