Broker-dealers
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
4567
Active companies
2598
Formed in latest 12 months
399
Median active-company age
4.8 years
Revenue known
68
Importers
45
Exporters
25
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,567 |
| Active companies | 2,598 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 399 |
| Importers | 45 |
| Exporters | 25 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 68 known, 2530 unknown (2.6%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 28 | 62 |
| 2026-01 | 35 | 43 |
| 2026-02 | 44 | 42 |
| 2026-03 | 28 | 75 |
| 2026-04 | 27 | 55 |
| 2026-05 | 33 | 57 |
| 2026-06 | 28 | 33 |
| 2026-07 | 31 | 85 |
| 2026-08 | 25 | 40 |
| 2026-09 | 19 | 62 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
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 | 2,142 |
| Dissolved | 1,922 |
| Dormant | 456 |
| Liquidation | 39 |
| In Administration | 8 |
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 | 599 |
| Inner London - East | 344 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 193 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 125 |
| Essex | 112 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 101 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 95 |
| Greater Manchester | 87 |
| West Midlands | 82 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 78 |
Geography coverage: 2588 known, 10 unknown (99.6%).
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 | 993 |
| 1m-15m | 292 |
| 15m-54m | 29 |
| 54m+ | 174 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1488 known, 1110 unknown (57.3%).
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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 659 |
| Small | 540 |
| Medium | 8 |
| Large | 216 |
| Holding | 20 |
| Dormant | 456 |
Company-size coverage: 1899 known, 699 unknown (73.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 483 |
| 1–9 | 754 |
| 10–49 | 37 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 1280 known, 1318 unknown (49.3%).
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 | 380 |
| 1–3 years | 582 |
| 3–5 years | 364 |
| 5–10 years | 613 |
| 10–20 years | 387 |
| 20+ years | 272 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2598 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 | 2,598 |
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 | 26 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 19 |
| Neither | 2,547 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 27 | £13,631,432,300 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 21 | £6,122,909,924 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 10 | £237,287,589 | 2016-09-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 7 | £349,120,702 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 7 | £34,307,716 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 5 | £95,913,678 | 2016-09-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5 | £42,389,617 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £39,223,165 | 2020-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £136,806,789 | 2016-10-01 – 2025-01-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £139,053,494 | 2021-11-01 – 2026-01-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 11 | £1,344,742,471 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 10 | £2,346,438,000 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £89,498,070 | 2016-01-01 – 2024-03-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 4 | £307,754,854 | 2019-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 3 | £1,781,659,927 | 2018-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 3 | £11,398,213,823 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £114,689,164 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 3 | £113,431,023 | 2018-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 3 | £2,227,755 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 3 | £1,062,179,178 | 2019-05-01 – 2025-08-01 |
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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 171 | 2,173 | 425 | 83.6% |
| Holding company | 3 | 2,173 | 425 | 83.6% |
| Solo founder | 1,382 | 2,173 | 425 | 83.6% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 27 | 2,571 | 1.0% |
| Website | 34 | 37 | 2,561 | 1.4% |
| 26 | 37 | 2,561 | 1.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Kyte Broking Limited | £128,078,985 |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Services Limited | £103,371,000 |
| Oil Brokerage Services Limited | £98,249,857 |
| Alfa Commodities Limited | £90,298,173 |
| Amass Trading Limited | £42,391,542 |
| Marex Fx Limited | £29,031,256 |
| Otc Europe Services Limited | £27,815,155 |
| Sigma Broking Limited | £24,625,354 |
| Sukin Limited | £23,604,835 |
| Avior Capital Markets International Limited | £13,548,256 |
Revenue coverage: 68 known, 2530 unknown (2.6%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other intermediaries | 35,271 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,415 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,329 |
| Principal Trading | 6,001 |
| Fund management | 5,741 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,482 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,453 |
| Investment trusts | 2,957 |
| REIT | 2,859 |
| Other lenders | 2,261 |
| Exchanges | 1,839 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,343 |
| Financial leasing | 1,215 |
| Pension funds | 1,168 |
| Property unit trusts | 927 |
| Banks | 707 |
| Factoring | 359 |
| Unit trusts | 166 |
| Building societies | 94 |
| Central banking | 28 |
SIC classification
SIC 66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Includes
dealing in financial markets on behalf of others (e.g. stock broking) and related activities, securities brokerage, commodity contracts brokerage, activities of bureaux de change etc.
Excludes
dealing in markets on own account, see ##64.99, portfolio management, on a fee or contract basis, see ##66.30
Details
Activities auxiliary to financial service activities not elsewhere classified.