Museums
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
1976
Active companies
1615
Formed in latest 12 months
125
Median active-company age
13.6 years
Revenue known
64
Importers
65
Exporters
47
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,976 |
| Active companies | 1,615 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 125 |
| Importers | 65 |
| Exporters | 47 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 64 known, 1551 unknown (4.0%).
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 | 4 | 12 |
| 2025-12 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026-02 | 7 | 19 |
| 2026-03 | 11 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 14 | 13 |
| 2026-05 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 15 | 16 |
| 2026-08 | 10 | 9 |
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 | 1,477 |
| Dissolved | 330 |
| Dormant | 138 |
| Converted / Closed | 21 |
| Liquidation | 9 |
| 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 | 168 |
| Inner London - East | 137 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 67 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 65 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 60 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 48 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 47 |
| Highlands and Islands | 45 |
| Eastern Scotland | 40 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 40 |
Geography coverage: 1602 known, 13 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 754 |
| 1m-15m | 408 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 49 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1212 known, 403 unknown (75.0%).
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 | 358 |
| Small | 768 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 62 |
| Holding | 89 |
| Dormant | 138 |
Company-size coverage: 1416 known, 199 unknown (87.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 396 |
| 1–9 | 375 |
| 10–49 | 45 |
| 50–249 | 3 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 820 known, 795 unknown (50.8%).
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 | 124 |
| 1–3 years | 185 |
| 3–5 years | 105 |
| 5–10 years | 271 |
| 10–20 years | 335 |
| 20+ years | 595 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1615 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 | 1,615 |
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 | 13 |
| Both | 34 |
| Neither | 1,537 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 27 | £2,107,019,398 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 23 | £4,089,960,845 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 19 | £1,256,300,688 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 17 | £838,013,573 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 15 | £705,170,818 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 15 | £3,797,254,412 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £449,929,333 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 11 | £64,157,493 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 10 | £1,054,640,620 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 10 | £65,293,788 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 29 | £3,042,839,168 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 11 | £855,732,001 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £395,206,185 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 9 | £378,536,200 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 9 | £71,714,981 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 9 | £61,346,203 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £163,288,233 | 2018-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 6 | £8,905,770 | 2017-11-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £71,803,110 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £6,376,312 | 2023-09-01 – 2026-01-01 |
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 | 63 | 779 | 836 | 48.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 779 | 836 | 48.2% |
| Solo founder | 348 | 779 | 836 | 48.2% |
| Ecommerce | 6 | 51 | 1,564 | 3.2% |
| Website | 62 | 63 | 1,552 | 3.9% |
| 37 | 63 | 1,552 | 3.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| The Photographers' Gallery Limited | £3,504,093 |
| American Museum & Gardens | £1,387,633 |
| National Football Museum At Urbis (trading) Limited | £898,912 |
| Catalyst Science Discovery Centre And Museum Trust Limited | £614,276 |
| The Reme Trading Company Limited | £358,670 |
| Wycombe Heritage And Arts Trust | £355,635 |
| Edinburgh Printmakers Trading Limited | £345,748 |
| Lcst Trading Limited | £262,643 |
| Gairloch & District Heritage Company Ltd. | £168,325 |
| Museum Of Colour C.i.c. | £158,514 |
Revenue coverage: 64 known, 1551 unknown (4.0%).
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 |
| Gambling | 1,600 |
| Historical sites | 1,463 |
| Zoo & gardens | 1,039 |
| Amusement parks | 932 |
| Archives | 814 |
| Horseracing | 682 |
| Libraries | 546 |
SIC classification
SIC 91020 — Museums activities
Includes
operation of museums of all kinds:, art museums, museums of jewellery, furniture, costumes, ceramics, silverware, natural history, science and technological museums, historical museums, including military museums, other specialised museums, open-air museums
Excludes
activities of commercial art galleries, see ##47.78, restoration of works of art and museum collection objects, see ##90.03, activities of libraries and archives, see ##91.01