Roads
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
9413
Active companies
5091
Formed in latest 12 months
663
Median active-company age
6.1 years
Revenue known
127
Importers
84
Exporters
48
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 9,413 |
| Active companies | 5,091 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 663 |
| Importers | 84 |
| Exporters | 48 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 127 known, 4964 unknown (2.5%).
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 | 50 | 145 |
| 2025-12 | 34 | 165 |
| 2026-01 | 50 | 125 |
| 2026-02 | 44 | 193 |
| 2026-03 | 71 | 205 |
| 2026-04 | 62 | 111 |
| 2026-05 | 53 | 116 |
| 2026-06 | 64 | 88 |
| 2026-07 | 59 | 155 |
| 2026-08 | 23 | 46 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 5,091 |
| Dissolved | 4,143 |
| Liquidation | 166 |
| In Administration | 11 |
| Receiver Action | 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 340 |
| Kent | 255 |
| Greater Manchester | 201 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 201 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 196 |
| Inner London - East | 186 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 176 |
| Essex | 176 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 166 |
| Inner London - West | 164 |
Geography coverage: 5033 known, 58 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 2,706 |
| 1m-15m | 663 |
| 15m-54m | 71 |
| 54m+ | 106 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3546 known, 1545 unknown (69.7%).
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 | 1,654 |
| Small | 1,607 |
| Medium | 32 |
| Large | 156 |
| Holding | 37 |
| Dormant | 441 |
Company-size coverage: 3927 known, 1164 unknown (77.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 679 |
| 1–9 | 2,354 |
| 10–49 | 233 |
| 50–249 | 59 |
| 250+ | 13 |
Employee coverage: 3338 known, 1753 unknown (65.6%).
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 | 639 |
| 1–3 years | 972 |
| 3–5 years | 628 |
| 5–10 years | 1,329 |
| 10–20 years | 935 |
| 20+ years | 588 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 5091 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 | 5,091 |
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 | 53 |
| Exporter only | 17 |
| Both | 31 |
| Neither | 4,990 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 47 | £12,807,414,402 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 39 | £3,718,557,283 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 39 | £11,860,296,030 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 30 | £1,873,741,954 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 25 | £1,985,044,889 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 24 | £1,148,181,231 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 20 | £298,654,880 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 18 | £209,467,996 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 18 | £75,549,832 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 15 | £1,336,513,016 | 2020-10-01 – 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 | 36 | £4,221,760,924 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £1,906,859,603 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 14 | £948,150,507 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 14 | £837,344,166 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 11 | £111,303,604 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 11 | £1,165,188,482 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £861,879,165 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 9 | £49,915,658 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 7 | £41,185,359 | 2017-09-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 32 — Tanning and dyeing products | 6 | £180,165,779 | 2018-09-01 – 2025-06-01 |
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 | 517 | 4,547 | 544 | 89.3% |
| Holding company | 1 | 4,547 | 544 | 89.3% |
| Solo founder | 2,742 | 4,547 | 544 | 89.3% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 61 | 5,030 | 1.2% |
| Website | 82 | 86 | 5,005 | 1.7% |
| 75 | 86 | 5,005 | 1.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd. | £240,782,387 |
| Jones Bros. Ruthin (civil Engineering) Co. Limited | £150,516,923 |
| Walters U.k. Limited | £120,386,803 |
| Marlborough Highways Limited | £116,330,525 |
| Corserv Solutions Limited | £99,010,683 |
| Via East Midlands Limited | £87,684,370 |
| Steve Hoskin Construction Limited | £77,759,827 |
| Galamast Limited | £73,514,222 |
| J Mccann & Co Limited | £69,310,040 |
| Churngold Construction Limited | £61,388,000 |
Revenue coverage: 127 known, 4964 unknown (2.5%).
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 | 117,610 |
| Domestic | 103,507 |
| Special construction | 68,939 |
| Finishing | 60,767 |
| Electrical installation | 60,709 |
| HVAC | 53,673 |
| Commercial | 45,094 |
| Other installation n.e.c. | 41,253 |
| Joinery | 24,350 |
| Other civil n.e.c. | 19,776 |
| Roofing | 19,012 |
| Painting | 18,379 |
| Floor/wall covering | 12,782 |
| Plastering | 10,216 |
| Glazing | 8,219 |
| Scaffolding | 7,395 |
| Site preparation | 5,802 |
| Machinery installation | 5,578 |
| Electric & telecom | 5,225 |
| Railways, underground | 3,941 |
| Other | 6,335 |
SIC classification
SIC 42110 — Construction of roads and motorways
Includes
construction of motorways, streets, roads, other vehicular and pedestrian ways, surface work on streets, roads, highways, bridges or tunnels:, asphalt paving of roads, road painting and other marking, installation of crash barriers, traffic signs and the like, construction of airfield runways
Excludes
installation of street lighting and electrical signals, see ##43.21, architectural and engineering activities, see ##71.1, project management for construction, see ##71.1