Factoring
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
623
Active companies
369
Formed in latest 12 months
47
Median active-company age
6.1 years
Revenue known
10
Importers
2
Exporters
1
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 623 |
| Active companies | 369 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 47 |
| Importers | 2 |
| Exporters | 1 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 10 known, 359 unknown (2.7%).
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 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 8 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 | 29 |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 45 |
| 2026-05 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 6 |
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 | 300 |
| Dissolved | 241 |
| Dormant | 69 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| Receiver Action | 2 |
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 | 74 |
| Inner London - East | 40 |
| Merseyside | 19 |
| Greater Manchester | 18 |
| Essex | 15 |
| Kent | 15 |
| South East Wales | 14 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 13 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 12 |
| West Central Scotland | 12 |
Geography coverage: 367 known, 2 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 121 |
| 1m-15m | 72 |
| 15m-54m | 19 |
| 54m+ | 21 |
Revenue-range coverage: 233 known, 136 unknown (63.1%).
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 | 76 |
| Small | 120 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 22 |
| Holding | 5 |
| Dormant | 69 |
Company-size coverage: 294 known, 75 unknown (79.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 79 |
| 1–9 | 92 |
| 10–49 | 8 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
Employee coverage: 181 known, 188 unknown (49.1%).
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 | 42 |
| 1–3 years | 71 |
| 3–5 years | 42 |
| 5–10 years | 99 |
| 10–20 years | 60 |
| 20+ years | 55 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 369 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 | 369 |
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 | 1 |
| Both | 1 |
| Neither | 367 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 2 | £263,026,037 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1 | £127,142,735 | 2022-03-01 – 2024-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 1 | £4,085,770 | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 1 | £19,331,449 | 2023-03-01 – 2024-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 1 | £766,299 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1 | £41,088,036 | 2024-11-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 1 | £99,791,497 | 2024-05-01 – 2024-11-01 |
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 | 18 | 230 | 139 | 62.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 230 | 139 | 62.3% |
| Solo founder | 122 | 230 | 139 | 62.3% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 2 | 367 | 0.5% |
| Website | 2 | 2 | 367 | 0.5% |
| 1 | 2 | 367 | 0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Hc Capital Uk Plc | £324,100,000 |
| Ntt Finance Uk Limited | £198,164,000 |
| Ecapital Commercial Finance Limited | £28,308,326 |
| Ecapital Commercial Finance (north) Limited | £19,079,312 |
| Jardine Norton Capital E Limited | £11,421,734 |
| Treyd Limited | £382,211 |
| Hertz Uk Receivables Ltd | £357,762 |
| Lar Operations Cic | £155,836 |
| Multipli Limited | £54,627 |
| Old Tupton Ware Factors Limited | £3,270 |
Revenue coverage: 10 known, 359 unknown (2.7%).
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 | 35,382 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,286 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,424 |
| Principal Trading | 5,919 |
| Fund management | 5,809 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,461 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,519 |
| Investment trusts | 3,022 |
| REIT | 2,905 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,657 |
| Other lenders | 2,250 |
| Exchanges | 1,922 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,352 |
| Financial leasing | 1,243 |
| Pension funds | 1,175 |
| Property unit trusts | 945 |
| Banks | 729 |
| Unit trusts | 168 |
| Building societies | 100 |
| Central banking | 29 |
SIC classification
SIC 64992 — Factoring
Includes
activities of companies specialising in debt factoring and invoice discounting
Excludes
bill collection without debt buying up, see ##82.91