Sports and recreation
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
22691
Active companies
17370
Formed in latest 12 months
3432
Median active-company age
3.2 years
Revenue known
742
Importers
93
Exporters
21
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 22,691 |
| Active companies | 17,370 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 3,432 |
| Importers | 93 |
| Exporters | 21 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 742 known, 16628 unknown (4.3%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 196 | 193 |
| 2026-01 | 297 | 179 |
| 2026-02 | 255 | 189 |
| 2026-03 | 336 | 222 |
| 2026-04 | 314 | 144 |
| 2026-05 | 288 | 182 |
| 2026-06 | 306 | 147 |
| 2026-07 | 321 | 253 |
| 2026-08 | 272 | 150 |
| 2026-09 | 228 | 179 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
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 | 16,120 |
| Dissolved | 5,205 |
| Dormant | 1,250 |
| Liquidation | 99 |
| Converted / Closed | 16 |
| In Administration | 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 - East | 1,215 |
| Inner London - West | 1,042 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 838 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 753 |
| Greater Manchester | 738 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 675 |
| West Midlands | 671 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 603 |
| West Yorkshire | 568 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 550 |
Geography coverage: 17055 known, 315 unknown (98.2%).
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 | 9,458 |
| 1m-15m | 1,108 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 36 |
Revenue-range coverage: 10606 known, 6764 unknown (61.1%).
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 | 5,987 |
| Small | 4,363 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 49 |
| Holding | 38 |
| Dormant | 1,250 |
Company-size coverage: 11689 known, 5681 unknown (67.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 3,088 |
| 1–9 | 5,965 |
| 10–49 | 370 |
| 50–249 | 39 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 9463 known, 7907 unknown (54.5%).
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 | 3,371 |
| 1–3 years | 4,931 |
| 3–5 years | 2,931 |
| 5–10 years | 4,029 |
| 10–20 years | 1,690 |
| 20+ years | 418 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 17370 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 | 17,370 |
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 | 78 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 15 |
| Neither | 17,271 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 45 | £985,817,633 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 23 | £2,303,219,194 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18 | £533,509,724 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 16 | £847,463,481 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 9 | £564,498,697 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £389,077,545 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 7 | £94,488,630 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 65 — Headgear and accessories | 7 | £72,261,868 | 2017-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 7 | £126,673,411 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £104,663,671 | 2021-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 7 | £41,789,045 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £169,072,043 | 2016-10-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £113,093,993 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £730,484,186 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £81,936,356 | 2019-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 64 — Footwear and related items | 4 | £12,492,950 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £11,129,118 | 2022-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 3 | £25,200,159 | 2023-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 89 — Ships, Boats, and Floating Structures | 3 | £62,846,525 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 3 | £125,403,724 | 2024-08-01 – 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 | 1,323 | 15,733 | 1,637 | 90.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 15,733 | 1,637 | 90.6% |
| Solo founder | 9,424 | 15,733 | 1,637 | 90.6% |
| Ecommerce | 22 | 70 | 17,300 | 0.4% |
| Website | 84 | 86 | 17,284 | 0.5% |
| 41 | 86 | 17,284 | 0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Alliance Leisure Services Limited | £80,825,708 |
| Ross County Football Club (1998) Limited | £5,907,595 |
| Uk Coaching Solutions Limited | £3,252,975 |
| The Winter Sports Training Company Limited | £859,970 |
| Tigers Gymnastics Centre Cic | £772,330 |
| Halo Security Specialist Cic | £690,242 |
| Lps Sports Group Ltd | £654,377 |
| Freedom Snowsports Ltd | £631,010 |
| All Stars Gymnastics Club C.i.c. | £611,949 |
| Heaton Park Golf C.i.c. | £567,382 |
Revenue coverage: 742 known, 16628 unknown (4.3%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other education n.e.c. | 69,972 |
| Support services | 44,281 |
| Cultural education | 12,282 |
| Pre-primary | 9,095 |
| Primary | 7,072 |
| Secondary | 6,442 |
| Technical and vocational | 5,759 |
| Driving schools | 4,563 |
| Post-graduate | 3,205 |
| Undergraduate | 2,646 |
| Post-secondary (non-tertiary) | 2,374 |
SIC classification
SIC 85510 — Sports and recreation education
Includes
sports instruction (baseball, basketball, cricket, football, etc.), camps, sports instruction, gymnastics instruction, riding instruction, academies or schools, swimming instruction, professional sports instructors, teachers, coaches, martial arts instruction, card game instruction (such as bridge), yoga instruction
Excludes
cultural education, see ##85.52
Details
This class includes provision of instruction in the arts, drama and music. Units giving this type of instructions might be named "schools", "studios", "classes" etc. They provide formally organised instruction, mainly for hobby, recreational or self-development purposes, but such instruction does not lead to a professional diploma, baccalaureate or graduate degree.