Commercial
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
66802
Active companies
45066
Formed in latest 12 months
6939
Median active-company age
4.9 years
Revenue known
1002
Importers
692
Exporters
163
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 66,802 |
| Active companies | 45,066 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 6,939 |
| Importers | 692 |
| Exporters | 163 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1002 known, 44064 unknown (2.2%).
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 | 487 | 534 |
| 2025-12 | 405 | 599 |
| 2026-01 | 602 | 526 |
| 2026-02 | 468 | 544 |
| 2026-03 | 674 | 686 |
| 2026-04 | 678 | 447 |
| 2026-05 | 638 | 562 |
| 2026-06 | 575 | 425 |
| 2026-07 | 603 | 822 |
| 2026-08 | 324 | 516 |
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 | 41,473 |
| Dissolved | 20,307 |
| Dormant | 3,593 |
| Liquidation | 1,317 |
| In Administration | 69 |
| Receiver Action | 32 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 8 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Outer London - East and North East | 4,675 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 4,168 |
| Inner London - East | 3,576 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 2,067 |
| Essex | 2,015 |
| Inner London - West | 1,995 |
| West Midlands | 1,861 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,646 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,633 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,545 |
Geography coverage: 44745 known, 321 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 | 24,502 |
| 1m-15m | 5,178 |
| 15m-54m | 367 |
| 54m+ | 371 |
Revenue-range coverage: 30418 known, 14648 unknown (67.5%).
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 | 15,217 |
| Small | 13,681 |
| Medium | 113 |
| Large | 591 |
| Holding | 139 |
| Dormant | 3,593 |
Company-size coverage: 33334 known, 11732 unknown (74.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 7,687 |
| 1–9 | 20,027 |
| 10–49 | 1,237 |
| 50–249 | 164 |
| 250+ | 14 |
Employee coverage: 29129 known, 15937 unknown (64.6%).
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 | 6,801 |
| 1–3 years | 10,035 |
| 3–5 years | 5,916 |
| 5–10 years | 11,556 |
| 10–20 years | 5,806 |
| 20+ years | 4,952 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 45066 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 | 45,066 |
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 | 582 |
| Exporter only | 53 |
| Both | 110 |
| Neither | 44,321 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 291 | £18,395,444,120 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 219 | £25,477,155,920 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 208 | £9,804,309,356 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 183 | £30,110,223,457 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 171 | £4,586,705,422 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 132 | £1,571,318,536 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 126 | £1,116,747,806 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 113 | £747,532,723 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 94 | £1,304,928,432 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 93 | £1,282,561,124 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 78 | £4,113,914,496 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 59 | £4,440,272,436 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 54 | £2,036,839,096 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 41 | £427,051,981 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 23 | £163,145,363 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 23 | £1,200,124,078 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 21 | £157,069,452 | 2017-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 20 | £1,076,179,863 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 20 | £772,656,187 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 18 | £61,788,827 | 2016-05-01 – 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 | 3,951 | 40,513 | 4,553 | 89.9% |
| Holding company | 1 | 40,513 | 4,553 | 89.9% |
| Solo founder | 25,609 | 40,513 | 4,553 | 89.9% |
| Ecommerce | 30 | 466 | 44,600 | 1.0% |
| Website | 567 | 586 | 44,480 | 1.3% |
| 431 | 586 | 44,480 | 1.3% |
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.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Midgard Ltd | £579,571,000 |
| Rgcm Limited | £312,952,688 |
| J. Reddington Ltd | £298,104,000 |
| Gmi Construction Group Plc | £233,004,972 |
| E.w. Beard Limited | £230,157,000 |
| Tide Construction Limited | £177,530,464 |
| Toureen Contractors Limited | £124,780,311 |
| Ark Mechanical And Electrical Services Limited | £123,118,000 |
| C3 Construction Limited | £122,235,719 |
| Walters U.k. Limited | £120,386,803 |
Revenue coverage: 1002 known, 44064 unknown (2.2%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Development | 117,529 |
| Domestic | 103,487 |
| Special construction | 68,937 |
| Finishing | 60,821 |
| Electrical installation | 60,755 |
| HVAC | 53,756 |
| Other installation n.e.c. | 41,253 |
| Joinery | 24,386 |
| Other civil n.e.c. | 19,767 |
| Roofing | 19,054 |
| Painting | 18,361 |
| Floor/wall covering | 12,793 |
| Plastering | 10,208 |
| Glazing | 8,223 |
| Scaffolding | 7,391 |
| Site preparation | 5,795 |
| Machinery installation | 5,584 |
| Electric & telecom | 5,215 |
| Roads | 5,091 |
| Railways, underground | 3,920 |
| Other | 6,330 |
SIC classification
SIC 41201 — Construction of commercial buildings
Includes
construction of all types of non-residential buildings:, buildings for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, assembly plants etc., hospitals, primary, secondary and other schools, office buildings, hotels, stores, shopping malls, restaurants, airport buildings, indoor sports facilities, parking garages, including underground parking garages, warehouses, religious buildings, arts, cultural or leisure facilities buildings, assembly and erection of prefabricated non-residential constructions on the site
Excludes
construction of industrial facilities, except buildings, see ##42.99, architectural and engineering activities, see ##71.1, project management for construction, see ##71.1