Professional
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
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
5991
Active companies
4449
Formed in latest 12 months
487
Median active-company age
7.2 years
Revenue known
134
Importers
21
Exporters
15
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 5,991 |
| Active companies | 4,449 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 487 |
| Importers | 21 |
| Exporters | 15 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 134 known, 4315 unknown (3.0%).
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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 45 | 35 |
| 2025-12 | 43 | 66 |
| 2026-01 | 33 | 46 |
| 2026-02 | 31 | 45 |
| 2026-03 | 30 | 52 |
| 2026-04 | 42 | 55 |
| 2026-05 | 39 | 47 |
| 2026-06 | 43 | 48 |
| 2026-07 | 38 | 79 |
| 2026-08 | 21 | 39 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 3,756 |
| Dissolved | 1,517 |
| Dormant | 693 |
| Liquidation | 19 |
| Converted / Closed | 5 |
| Receiver Action | 1 |
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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 780 |
| Inner London - East | 499 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 198 |
| West Midlands | 187 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 163 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 156 |
| Greater Manchester | 152 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 128 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 125 |
| Outer London - South | 118 |
Geography coverage: 4408 known, 41 unknown (99.1%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 2,349 |
| 1m-15m | 519 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 46 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2916 known, 1533 unknown (65.5%).
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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 1,288 |
| Small | 1,498 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 66 |
| Holding | 60 |
| Dormant | 693 |
Company-size coverage: 3606 known, 843 unknown (81.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,093 |
| 1–9 | 1,248 |
| 10–49 | 136 |
| 50–249 | 3 |
Employee coverage: 2480 known, 1969 unknown (55.7%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 475 |
| 1–3 years | 798 |
| 3–5 years | 472 |
| 5–10 years | 935 |
| 10–20 years | 705 |
| 20+ years | 1,064 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4449 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 4,449 |
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 participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 13 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 8 |
| Neither | 4,421 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £1,523,968,951 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 8 | £170,967,227 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 5 | £108,985,873 | 2019-12-01 – 2025-06-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £38,199,494 | 2020-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £31,185,738 | 2019-09-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 3 | £1,597,078 | 2023-11-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 3 | £182,134,332 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 3 | £135,903,932 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 3 | £69,246,181 | 2016-09-01 – 2022-01-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £103,689,257 | 2017-02-01 – 2025-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £309,055,198 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £155,612,688 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 5 | £192,380,677 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £29,307,824 | 2018-07-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 3 | £8,556,091 | 2018-12-01 – 2023-12-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 3 | £258,174,811 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 3 | £37,905,427 | 2021-04-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £146,874,783 | 2021-07-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £16,581,528 | 2018-08-01 – 2021-06-01 |
| 64 — Footwear and related items | 2 | £11,564,591 | 2019-08-01 – 2024-09-01 |
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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 155 | 2,903 | 1,546 | 65.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,903 | 1,546 | 65.3% |
| Solo founder | 1,486 | 2,903 | 1,546 | 65.3% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 20 | 4,429 | 0.4% |
| Website | 23 | 23 | 4,426 | 0.5% |
| 11 | 23 | 4,426 | 0.5% |
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.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Citrus Training Limited | £11,031,546 |
| The Personal Finance Society | £8,705,000 |
| Iosh Services Limited | £7,925,000 |
| Microbiology Society | £6,245,000 |
| Insolvency Practitioners Association | £4,669,777 |
| World Nuclear Association | £4,524,431 |
| Association Of British Dispensing Opticians(the) | £3,959,814 |
| International Dance Teachers Association Limited | £3,764,118 |
| Producers' Alliance For Cinema And Television Limited | £3,698,067 |
| World Obesity Federation | £2,701,743 |
Revenue coverage: 134 known, 4315 unknown (3.0%).
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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other | 14,522 |
| Religious | 6,759 |
| Business | 3,589 |
| Political | 532 |
| Trade unions | 372 |
SIC classification
SIC 94120 — Activities of professional membership organizations
Includes
activities of organisations whose members' interests centre chiefly on a particular scholarly discipline or professional practice or technical field, such as medical associations, legal associations, accounting associations, engineering associations, architects associations etc., activities of associations of specialists engaged in scientific, academic or cultural activities, such as associations of writers, painters, performers of various kinds, journalists etc., dissemination of information, the establishment and supervision of standards of practice, representation, before government agencies and public relations of professional organisations, activities of learned societies
Excludes
education provided by these organisations, see division ##85