Finishing
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
79885
Active companies
60821
Formed in latest 12 months
8451
Median active-company age
5.9 years
Revenue known
846
Importers
904
Exporters
199
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 79,885 |
| Active companies | 60,821 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 8,451 |
| Importers | 904 |
| Exporters | 199 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 846 known, 59975 unknown (1.4%).
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 | 526 | 470 |
| 2025-12 | 451 | 609 |
| 2026-01 | 744 | 500 |
| 2026-02 | 661 | 575 |
| 2026-03 | 846 | 681 |
| 2026-04 | 817 | 507 |
| 2026-05 | 715 | 567 |
| 2026-06 | 716 | 451 |
| 2026-07 | 776 | 819 |
| 2026-08 | 402 | 501 |
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 | 57,164 |
| Dissolved | 17,505 |
| Dormant | 3,657 |
| Liquidation | 1,517 |
| In Administration | 24 |
| Receiver Action | 16 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
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 - West and North West | 4,654 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 4,569 |
| Inner London - East | 3,585 |
| Essex | 3,114 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 3,064 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 2,665 |
| Greater Manchester | 2,471 |
| West Midlands | 2,447 |
| Inner London - West | 2,364 |
| Outer London - South | 2,317 |
Geography coverage: 60290 known, 531 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 | 39,388 |
| 1m-15m | 4,858 |
| 15m-54m | 161 |
| 54m+ | 67 |
Revenue-range coverage: 44474 known, 16347 unknown (73.1%).
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 | 24,543 |
| Small | 18,904 |
| Medium | 41 |
| Large | 150 |
| Holding | 33 |
| Dormant | 3,657 |
Company-size coverage: 47328 known, 13493 unknown (77.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 8,618 |
| 1–9 | 33,408 |
| 10–49 | 1,248 |
| 50–249 | 91 |
| 250+ | 6 |
Employee coverage: 43371 known, 17450 unknown (71.3%).
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 | 8,301 |
| 1–3 years | 11,289 |
| 3–5 years | 7,766 |
| 5–10 years | 15,662 |
| 10–20 years | 12,583 |
| 20+ years | 5,220 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 60821 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 | 60,821 |
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 | 776 |
| Exporter only | 71 |
| Both | 128 |
| Neither | 59,846 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 412 | £24,719,166,273 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 212 | £14,178,204,105 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 196 | £3,756,154,910 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 192 | £8,305,302,554 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 181 | £17,222,450,290 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 159 | £2,215,914,252 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 138 | £2,168,544,304 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 136 | £1,185,476,607 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 135 | £6,258,003,814 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 129 | £812,418,628 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 78 | £1,460,446,793 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 60 | £2,369,514,554 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 59 | £2,155,519,119 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 56 | £4,062,271,011 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 35 | £318,189,884 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 31 | £216,525,470 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 29 | £1,717,384,703 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 28 | £85,787,768 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 27 | £190,124,630 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 26 | £724,900,621 | 2017-02-01 – 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 | 6,789 | 57,899 | 2,922 | 95.2% |
| Holding company | 1 | 57,899 | 2,922 | 95.2% |
| Solo founder | 33,015 | 57,899 | 2,922 | 95.2% |
| Ecommerce | 77 | 627 | 60,194 | 1.0% |
| Website | 763 | 793 | 60,028 | 1.3% |
| 467 | 793 | 60,028 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Knight Harwood Limited | £140,200,134 |
| Portview Fit-out Limited | £109,607,409 |
| Thirdway Interiors Limited | £107,296,470 |
| Bell Group Ltd | £96,564,822 |
| Classic Builders (south West) Limited | £79,594,348 |
| Bjf Connections Ltd | £68,486,214 |
| Claremont Group Interiors Limited | £65,826,911 |
| Ruddy Joinery Limited | £63,448,249 |
| Hollywell Building Services Limited | £56,460,896 |
| Architectural Decorators Limited | £55,840,472 |
Revenue coverage: 846 known, 59975 unknown (1.4%).
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 |
| Electrical installation | 60,755 |
| HVAC | 53,756 |
| Commercial | 45,066 |
| 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 43390 — Other building completion and finishing
Includes
cleaning of new buildings after construction, other building and completion and finishing work n.e.c
Excludes
activities of interior decoration designers, see ##74.10, general interior cleaning of buildings and other structures, see ##81.21, specialised interior and exterior cleaning of buildings, see ##81.22