Libraries
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
760
Active companies
546
Formed in latest 12 months
38
Median active-company age
11.9 years
Revenue known
31
Importers
10
Exporters
9
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 760 |
| Active companies | 546 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 38 |
| Importers | 10 |
| Exporters | 9 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 31 known, 515 unknown (5.7%).
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 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 482 |
| Dissolved | 206 |
| Dormant | 64 |
| Liquidation | 6 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 | 77 |
| Inner London - East | 57 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 25 |
| Greater Manchester | 23 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 22 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 20 |
| South East Wales | 16 |
| West Midlands | 15 |
| Outer London - South | 14 |
| West Yorkshire | 14 |
Geography coverage: 537 known, 9 unknown (98.4%).
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 | 252 |
| 1m-15m | 122 |
| 54m+ | 12 |
Revenue-range coverage: 386 known, 160 unknown (70.7%).
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 | 148 |
| Small | 216 |
| Large | 17 |
| Holding | 24 |
| Dormant | 64 |
Company-size coverage: 469 known, 77 unknown (85.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 134 |
| 1–9 | 125 |
| 10–49 | 13 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 273 known, 273 unknown (50.0%).
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 | 37 |
| 1–3 years | 83 |
| 3–5 years | 46 |
| 5–10 years | 80 |
| 10–20 years | 167 |
| 20+ years | 133 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 546 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 | 546 |
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 | 4 |
| Exporter only | 3 |
| Both | 6 |
| Neither | 533 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 5 | £216,454,052 | 2020-02-01 – 2025-01-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £1,636,438,551 | 2019-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £1,465,356,070 | 2022-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £25,389,410 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £50,013,451 | 2023-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 1 | £37,497,893 | 2025-05-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 1 | £440,128 | 2024-02-01 – 2024-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £18,831,989 | 2023-09-01 – 2023-09-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 1 | £27,190,178 | 2026-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1 | £180,373,265 | 2023-02-01 – 2024-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £96,677,499 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £830,185,821 | 2019-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £142,339,912 | 2017-10-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £42,267,186 | 2021-05-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 3 | £449,261,299 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £49,429,827 | 2021-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 2 | £20,213,633 | 2021-10-01 – 2022-06-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 2 | £1,515,048 | 2022-04-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 1 | £5,481,696 | 2024-10-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £95,483,407 | 2023-06-01 – 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 | 21 | 321 | 225 | 58.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 321 | 225 | 58.8% |
| Solo founder | 155 | 321 | 225 | 58.8% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 9 | 537 | 1.6% |
| Website | 11 | 11 | 535 | 2.0% |
| 6 | 11 | 535 | 2.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Flintshire Libraries And Leisure Limited | £10,596,398 |
| The For All Healthy Living Company Cic | £810,945 |
| Society Of Genealogists(the) | £682,223 |
| Eco Communities C.i.c. | £177,055 |
| Sports Media Services Ltd | £113,469 |
| Luton Literature Cic | £91,470 |
| Lewis St. Hill Consulting Ltd | £90,000 |
| Connect-conserve Cymru / Cyswllt-cadwraeth Cymru Community Interest Company | £88,271 |
| Grrrl Zine Fair Cic | £50,624 |
| The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation | £38,736 |
Revenue coverage: 31 known, 515 unknown (5.7%).
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 | 44,059 |
| Other sports | 31,533 |
| Performing arts | 26,382 |
| Other recreation n.e.c. | 25,216 |
| Art support | 22,048 |
| Fitness | 17,428 |
| Sport clubs | 12,204 |
| Sports facilities | 9,781 |
| Art facilities | 6,291 |
| Museums | 1,615 |
| Gambling | 1,600 |
| Historical sites | 1,463 |
| Zoo & gardens | 1,039 |
| Amusement parks | 932 |
| Archives | 814 |
| Horseracing | 682 |
SIC classification
SIC 91011 — Library activities
Includes
selection, acquisition and organisation of a collection which may be specialist or general, for lending or reference, cataloguing and preservation of collections, lending and storage of books, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, maps, music etc including materials in alternative formats, offering access to IT facilities including internet, retrieval activities in order to comply with information requests, reference enquiries etc, in person, via telephone, letter or Internet, making services available to general public or particular groups of users of the organisation e.g., students, members, researchers, Members of Parliament, additional services such as training courses (IT, information literacy, basic skills), user groups (reading, family history etc), organisation and running activities outside the library building for groups of users e.g. schools, conferences