Window cleaning

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

8175

Active companies

5332

Formed in latest 12 months

1125

Median active-company age

3.4 years

Revenue known

102

Importers

6

Exporters

4

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 8,175
Active companies 5,332
Formed in latest 12 months 1,125
Importers 6
Exporters 4

Revenue coverage among active companies: 102 known, 5230 unknown (1.9%).

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
2025-117961
2025-126377
2026-0110060
2026-029273
2026-039887
2026-0411157
2026-059386
2026-067761
2026-0787117
2026-085660

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 5,109
Dissolved 2,793
Dormant 223
Liquidation 49
In Administration 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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 321
Surrey, East and West Sussex 273
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 264
Outer London - East and North East 260
Inner London - West 220
West Yorkshire 218
Greater Manchester 208
West Midlands 203
Essex 201
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 189

Geography coverage: 5291 known, 41 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 rangeCompanies
0-1m 3,114
1m-15m 200
15m-54m 1
54m+ 3

Revenue-range coverage: 3318 known, 2014 unknown (62.2%).

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 2,035
Small 1,238
Medium 2
Large 9
Holding 2
Dormant 223

Company-size coverage: 3509 known, 1823 unknown (65.8%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 566
1–9 2,481
10–49 161
50–249 33
250+ 5

Employee coverage: 3246 known, 2086 unknown (60.9%).

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 1,106
1–3 years 1,408
3–5 years 722
5–10 years 1,140
10–20 years 708
20+ years 248

Incorporation-date coverage: 5332 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 5,332

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 2
Both 4
Neither 5,326

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
39 — Plastics and plastic products3£413,993,3812017-10-01 – 2026-03-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products3£230,695,7242018-11-01 – 2023-03-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts3£276,156,7882016-10-01 – 2026-03-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment3£19,306,8512017-01-01 – 2024-10-01
56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables2£8,311,7932024-04-01 – 2024-08-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags2£29,663,9952018-07-01 – 2024-09-01
70 — Glass and Glassware2£17,099,9712016-08-01 – 2019-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products2£67,546,0392016-11-01 – 2024-06-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils2£5,138,3272019-05-01 – 2026-02-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)2£30,484,1972024-02-01 – 2026-03-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
73 — Iron or Steel Products3£9,869,0342018-12-01 – 2026-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment3£55,431,4942018-08-01 – 2025-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices3£47,377,8072016-11-01 – 2025-04-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products2£138,748,2912021-05-01 – 2022-07-01
68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products2£54,038,8702021-01-01 – 2026-02-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products2£21,378,4012019-01-01 – 2023-12-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils2£5,156,0982018-05-01 – 2022-01-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts2£231,242,5682016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods2£8,259,1402016-05-01 – 2024-09-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products1£1,475,2402021-03-01 – 2026-04-01

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 577 5,121 211 96.0%
Holding company 0 5,121 211 96.0%
Solo founder 3,162 5,121 211 96.0%
Ecommerce 3 9 5,323 0.2%
Website 10 10 5,322 0.2%
LinkedIn 6 10 5,322 0.2%

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: 102 known, 5230 unknown (1.9%).

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 26,976
Landscaping services 24,760
Other cleaning services 21,745
Specialized cleaning 14,548
Facility support services 11,384
Industrial cleaning 6,594
Pest control 1,510
Chimney cleaning 486

SIC classification

SIC 81221 — Window cleaning services

Includes

cleaning of windows in dwellings and other buildings, cleaning services for exterior windows using swing stages