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

CategoryCompanies
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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-1157
2025-1218
2026-0177
2026-0222
2026-03229
2026-04345
2026-0585
2026-0634
2026-07312
2026-0816

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
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 regionCompanies
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 rangeCompanies
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 sizeCompanies
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

EmployeesCompanies
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 bandCompanies
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

ClassificationCompanies
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 participationCompanies
Importer only 1
Both 1
Neither 367

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts2£263,026,0372022-03-01 – 2026-02-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment1£127,142,7352022-03-01 – 2024-04-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)1£4,085,7702025-08-01 – 2025-08-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices1£19,331,4492023-03-01 – 2024-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods1£766,2992022-03-01 – 2026-02-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment1£41,088,0362024-11-01 – 2024-11-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)1£99,791,4972024-05-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
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%
LinkedIn 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.

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.

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