Other civil n.e.c.

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

26588

Active companies

19747

Formed in latest 12 months

2003

Median active-company age

8.2 years

Revenue known

373

Importers

389

Exporters

190

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 26,588
Active companies 19,747
Formed in latest 12 months 2,003
Importers 389
Exporters 190

Revenue coverage among active companies: 373 known, 19374 unknown (1.9%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-11169145
2025-12102275
2026-01146184
2026-02134171
2026-03222211
2026-04165159
2026-05155163
2026-06152148
2026-07178268
2026-0851134

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

StatusCompanies
Active 18,283
Dissolved 6,162
Dormant 1,464
Liquidation 653
In Administration 16
Receiver Action 5
Insolvency Proceedings 3
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 regionCompanies
West Midlands 1,088
Greater Manchester 924
Outer London - West and North West 891
Inner London - East 785
Kent 762
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 749
Outer London - East and North East 720
Essex 693
Northern Ireland 619
Surrey, East and West Sussex 613

Geography coverage: 19558 known, 189 unknown (99.0%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 11,810
1m-15m 3,043
15m-54m 224
54m+ 183

Revenue-range coverage: 15260 known, 4487 unknown (77.3%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 6,891
Small 7,609
Medium 90
Large 324
Holding 80
Dormant 1,464

Company-size coverage: 16458 known, 3289 unknown (83.3%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 2,973
1–9 10,506
10–49 1,001
50–249 173
250+ 26

Employee coverage: 14679 known, 5068 unknown (74.3%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 1,956
1–3 years 2,862
3–5 years 1,839
5–10 years 4,640
10–20 years 4,715
20+ years 3,735

Incorporation-date coverage: 19747 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

ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 19,747

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 270
Exporter only 71
Both 119
Neither 19,287

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts175£31,922,680,7162016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment132£27,852,702,8842016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products122£7,066,047,8612016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices96£4,559,458,2002016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings89£4,723,109,4252016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products62£4,070,008,1812016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products52£1,751,716,0982016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)52£3,739,788,6482016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils42£238,355,6232016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products38£469,037,0152016-04-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts135£13,041,369,3182016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment80£8,736,921,3592016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products74£3,182,144,9702016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices58£3,511,391,4382016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)48£2,414,724,5922016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils41£163,963,7662016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products32£2,032,866,5622016-08-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings31£590,084,2632016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products27£238,047,5962016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items25£136,847,0362016-01-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 2,675 17,691 2,056 89.6%
Holding company 4 17,691 2,056 89.6%
Solo founder 9,102 17,691 2,056 89.6%
Ecommerce 18 286 19,461 1.4%
Website 376 386 19,361 2.0%
LinkedIn 314 386 19,361 2.0%

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.

Revenue coverage: 373 known, 19374 unknown (1.9%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Development 117,415
Domestic 103,264
Special construction 68,814
Finishing 60,671
Electrical installation 60,620
HVAC 53,634
Commercial 44,988
Other installation n.e.c. 41,174
Joinery 24,339
Roofing 18,979
Painting 18,321
Floor/wall covering 12,755
Plastering 10,197
Glazing 8,212
Scaffolding 7,382
Site preparation 5,781
Machinery installation 5,571
Electric & telecom 5,211
Roads 5,081
Railways, underground 3,927
Other 6,326

SIC classification

SIC 42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Includes

construction of industrial facilities, except buildings, such as: refineries, chemical plants, construction work, other than buildings, such as: outdoor sports facilities, land subdivision with land improvement (e.g. adding of roads, utility infrastructure etc.)

Excludes

installation of machinery and equipment, see ##33.20, land subdivision without land improvement, see ##68.10, project management activities related to civil engineering works, see ##71.12