Exchanges
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
4089
Active companies
1878
Formed in latest 12 months
261
Median active-company age
5.5 years
Revenue known
36
Importers
12
Exporters
6
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,089 |
| Active companies | 1,878 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 261 |
| Importers | 12 |
| Exporters | 6 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 36 known, 1842 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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 29 | 57 |
| 2025-12 | 21 | 56 |
| 2026-01 | 16 | 41 |
| 2026-02 | 17 | 59 |
| 2026-03 | 25 | 81 |
| 2026-04 | 15 | 50 |
| 2026-05 | 17 | 39 |
| 2026-06 | 15 | 42 |
| 2026-07 | 16 | 73 |
| 2026-08 | 8 | 82 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2,171 |
| Active | 1,497 |
| Dormant | 381 |
| Liquidation | 39 |
| 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 346 |
| Inner London - East | 247 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 102 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 91 |
| South East Wales | 72 |
| Greater Manchester | 68 |
| West Midlands | 68 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 64 |
| Essex | 63 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 61 |
Geography coverage: 1870 known, 8 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 | 836 |
| 1m-15m | 124 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 52 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1015 known, 863 unknown (54.0%).
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 | 502 |
| Small | 393 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 67 |
| Holding | 7 |
| Dormant | 381 |
Company-size coverage: 1353 known, 525 unknown (72.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 294 |
| 1–9 | 587 |
| 10–49 | 31 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 914 known, 964 unknown (48.7%).
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 | 249 |
| 1–3 years | 439 |
| 3–5 years | 202 |
| 5–10 years | 454 |
| 10–20 years | 383 |
| 20+ years | 151 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1878 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 | 1,878 |
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 | 6 |
| Both | 6 |
| Neither | 1,866 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £5,240,553,125 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £2,385,905,022 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £260,482,093 | 2017-07-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 3 | £87,191,917 | 2018-09-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £99,832,063 | 2023-10-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £26,247,592 | 2020-03-01 – 2023-09-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 2 | £1,783,830 | 2018-09-01 – 2020-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £37,636,568 | 2023-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 2 | £13,473,382 | 2016-02-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 1 | £15,477,317 | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £955,088,509 | 2016-10-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 5 | £1,549,195,778 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 2 | £144,626,335 | 2017-05-01 – 2024-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £24,460,967 | 2023-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 2 | £3,786,898 | 2019-04-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £93,581,267 | 2025-12-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 1 | £24,520,616 | 2022-09-01 – 2022-09-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £387,450 | 2023-08-01 – 2023-08-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 1 | £38,717,669 | 2020-12-01 – 2020-12-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1 | £3,294,014 | 2023-08-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 103 | 1,637 | 241 | 87.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,637 | 241 | 87.2% |
| Solo founder | 1,035 | 1,637 | 241 | 87.2% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 13 | 1,865 | 0.7% |
| Website | 14 | 14 | 1,864 | 0.7% |
| 7 | 14 | 1,864 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Limited | £131,557,000 |
| Investment Fund Services Limited | £107,649,701 |
| Braemar Securities Limited | £11,169,145 |
| Hawksmoor Investment Management Limited | £10,016,478 |
| London And Oxford Capital Markets Limited | £9,090,176 |
| Adnan Group Limited | £7,627,868 |
| Euronext London Limited | £3,030,000 |
| Foenix Partners Limited | £2,811,013 |
| Aquis Stock Exchange Limited | £2,445,000 |
| Moneynetint Ltd | £1,639,192 |
Revenue coverage: 36 known, 1842 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other intermediaries | 35,283 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,289 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,386 |
| Principal Trading | 5,922 |
| Fund management | 5,772 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,459 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,484 |
| Investment trusts | 2,989 |
| REIT | 2,876 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,638 |
| Other lenders | 2,244 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,347 |
| Financial leasing | 1,229 |
| Pension funds | 1,171 |
| Property unit trusts | 933 |
| Banks | 722 |
| Factoring | 363 |
| Unit trusts | 166 |
| Building societies | 99 |
| Central banking | 28 |
SIC classification
SIC 66110 — Administration of financial markets
Includes
the operation and supervision of financial markets other than by public authorities, such as:, commodity contracts exchanges, futures commodity contracts exchanges, securities exchanges, stock exchanges, stock or commodity options exchanges