Finance
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Segments
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
117319
Active companies
85212
Formed in latest 12 months
10117
Median active-company age
6.6 years
Revenue known
1379
Importers
521
Exporters
335
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 117,319 |
| Active companies | 85,212 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 10,117 |
| Importers | 521 |
| Exporters | 335 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1379 known, 83833 unknown (1.6%).
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 | 812 | 755 |
| 2025-12 | 714 | 1,018 |
| 2026-01 | 847 | 834 |
| 2026-02 | 743 | 908 |
| 2026-03 | 961 | 1,221 |
| 2026-04 | 864 | 948 |
| 2026-05 | 729 | 874 |
| 2026-06 | 761 | 736 |
| 2026-07 | 820 | 1,316 |
| 2026-08 | 468 | 895 |
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 | 73,151 |
| Dissolved | 30,456 |
| Dormant | 12,061 |
| Liquidation | 1,492 |
| In Administration | 140 |
| Receiver Action | 13 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 3 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Closed | 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 | 16,095 |
| Inner London - East | 8,742 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 4,716 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 3,591 |
| Greater Manchester | 3,537 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 2,952 |
| West Midlands | 2,589 |
| Essex | 2,525 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 2,485 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 2,473 |
Geography coverage: 84537 known, 675 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 | 40,301 |
| 1m-15m | 11,856 |
| 15m-54m | 681 |
| 54m+ | 4,268 |
Revenue-range coverage: 57106 known, 28106 unknown (67.0%).
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 | 23,815 |
| Small | 26,133 |
| Medium | 115 |
| Large | 5,065 |
| Holding | 784 |
| Dormant | 12,061 |
Company-size coverage: 67973 known, 17239 unknown (79.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 17,131 |
| 1–9 | 30,092 |
| 10–49 | 1,491 |
| 50–249 | 163 |
| 250+ | 32 |
Employee coverage: 48909 known, 36303 unknown (57.4%).
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 | 9,813 |
| 1–3 years | 14,651 |
| 3–5 years | 10,114 |
| 5–10 years | 22,041 |
| 10–20 years | 18,171 |
| 20+ years | 10,420 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 85210 known, 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Other intermediaries | 35,360 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,289 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,409 |
| Principal Trading | 5,918 |
| Fund management | 5,799 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,462 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,516 |
| Investment trusts | 3,010 |
| REIT | 2,896 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,653 |
| Other lenders | 2,251 |
| Exchanges | 1,914 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,350 |
| Financial leasing | 1,238 |
| Pension funds | 1,175 |
| Property unit trusts | 939 |
| Banks | 726 |
| Factoring | 368 |
| Unit trusts | 169 |
| Building societies | 100 |
| Other | 29 |
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 | 298 |
| Exporter only | 112 |
| Both | 223 |
| Neither | 84,579 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 290 | £89,348,089,087 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 237 | £59,474,840,721 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 108 | £5,231,824,659 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 104 | £6,546,198,699 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 75 | £2,991,583,624 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 69 | £1,352,612,197 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 63 | £2,587,725,925 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 63 | £328,207,039 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 61 | £636,971,181 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 61 | £3,860,183,311 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 190 | £21,257,552,745 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 189 | £26,129,827,466 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 68 | £2,362,757,241 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 45 | £547,004,662 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 36 | £48,801,008 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 31 | £207,331,191 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 31 | £7,444,958,383 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 30 | £183,868,244 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 30 | £189,808,047 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 29 | £30,491,943,129 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
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 | 8,721 | 65,312 | 19,900 | 76.6% |
| Holding company | 49 | 65,312 | 19,900 | 76.6% |
| Solo founder | 34,963 | 65,312 | 19,900 | 76.6% |
| Ecommerce | 46 | 440 | 84,772 | 0.5% |
| Website | 542 | 585 | 84,627 | 0.7% |
| 441 | 585 | 84,627 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Quadrature Capital Limited | £1,224,817,000 |
| Anglo American Prefco Limited | £600,400,000 |
| Aforti Plc | £417,449,498 |
| Mitsubishi Hc Capital Uk Plc | £324,100,000 |
| Indemnity & Guarantee Limited | £316,176,989 |
| Illiquidx Limited | £222,016,958 |
| Sharps Pixley Limited | £215,827,218 |
| Ntt Finance Uk Limited | £198,164,000 |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Limited | £131,557,000 |
| Kyte Broking Limited | £128,078,985 |
Revenue coverage: 1379 known, 83833 unknown (1.6%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Professional services | 811,244 |
| Real estate | 686,300 |
| Construction | 575,639 |
| Retail | 517,235 |
| Technology | 365,184 |
| Hospitality & Food Services | 309,768 |
| Health & social care | 272,823 |
| Business support | 258,874 |
| Personal services | 257,103 |
| Processing & manufacturing | 198,533 |
| Entertainment | 180,281 |
| Wholesale | 172,377 |
| Transport & storage | 171,657 |
| Education | 155,904 |
| Activities for own use | 141,864 |
| Holding companies | 139,236 |
| Industry not specified | 136,002 |
| Dormant company | 111,136 |
| Maintenance & repair | 108,015 |
| Facility Services | 93,797 |
| Other | 595,701 |