Development
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
150887
Active companies
117452
Formed in latest 12 months
12101
Median active-company age
6.8 years
Revenue known
1225
Importers
1099
Exporters
210
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 150,887 |
| Active companies | 117,452 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 12,101 |
| Importers | 1,099 |
| Exporters | 210 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1225 known, 116227 unknown (1.0%).
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 | 925 | 840 |
| 2025-12 | 696 | 1,064 |
| 2026-01 | 1,083 | 922 |
| 2026-02 | 931 | 968 |
| 2026-03 | 1,252 | 1,051 |
| 2026-04 | 1,039 | 962 |
| 2026-05 | 964 | 1,022 |
| 2026-06 | 949 | 800 |
| 2026-07 | 1,045 | 1,387 |
| 2026-08 | 587 | 988 |
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 | 103,934 |
| Dissolved | 29,985 |
| Dormant | 13,518 |
| Liquidation | 2,886 |
| Receiver Action | 369 |
| In Administration | 173 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 12 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 9 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 | 10,223 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 7,077 |
| Inner London - East | 6,818 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 6,182 |
| Greater Manchester | 4,839 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 4,552 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 4,385 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 4,312 |
| Essex | 4,109 |
| West Midlands | 3,769 |
Geography coverage: 116420 known, 1032 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 | 63,042 |
| 1m-15m | 20,296 |
| 15m-54m | 836 |
| 54m+ | 1,232 |
Revenue-range coverage: 85406 known, 32046 unknown (72.7%).
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 | 35,376 |
| Small | 45,702 |
| Medium | 82 |
| Large | 1,606 |
| Holding | 326 |
| Dormant | 13,518 |
Company-size coverage: 96610 known, 20842 unknown (82.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 30,504 |
| 1–9 | 46,373 |
| 10–49 | 1,333 |
| 50–249 | 150 |
| 250+ | 35 |
Employee coverage: 78395 known, 39057 unknown (66.7%).
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 | 11,942 |
| 1–3 years | 19,431 |
| 3–5 years | 14,192 |
| 5–10 years | 33,162 |
| 10–20 years | 22,043 |
| 20+ years | 16,682 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 117452 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 | 117,452 |
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 | 954 |
| Exporter only | 65 |
| Both | 145 |
| Neither | 116,288 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 522 | £31,012,755,108 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 254 | £28,453,463,061 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 227 | £10,271,520,815 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 218 | £30,607,357,730 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 211 | £2,585,837,629 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 205 | £4,345,245,456 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 166 | £2,149,279,907 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 165 | £1,214,991,418 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 157 | £1,017,155,868 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 145 | £1,897,963,674 | 2016-04-01 – 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 | 74 | £13,158,059,136 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 71 | £1,215,094,926 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 56 | £6,793,842,079 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 50 | £1,785,011,927 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 37 | £2,877,231,253 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 30 | £3,542,285,185 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 27 | £1,638,187,419 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 27 | £50,435,238 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 22 | £188,818,052 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 22 | £161,327,528 | 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 | 15,974 | 91,988 | 25,464 | 78.3% |
| Holding company | 25 | 91,988 | 25,464 | 78.3% |
| Solo founder | 41,587 | 91,988 | 25,464 | 78.3% |
| Ecommerce | 52 | 705 | 116,747 | 0.6% |
| Website | 852 | 883 | 116,569 | 0.8% |
| 542 | 883 | 116,569 | 0.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mcaleer & Rushe Contracts Uk Limited | £627,670,309 |
| Speller Metcalfe Malvern Limited | £162,182,170 |
| Sexton Holdings Limited | £127,214,000 |
| Cfield Construction Limited | £119,248,585 |
| Acciona Industrial Uk Limited | £110,735,689 |
| Quinn (london) Limited | £109,019,097 |
| Getjar Limited | £100,539,397 |
| Coinford Construction Limited | £99,829,766 |
| Legacie Contracts Limited | £82,034,000 |
| West Point Construction Limited | £81,629,783 |
Revenue coverage: 1225 known, 116227 unknown (1.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 103,380 |
| Special construction | 68,855 |
| Finishing | 60,796 |
| Electrical installation | 60,721 |
| HVAC | 53,729 |
| Commercial | 45,020 |
| Other installation n.e.c. | 41,219 |
| Joinery | 24,370 |
| Other civil n.e.c. | 19,751 |
| Roofing | 19,022 |
| Painting | 18,332 |
| Floor/wall covering | 12,781 |
| Plastering | 10,184 |
| Glazing | 8,218 |
| Scaffolding | 7,385 |
| Site preparation | 5,790 |
| Machinery installation | 5,580 |
| Electric & telecom | 5,214 |
| Roads | 5,083 |
| Railways, underground | 3,909 |
| Other | 6,326 |
SIC classification
SIC 41100 — Development of building projects
Includes
development of building projects for residential and non-residential buildings by bringing together financial, technical and physical means to realise the building projects for later sale
Excludes
construction of buildings, see ##41.20, architectural and engineering activities, see ##71.1, project management services related to building projects, see ##71.1