Document & office support
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
3197
Active companies
2117
Formed in latest 12 months
301
Median active-company age
5.6 years
Revenue known
39
Importers
30
Exporters
30
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 3,197 |
| Active companies | 2,117 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 301 |
| Importers | 30 |
| Exporters | 30 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 39 known, 2078 unknown (1.8%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 30 | 36 |
| 2026-01 | 32 | 39 |
| 2026-02 | 37 | 33 |
| 2026-03 | 23 | 29 |
| 2026-04 | 20 | 21 |
| 2026-05 | 18 | 43 |
| 2026-06 | 13 | 19 |
| 2026-07 | 26 | 63 |
| 2026-08 | 20 | 30 |
| 2026-09 | 19 | 39 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 1,903 |
| Dissolved | 1,049 |
| Dormant | 214 |
| Liquidation | 30 |
| 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 - East | 264 |
| Inner London - West | 196 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 124 |
| West Midlands | 97 |
| Greater Manchester | 93 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 87 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 83 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 77 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 74 |
| Essex | 60 |
Geography coverage: 2105 known, 12 unknown (99.4%).
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 | 1,255 |
| 1m-15m | 151 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 4 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1414 known, 703 unknown (66.8%).
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 | 850 |
| Small | 522 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 6 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 214 |
Company-size coverage: 1595 known, 522 unknown (75.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 382 |
| 1–9 | 919 |
| 10–49 | 50 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 1357 known, 760 unknown (64.1%).
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 | 291 |
| 1–3 years | 456 |
| 3–5 years | 252 |
| 5–10 years | 461 |
| 10–20 years | 405 |
| 20+ years | 252 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2117 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 | 2,117 |
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 | 21 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 9 |
| Neither | 2,066 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £3,323,496,754 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £2,144,494,715 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 7 | £115,514,796 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6 | £24,626,556 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 6 | £198,017,774 | 2016-06-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 5 | £10,538,134 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £85,917,603 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £164,595,249 | 2017-01-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £128,301,454 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £180,793,270 | 2020-03-01 – 2023-07-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £888,880,412 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 11 | £738,612,930 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 11 | £1,866,408,717 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £1,297,271,126 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 7 | £369,964,378 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 7 | £94,138,426 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 6 | £36,965,282 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 5 | £753,094,000 | 2016-11-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £53,792,540 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 4 | £16,071,387 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-02-01 |
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 | 142 | 1,959 | 158 | 92.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,959 | 158 | 92.5% |
| Solo founder | 1,237 | 1,959 | 158 | 92.5% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 40 | 2,077 | 1.9% |
| Website | 44 | 45 | 2,072 | 2.1% |
| 32 | 45 | 2,072 | 2.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Automated Systems Group Limited | £30,325,000 |
| Intelligent Office Uk Limited | £28,297,891 |
| Zerographic Systems Limited | £13,420,622 |
| Oddfellows Support Services Limited | £194,666 |
| We Certify Group Ltd | £174,198 |
| Saint Cullinan Ltd | £158,053 |
| Fegoa Ltd | £85,018 |
| Affordable Family Law Group Community Interest Company | £73,352 |
| Dnt Consult Ltd | £62,300 |
| International Law Connection Ltd | £60,841 |
Revenue coverage: 39 known, 2078 unknown (1.8%).
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 business support | 225,868 |
| Office admin support | 15,169 |
| Exhibition organizers | 7,768 |
| Conference organizers | 6,633 |
| Packaging services | 3,127 |
| Call centers | 1,783 |
| Collection agencies | 837 |
| Credit bureaus | 89 |
SIC classification
SIC 82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
Includes
document preparation, document editing or proofreading, typing and word processing, secretarial support services, transcription of documents, and other secretarial services, letter or resume writing, provision of mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services, such as pre-sorting, addressing, etc., photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, other document copying services (without also providing printing services, such as offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, pre-press services)
Excludes
printing of documents (offset printing, quick printing etc.), see ##18.12, pre-press services, see ##18.13, developing and organising mail advertising campaigns, see ##73.11, specialised stenotype services such as court reporting, see ##82.99, public stenography services, see ##82.99