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

CategoryCompanies
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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-114535
2025-124366
2026-013346
2026-023145
2026-033052
2026-044255
2026-053947
2026-064348
2026-073879
2026-082139

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

StatusCompanies
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 regionCompanies
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 rangeCompanies
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 sizeCompanies
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

EmployeesCompanies
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 bandCompanies
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

ClassificationCompanies
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 participationCompanies
Importer only 13
Exporter only 7
Both 8
Neither 4,421

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment11£1,523,968,9512016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices8£170,967,2272016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment5£108,985,8732019-12-01 – 2025-06-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings4£38,199,4942020-03-01 – 2025-12-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods4£31,185,7382019-09-01 – 2025-09-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products3£1,597,0782023-11-01 – 2024-10-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures3£182,134,3322016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting3£135,903,9322017-11-01 – 2026-01-01
71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals3£69,246,1812016-09-01 – 2022-01-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products3£103,689,2572017-02-01 – 2025-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts6£309,055,1982016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices6£155,612,6882016-09-01 – 2026-02-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures5£192,380,6772016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment4£29,307,8242018-07-01 – 2026-02-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products3£8,556,0912018-12-01 – 2023-12-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment3£258,174,8112016-02-01 – 2025-08-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings3£37,905,4272021-04-01 – 2025-02-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products2£146,874,7832021-07-01 – 2025-03-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted2£16,581,5282018-08-01 – 2021-06-01
64 — Footwear and related items2£11,564,5912019-08-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
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%
LinkedIn 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.

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

ClassificationCompanies
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