Office admin 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
21464
Active companies
15179
Formed in latest 12 months
2018
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
438
Importers
159
Exporters
100
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 21,464 |
| Active companies | 15,179 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 2,018 |
| Importers | 159 |
| Exporters | 100 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 438 known, 14741 unknown (2.9%).
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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 144 | 153 |
| 2025-12 | 130 | 212 |
| 2026-01 | 154 | 186 |
| 2026-02 | 157 | 185 |
| 2026-03 | 210 | 201 |
| 2026-04 | 187 | 183 |
| 2026-05 | 157 | 228 |
| 2026-06 | 181 | 168 |
| 2026-07 | 188 | 316 |
| 2026-08 | 61 | 147 |
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 | 13,260 |
| Dissolved | 6,015 |
| Dormant | 1,919 |
| Liquidation | 264 |
| In Administration | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 2 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 | 1,641 |
| Inner London - East | 1,418 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 787 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 699 |
| Greater Manchester | 671 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 602 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 599 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 549 |
| West Midlands | 542 |
| Essex | 498 |
Geography coverage: 15069 known, 110 unknown (99.3%).
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 | 8,835 |
| 1m-15m | 1,238 |
| 15m-54m | 45 |
| 54m+ | 111 |
Revenue-range coverage: 10229 known, 4950 unknown (67.4%).
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 | 6,135 |
| Small | 3,539 |
| Medium | 11 |
| Large | 158 |
| Holding | 61 |
| Dormant | 1,919 |
Company-size coverage: 11823 known, 3356 unknown (77.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 3,063 |
| 1–9 | 6,206 |
| 10–49 | 283 |
| 50–249 | 45 |
| 250+ | 19 |
Employee coverage: 9616 known, 5563 unknown (63.4%).
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 | 1,971 |
| 1–3 years | 2,981 |
| 3–5 years | 1,788 |
| 5–10 years | 3,897 |
| 10–20 years | 3,178 |
| 20+ years | 1,364 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 15179 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 | 15,179 |
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 | 94 |
| Exporter only | 35 |
| Both | 65 |
| Neither | 14,985 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 77 | £30,423,603,314 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 71 | £26,375,754,456 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 42 | £3,242,174,297 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 41 | £3,877,428,526 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 31 | £2,267,274,931 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 26 | £2,736,260,650 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 26 | £972,544,560 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 23 | £475,124,248 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 20 | £397,911,175 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 19 | £185,974,575 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 51 | £7,834,302,493 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 43 | £7,368,949,476 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 31 | £2,382,410,760 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 19 | £1,214,393,206 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 19 | £252,480,897 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £747,724,126 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 19 | £351,574,968 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 15 | £1,298,503,665 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 14 | £149,235,635 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13 | £155,345,157 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
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 | 1,092 | 13,489 | 1,690 | 88.9% |
| Holding company | 6 | 13,489 | 1,690 | 88.9% |
| Solo founder | 7,887 | 13,489 | 1,690 | 88.9% |
| Ecommerce | 22 | 132 | 15,047 | 0.9% |
| Website | 161 | 172 | 15,007 | 1.1% |
| 119 | 172 | 15,007 | 1.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Orbital Management Services Limited | £139,009,555 |
| Bishopsgate Contracting Services Limited | £89,174,000 |
| Olsa Futures Limited | £72,493,930 |
| Bishopsgate Employment Services Limited | £51,786,000 |
| Lycatel Services Limited | £34,483,366 |
| Orbital Umbrella Limited | £33,899,482 |
| Psa Parts Limited | £25,826,277 |
| Mortimer Childe Ltd | £25,322,558 |
| Pitreavie Packaging Limited | £24,977,515 |
| Mathys & Squire Services Ltd | £19,777,516 |
Revenue coverage: 438 known, 14741 unknown (2.9%).
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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other business support | 226,603 |
| Exhibition organizers | 7,565 |
| Conference organizers | 6,463 |
| Packaging services | 3,134 |
| Document & office support | 2,128 |
| Call centers | 1,798 |
| Collection agencies | 823 |
| Credit bureaus | 93 |
SIC classification
SIC 82110 — Combined office administrative service activities
Excludes
provision of only one particular aspect of these activities, see class according to that particular activity, provision of the operating staff without supervision, see ##78
Details
This class includes a variety of copying, document preparation and specialised office support activities. The document copying/printing activities included here cover only short-run type printing activities.