Pest control

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

1846

Active companies

1512

Formed in latest 12 months

274

Median active-company age

4.5 years

Revenue known

13

Importers

14

Exporters

3

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 1,846
Active companies 1,512
Formed in latest 12 months 274
Importers 14
Exporters 3

Revenue coverage among active companies: 13 known, 1499 unknown (0.9%).

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
2025-111016
2025-121614
2026-01174
2026-02209
2026-033515
2026-041810
2026-052117
2026-062713
2026-071914
2026-081210

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 1,420
Dissolved 323
Dormant 92
Liquidation 11

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
Outer London - East and North East 89
Inner London - East 87
Outer London - West and North West 87
Surrey, East and West Sussex 85
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79
Inner London - West 73
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 69
Kent 68
Essex 62
Greater Manchester 51

Geography coverage: 1505 known, 7 unknown (99.5%).

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 887
1m-15m 107
15m-54m 4
54m+ 4

Revenue-range coverage: 1002 known, 510 unknown (66.3%).

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 557
Small 428
Medium 4
Large 4
Dormant 92

Company-size coverage: 1085 known, 427 unknown (71.8%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 190
1–9 715
10–49 60
50–249 6
250+ 1

Employee coverage: 972 known, 540 unknown (64.3%).

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 270
1–3 years 345
3–5 years 174
5–10 years 337
10–20 years 281
20+ years 105

Incorporation-date coverage: 1512 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 1,512

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 11
Both 3
Neither 1,498

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts6£327,844,8692017-06-01 – 2025-10-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices4£165,933,0982016-02-01 – 2025-04-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products3£42,686,5322024-03-01 – 2025-06-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products2£162,066,6022020-10-01 – 2025-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment2£22,482,2092022-09-01 – 2023-11-01
29 — Organic Chemicals1£2,183,9742016-11-01 – 2018-12-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products1£4,115,7472022-10-01 – 2022-10-01
59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use1£4,879,5772025-05-01 – 2025-05-01
66 — Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and Similar Items1£752,0212018-12-01 – 2018-12-01
70 — Glass and Glassware1£10,591,8742016-07-01 – 2025-08-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts2£12,471,1592021-12-01 – 2025-09-01
29 — Organic Chemicals1£906,0192016-12-01 – 2019-03-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products1£2,250,8412023-08-01 – 2023-08-01

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 173 1,410 102 93.3%
Holding company 1 1,410 102 93.3%
Solo founder 871 1,410 102 93.3%
Ecommerce 0 10 1,502 0.7%
Website 14 15 1,497 1.0%
LinkedIn 10 15 1,497 1.0%

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.

Revenue coverage: 13 known, 1499 unknown (0.9%).

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 26,936
Landscaping services 24,724
Other cleaning services 21,691
Specialized cleaning 14,518
Facility support services 11,378
Industrial cleaning 6,578
Window cleaning 5,317
Chimney cleaning 486

SIC classification

SIC 81291 — Disinfecting and exterminating services

Includes

disinfecting of dwellings and other buildings, exterminating insects, rodents and other pests, fumigation services and pest control services

Excludes

agriculture pest control, see ##01.61, impregnation of timber see ##16.10