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
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 120 | 86 |
| 2025-12 | 113 | 96 |
| 2026-01 | 183 | 99 |
| 2026-02 | 159 | 97 |
| 2026-03 | 202 | 110 |
| 2026-04 | 188 | 88 |
| 2026-05 | 178 | 92 |
| 2026-06 | 197 | 70 |
| 2026-07 | 204 | 138 |
| 2026-08 | 102 | 76 |
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 | 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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 range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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 band | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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 participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 86 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 37 |
| Neither | 11,240 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 63 | £15,611,376,898 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 58 | £12,896,677,704 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 40 | £4,203,717,216 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 30 | £3,585,696,023 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 17 | £880,065,486 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 15 | £1,766,097,059 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £1,307,684,278 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 13 | £160,399,287 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 12 | £541,886,514 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 12 | £58,699,682 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 27 | £4,940,917,892 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 27 | £4,396,291,904 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 23 | £2,694,413,858 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 17 | £590,326,319 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £848,772,650 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 13 | £1,993,231,011 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 8 | £182,870,793 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 8 | £44,131,006 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 8 | £16,534,428 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 7 | £104,260,520 | 2016-12-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 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
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 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.