Facility support services

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

14003

Active companies

11384

Formed in latest 12 months

1968

Median active-company age

6.8 years

Revenue known

262

Importers

123

Exporters

58

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 14,003
Active companies 11,384
Formed in latest 12 months 1,968
Importers 123
Exporters 58

Revenue coverage among active companies: 262 known, 11122 unknown (2.3%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-1112086
2025-1211396
2026-0118399
2026-0215997
2026-03202110
2026-0418888
2026-0517892
2026-0619770
2026-07204138
2026-0810276

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

StatusCompanies
Active 10,090
Dissolved 2,422
Dormant 1,294
Liquidation 174
In Administration 13
Voluntary Arrangement 5
Converted / Closed 3
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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 938
Inner London - West 729
Outer London - East and North East 719
Surrey, East and West Sussex 546
West Midlands 503
Outer London - West and North West 502
Greater Manchester 498
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 495
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 454
Essex 450

Geography coverage: 11235 known, 149 unknown (98.7%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 6,109
1m-15m 1,075
15m-54m 44
54m+ 126

Revenue-range coverage: 7354 known, 4030 unknown (64.6%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 4,036
Small 2,928
Medium 12
Large 177
Holding 33
Dormant 1,294

Company-size coverage: 8480 known, 2904 unknown (74.5%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 2,461
1–9 3,733
10–49 450
50–249 138
250+ 42

Employee coverage: 6824 known, 4560 unknown (59.9%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 1,941
1–3 years 1,861
3–5 years 1,059
5–10 years 2,207
10–20 years 2,520
20+ years 1,796

Incorporation-date coverage: 11384 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

ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 11,384

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 86
Exporter only 21
Both 37
Neither 11,240

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment63£15,611,376,8982016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts58£12,896,677,7042016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices40£4,203,717,2162016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings30£3,585,696,0232016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)17£880,065,4862016-02-01 – 2026-04-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products15£1,766,097,0592017-06-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products15£1,307,684,2782016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items13£160,399,2872016-09-01 – 2026-05-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags12£541,886,5142016-05-01 – 2026-04-01
70 — Glass and Glassware12£58,699,6822018-10-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts27£4,940,917,8922016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment27£4,396,291,9042016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices23£2,694,413,8582016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings17£590,326,3192016-06-01 – 2026-04-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products15£848,772,6502016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)13£1,993,231,0112016-08-01 – 2026-03-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products8£182,870,7932016-09-01 – 2026-04-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils8£44,131,0062016-01-01 – 2026-03-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods8£16,534,4282018-09-01 – 2026-03-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags7£104,260,5202016-12-01 – 2026-03-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 764 9,211 2,173 80.9%
Holding company 1 9,211 2,173 80.9%
Solo founder 4,921 9,211 2,173 80.9%
Ecommerce 1 83 11,301 0.7%
Website 114 123 11,261 1.1%
LinkedIn 94 123 11,261 1.1%

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

CompanyRevenue
Amey Community Limited £434,363,000
Gov Facility Services Limited £189,407,000
2gether Support Solutions Limited £166,584,000
Jaguar Building Services Limited £102,334,460
Hr Facilities Ltd £78,441,549
J C A Engineering Ltd £71,772,109
Van Duyvenvoorde Uk Limited £71,600,450
Enigma Industrial Services Ltd £62,832,460
H.& J. Martin Limited £60,619,191
Mountjoy Ltd £45,727,777

Revenue coverage: 262 known, 11122 unknown (2.3%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Building cleaning 26,976
Landscaping services 24,760
Other cleaning services 21,745
Specialized cleaning 14,548
Industrial cleaning 6,594
Window cleaning 5,332
Pest control 1,510
Chimney cleaning 486

SIC classification

SIC 81100 — Combined facilities support activities

Excludes

provision of only one of the support services (e.g. general interior cleaning services) or only a single function (e.g. heating), see the appropriate class according to the service provided, provision of management and operating staff for the complete operation of a client's establishment, such as a hotel, restaurant, mine, or hospital, see the class of the unit operated, provision of on site management and operation of a client's computer systems and/or data processing facilities, see ##62.03, operation of correctional facilities on a contract or fee basis, see ##84.23

Details

These activities are mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as windows or passageways.