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

CategoryCompanies
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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-112957
2025-122156
2026-011641
2026-021759
2026-032581
2026-041550
2026-051739
2026-061542
2026-071673
2026-08882

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
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 regionCompanies
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 rangeCompanies
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 sizeCompanies
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

EmployeesCompanies
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 bandCompanies
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

ClassificationCompanies
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 participationCompanies
Importer only 6
Both 6
Neither 1,866

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment7£5,240,553,1252016-01-01 – 2026-03-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts6£2,385,905,0222016-01-01 – 2026-04-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices5£260,482,0932017-07-01 – 2025-12-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment3£87,191,9172018-09-01 – 2024-07-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting2£99,832,0632023-10-01 – 2026-01-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags2£26,247,5922020-03-01 – 2023-09-01
70 — Glass and Glassware2£1,783,8302018-09-01 – 2020-03-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings2£37,636,5682023-12-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods2£13,473,3822016-02-01 – 2024-10-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products1£15,477,3172023-10-01 – 2023-10-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts5£955,088,5092016-10-01 – 2025-12-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment5£1,549,195,7782016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices2£144,626,3352017-05-01 – 2024-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings2£24,460,9672023-04-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods2£3,786,8982019-04-01 – 2024-07-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products1£93,581,2672025-12-01 – 2025-12-01
42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses1£24,520,6162022-09-01 – 2022-09-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products1£387,4502023-08-01 – 2023-08-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting1£38,717,6692020-12-01 – 2020-12-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted1£3,294,0142023-08-01 – 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 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%
LinkedIn 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.

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.

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