Site preparation
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
8487
Active companies
5793
Formed in latest 12 months
677
Median active-company age
6.8 years
Revenue known
91
Importers
65
Exporters
28
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 8,487 |
| Active companies | 5,793 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 677 |
| Importers | 65 |
| Exporters | 28 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 91 known, 5702 unknown (1.6%).
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 | 43 | 81 |
| 2025-12 | 28 | 92 |
| 2026-01 | 57 | 70 |
| 2026-02 | 62 | 99 |
| 2026-03 | 78 | 112 |
| 2026-04 | 67 | 91 |
| 2026-05 | 50 | 75 |
| 2026-06 | 55 | 57 |
| 2026-07 | 71 | 97 |
| 2026-08 | 29 | 73 |
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 | 5,356 |
| Dissolved | 2,511 |
| Dormant | 437 |
| Liquidation | 169 |
| In Administration | 8 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 4 |
| 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 | 311 |
| Northern Ireland | 269 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 228 |
| Inner London - East | 224 |
| Essex | 212 |
| Inner London - West | 207 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 207 |
| Greater Manchester | 196 |
| Kent | 186 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 185 |
Geography coverage: 5744 known, 49 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 3,486 |
| 1m-15m | 670 |
| 15m-54m | 49 |
| 54m+ | 36 |
Revenue-range coverage: 4241 known, 1552 unknown (73.2%).
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 | 2,125 |
| Small | 1,943 |
| Medium | 15 |
| Large | 65 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 437 |
Company-size coverage: 4591 known, 1202 unknown (79.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 776 |
| 1–9 | 3,041 |
| 10–49 | 253 |
| 50–249 | 28 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 4103 known, 1690 unknown (70.8%).
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 | 666 |
| 1–3 years | 1,073 |
| 3–5 years | 610 |
| 5–10 years | 1,552 |
| 10–20 years | 1,257 |
| 20+ years | 635 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 5793 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 | 5,793 |
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 | 52 |
| Exporter only | 15 |
| Both | 13 |
| Neither | 5,713 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 33 | £2,915,186,495 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 23 | £2,887,960,633 | 2018-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 13 | £994,994,192 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £395,419,095 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 13 | £424,305,188 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 11 | £957,675,626 | 2019-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 10 | £713,079,275 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 7 | £266,667,944 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 6 | £22,358,998 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 5 | £99,670,131 | 2019-11-01 – 2026-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 18 | £1,442,652,388 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 9 | £331,365,123 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £296,864,710 | 2021-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £177,838,358 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £281,072,086 | 2022-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £21,281,162 | 2021-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 3 | £19,495,063 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 3 | £8,793,650 | 2023-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 3 | £17,449,362 | 2022-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £184,769,283 | 2022-05-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 758 | 5,325 | 468 | 91.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 5,325 | 468 | 91.9% |
| Solo founder | 2,932 | 5,325 | 468 | 91.9% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 37 | 5,756 | 0.6% |
| Website | 52 | 53 | 5,740 | 0.9% |
| 38 | 53 | 5,740 | 0.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Toureen Contractors Limited | £124,780,311 |
| Alliance Groundworks And Civils Limited | £123,309,443 |
| Coinford Limited | £101,360,337 |
| Getjar Limited | £100,539,397 |
| Collins Earthworks Limited | £81,791,206 |
| Fred Champion Groundworks Limited | £81,120,946 |
| Churngold Construction Limited | £61,388,000 |
| Wordsworth Excavations Limited | £56,803,397 |
| Mjl Contractors Limited | £55,628,500 |
| Flynn Group Limited | £50,973,727 |
Revenue coverage: 91 known, 5702 unknown (1.6%).
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 | 117,527 |
| Domestic | 103,492 |
| Special construction | 68,929 |
| Finishing | 60,823 |
| Electrical installation | 60,734 |
| HVAC | 53,744 |
| Commercial | 45,066 |
| Other installation n.e.c. | 41,251 |
| Joinery | 24,377 |
| Other civil n.e.c. | 19,772 |
| Roofing | 19,044 |
| Painting | 18,362 |
| Floor/wall covering | 12,792 |
| Plastering | 10,210 |
| Glazing | 8,228 |
| Scaffolding | 7,393 |
| Machinery installation | 5,584 |
| Electric & telecom | 5,219 |
| Roads | 5,091 |
| Railways, underground | 3,925 |
| Other | 6,333 |
SIC classification
SIC 43120 — Site preparation
Includes
clearing of building sites, earth moving: excavation, landfill, levelling and grading of construction sites, trench digging, rock removal, blasting, etc., site preparation for mining: overburden removal and other development and preparation of mineral properties and sites, except oil and gas sites, building site drainage, drainage of agricultural or forestry land
Excludes
drilling of production oil or gas wells, see ##06.10, ##06.20, decontamination of soil, see ##39.00, water well drilling, see ##42.21, shaft sinking, see ##43.99