Art support
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
27906
Active companies
22023
Formed in latest 12 months
3900
Median active-company age
4.8 years
Revenue known
825
Importers
333
Exporters
194
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 27,906 |
| Active companies | 22,023 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 3,900 |
| Importers | 333 |
| Exporters | 194 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 825 known, 21198 unknown (3.7%).
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 | 311 | 167 |
| 2025-12 | 261 | 221 |
| 2026-01 | 328 | 194 |
| 2026-02 | 254 | 208 |
| 2026-03 | 397 | 236 |
| 2026-04 | 338 | 176 |
| 2026-05 | 288 | 206 |
| 2026-06 | 292 | 166 |
| 2026-07 | 341 | 304 |
| 2026-08 | 82 | 118 |
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 | 22,023 |
| Dissolved | 5,693 |
| Liquidation | 165 |
| Converted / Closed | 13 |
| In Administration | 6 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 4 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 2,980 |
| Inner London - East | 2,940 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,181 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,068 |
| Greater Manchester | 855 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 821 |
| West Midlands | 806 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 778 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 766 |
| Outer London - South | 573 |
Geography coverage: 21791 known, 232 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 | 12,571 |
| 1m-15m | 1,699 |
| 15m-54m | 28 |
| 54m+ | 59 |
Revenue-range coverage: 14357 known, 7666 unknown (65.2%).
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 | 7,639 |
| Small | 6,312 |
| Medium | 8 |
| Large | 80 |
| Holding | 61 |
| Dormant | 1,863 |
Company-size coverage: 15963 known, 6060 unknown (72.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 4,774 |
| 1–9 | 7,897 |
| 10–49 | 297 |
| 50–249 | 23 |
| 250+ | 4 |
Employee coverage: 12995 known, 9028 unknown (59.0%).
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 | 3,835 |
| 1–3 years | 4,601 |
| 3–5 years | 2,795 |
| 5–10 years | 5,076 |
| 10–20 years | 4,112 |
| 20+ years | 1,604 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 22023 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 | 22,023 |
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 | 207 |
| Exporter only | 68 |
| Both | 126 |
| Neither | 21,622 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 182 | £44,833,902,620 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 96 | £3,536,260,294 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 80 | £1,245,875,218 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 79 | £19,279,319,254 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 62 | £2,445,172,122 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 53 | £1,612,037,487 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 51 | £3,400,528,164 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 35 | £3,198,890,735 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 35 | £1,244,561,814 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 34 | £492,058,481 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 115 | £17,084,403,895 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 62 | £261,395,328 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 61 | £7,907,248,763 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 54 | £891,432,962 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 42 | £2,034,138,233 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 37 | £1,096,371,922 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 33 | £259,445,054 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 26 | £378,187,864 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 23 | £324,197,819 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 23 | £22,387,564 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 1,159 | 19,403 | 2,620 | 88.1% |
| Holding company | 2 | 19,403 | 2,620 | 88.1% |
| Solo founder | 10,681 | 19,403 | 2,620 | 88.1% |
| Ecommerce | 25 | 270 | 21,753 | 1.2% |
| Website | 334 | 345 | 21,678 | 1.6% |
| 223 | 345 | 21,678 | 1.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Sentric Music Limited | £65,149,000 |
| Solotech Uk Group Ltd | £57,538,632 |
| Adlib Audio Limited | £30,266,057 |
| Unusual Rigging Limited | £27,441,139 |
| Leisuretec Distribution Limited | £22,251,262 |
| Ambersphere Solutions Ltd | £19,139,729 |
| Prolight Concepts (uk) Limited | £18,093,215 |
| Hawthorn Theatrical Limited | £18,021,000 |
| Mediashare Ltd | £16,699,432 |
| Avc Live Limited | £16,354,000 |
Revenue coverage: 825 known, 21198 unknown (3.7%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Artistic creation | 44,052 |
| Other sports | 31,525 |
| Performing arts | 26,361 |
| Other recreation n.e.c. | 25,200 |
| Fitness | 17,416 |
| Sport clubs | 12,191 |
| Sports facilities | 9,750 |
| Art facilities | 6,286 |
| Museums | 1,618 |
| Gambling | 1,601 |
| Historical sites | 1,464 |
| Zoo & gardens | 1,042 |
| Amusement parks | 935 |
| Archives | 811 |
| Horseracing | 685 |
| Libraries | 546 |
SIC classification
SIC 90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Includes
support activities to performing arts for production of live theatrical presentations, concerts and opera or dance productions and other stage productions: activities of directors, producers, stage-set designers and builders, scene shifters, lighting engineers etc., activities of producers or entrepreneurs of arts live events, with or without facilities.
Excludes
activities of personal theatrical or artistic agents or agencies, see ##74.90, casting activities, see ##78.10