HR management
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
23095
Active companies
16009
Formed in latest 12 months
2261
Median active-company age
4.7 years
Revenue known
244
Importers
50
Exporters
31
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 23,095 |
| Active companies | 16,009 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 2,261 |
| Importers | 50 |
| Exporters | 31 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 244 known, 15765 unknown (1.5%).
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 | 172 | 230 |
| 2025-12 | 148 | 304 |
| 2026-01 | 200 | 221 |
| 2026-02 | 160 | 210 |
| 2026-03 | 212 | 234 |
| 2026-04 | 208 | 184 |
| 2026-05 | 181 | 211 |
| 2026-06 | 145 | 198 |
| 2026-07 | 199 | 334 |
| 2026-08 | 35 | 112 |
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 | 16,009 |
| Dissolved | 6,723 |
| Liquidation | 351 |
| In Administration | 10 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 | 1,730 |
| Inner London - West | 1,680 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 862 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 848 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 774 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 738 |
| West Midlands | 643 |
| Greater Manchester | 627 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 602 |
| West Yorkshire | 521 |
Geography coverage: 15892 known, 117 unknown (99.3%).
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 | 9,066 |
| 1m-15m | 1,360 |
| 15m-54m | 60 |
| 54m+ | 102 |
Revenue-range coverage: 10588 known, 5421 unknown (66.1%).
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 | 6,103 |
| Small | 3,984 |
| Medium | 15 |
| Large | 137 |
| Holding | 30 |
| Dormant | 1,891 |
Company-size coverage: 12160 known, 3849 unknown (76.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,803 |
| 1–9 | 6,706 |
| 10–49 | 403 |
| 50–249 | 133 |
| 250+ | 25 |
Employee coverage: 10070 known, 5939 unknown (62.9%).
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 | 2,221 |
| 1–3 years | 3,730 |
| 3–5 years | 2,307 |
| 5–10 years | 4,391 |
| 10–20 years | 2,707 |
| 20+ years | 653 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 16009 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 | 16,009 |
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 | 31 |
| Exporter only | 12 |
| Both | 19 |
| Neither | 15,947 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 19 | £5,875,421,093 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 15 | £741,839,688 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £3,008,961,410 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 10 | £1,346,443,878 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 6 | £29,330,762 | 2017-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 5 | £118,409,229 | 2021-02-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £574,824,802 | 2019-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 4 | £58,894,893 | 2021-05-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £290,871,157 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4 | £110,743,268 | 2020-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £2,157,114,747 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 15 | £2,317,926,993 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £1,025,016,599 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £96,766,696 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 6 | £223,603,736 | 2017-08-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5 | £24,639,490 | 2020-09-01 – 2024-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 5 | £24,260,356 | 2016-11-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 5 | £39,379,534 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £139,584,385 | 2019-04-01 – 2024-08-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £45,727,730 | 2018-11-01 – 2025-10-01 |
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 | 1,008 | 14,573 | 1,436 | 91.0% |
| Holding company | 2 | 14,573 | 1,436 | 91.0% |
| Solo founder | 9,482 | 14,573 | 1,436 | 91.0% |
| Ecommerce | 5 | 52 | 15,957 | 0.3% |
| Website | 58 | 62 | 15,947 | 0.4% |
| 43 | 62 | 15,947 | 0.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Conexia Limited | £147,233,130 |
| Mss Infrastructure Limited | £83,223,293 |
| Tangent International Limited | £63,457,845 |
| Marketplace Direct Limited | £41,047,478 |
| Walters Resources Limited | £40,030,956 |
| Precise Consultants Limited | £37,985,617 |
| Bright Sky Umbrella Limited | £37,563,224 |
| Arc (norwich) Limited | £32,210,879 |
| D.g.f. Limited | £28,742,109 |
| Mortimer Childe Ltd | £25,322,558 |
Revenue coverage: 244 known, 15765 unknown (1.5%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Employment placement (other) | 32,708 |
| Temp staffing agencies | 24,065 |
| Casting services | 1,946 |
SIC classification
SIC 78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Excludes
provision of human resources functions together with supervision or running of the business, see the class in the respective economic activity of that business, provision of human resources to temporarily replace or supplement the workforce of a client, see ##78.20