Artistic creation
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
58083
Active companies
44040
Formed in latest 12 months
6711
Median active-company age
5.3 years
Revenue known
1419
Importers
570
Exporters
598
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 58,083 |
| Active companies | 44,040 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 6,711 |
| Importers | 570 |
| Exporters | 598 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1419 known, 42621 unknown (3.2%).
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 | 597 | 416 |
| 2025-12 | 511 | 528 |
| 2026-01 | 675 | 457 |
| 2026-02 | 476 | 475 |
| 2026-03 | 581 | 570 |
| 2026-04 | 551 | 442 |
| 2026-05 | 502 | 466 |
| 2026-06 | 451 | 364 |
| 2026-07 | 471 | 661 |
| 2026-08 | 208 | 316 |
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 | 39,300 |
| Dissolved | 13,764 |
| Dormant | 4,740 |
| Liquidation | 249 |
| Converted / Closed | 20 |
| In Administration | 7 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 - West | 6,858 |
| Inner London - East | 6,683 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 2,335 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 2,309 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 1,607 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,505 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,416 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 1,345 |
| West Midlands | 1,109 |
| Kent | 1,078 |
Geography coverage: 43596 known, 444 unknown (99.0%).
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 | 25,974 |
| 1m-15m | 2,898 |
| 15m-54m | 47 |
| 54m+ | 96 |
Revenue-range coverage: 29015 known, 15025 unknown (65.9%).
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 | 16,710 |
| Small | 11,382 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 132 |
| Holding | 87 |
| Dormant | 4,740 |
Company-size coverage: 33056 known, 10984 unknown (75.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 9,219 |
| 1–9 | 17,375 |
| 10–49 | 304 |
| 50–249 | 30 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 26931 known, 17109 unknown (61.2%).
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 | 6,569 |
| 1–3 years | 9,115 |
| 3–5 years | 5,534 |
| 5–10 years | 10,035 |
| 10–20 years | 8,092 |
| 20+ years | 4,695 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 44040 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 | 44,040 |
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 | 306 |
| Exporter only | 334 |
| Both | 264 |
| Neither | 43,136 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 147 | £5,905,823,350 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 137 | £16,744,332,887 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 135 | £9,061,765,099 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 78 | £7,863,793,085 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 74 | £2,845,050,858 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 71 | £2,066,525,420 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 64 | £5,671,600,226 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 64 | £1,363,551,507 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 56 | £1,018,023,581 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 52 | £301,517,889 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 298 | £20,093,534,192 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 103 | £1,600,746,498 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 95 | £5,153,761,514 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 77 | £3,029,055,904 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 71 | £919,620,488 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 64 | £3,476,429,125 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 64 | £487,795,985 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 50 | £782,129,904 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 49 | £895,840,925 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 41 | £240,300,557 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 2,926 | 40,468 | 3,572 | 91.9% |
| Holding company | 2 | 40,468 | 3,572 | 91.9% |
| Solo founder | 23,873 | 40,468 | 3,572 | 91.9% |
| Ecommerce | 178 | 675 | 43,365 | 1.5% |
| Website | 784 | 813 | 43,227 | 1.8% |
| 387 | 813 | 43,227 | 1.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Entertainment One Uk Limited | £188,009,000 |
| Pias Recordings Uk Limited | £45,443,296 |
| Thortful Limited | £33,227,096 |
| Rayware Limited | £26,507,158 |
| Banana Split Limited | £18,977,024 |
| Hat Trick Productions Limited | £16,050,589 |
| Shutterstock (uk) Ltd | £15,293,506 |
| Pentagram Design Limited | £14,972,901 |
| Solutions Diverse Ltd. | £14,385,324 |
| Nettwerk Music (uk) Limited | £13,749,495 |
Revenue coverage: 1419 known, 42621 unknown (3.2%).
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 sports | 31,520 |
| Performing arts | 26,366 |
| Other recreation n.e.c. | 25,202 |
| Art support | 22,029 |
| Fitness | 17,419 |
| Sport clubs | 12,198 |
| Sports facilities | 9,775 |
| Art facilities | 6,285 |
| Museums | 1,616 |
| Gambling | 1,597 |
| Historical sites | 1,462 |
| Zoo & gardens | 1,039 |
| Amusement parks | 932 |
| Archives | 813 |
| Horseracing | 682 |
| Libraries | 546 |
SIC classification
SIC 90030 — Artistic creation
Includes
activities of individual artists such as sculptors, painters, cartoonists, engravers, etchers etc., activities of individual writers, for all subjects including fictional writing, technical writing etc., activities of independent journalists, restoring of works of art such as paintings etc.
Excludes
manufacture of statues, other than artistic originals, see ##23.70, restoring of organs and other historical musical instruments, see ##33.19, motion picture and video production, see ##59.11, ##59.12, restoring of furniture (except museum type restoration), see ##95.24