Principal Trading
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
7708
Active companies
5910
Formed in latest 12 months
1026
Median active-company age
4.8 years
Revenue known
60
Importers
24
Exporters
11
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 7,708 |
| Active companies | 5,910 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,026 |
| Importers | 24 |
| Exporters | 11 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 60 known, 5850 unknown (1.0%).
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 | 126 | 39 |
| 2025-12 | 66 | 65 |
| 2026-01 | 75 | 55 |
| 2026-02 | 67 | 47 |
| 2026-03 | 63 | 84 |
| 2026-04 | 62 | 78 |
| 2026-05 | 68 | 66 |
| 2026-06 | 66 | 66 |
| 2026-07 | 65 | 82 |
| 2026-08 | 35 | 36 |
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 | 5,265 |
| Dissolved | 1,745 |
| Dormant | 645 |
| Liquidation | 50 |
| In Administration | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 | 949 |
| Inner London - East | 646 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 420 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 297 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 242 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 237 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 205 |
| Greater Manchester | 199 |
| Outer London - South | 180 |
| West Midlands | 177 |
Geography coverage: 5862 known, 48 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 2,494 |
| 1m-15m | 886 |
| 15m-54m | 47 |
| 54m+ | 50 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3477 known, 2433 unknown (58.8%).
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 | 1,665 |
| Small | 1,656 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 48 |
| Holding | 14 |
| Dormant | 645 |
Company-size coverage: 4030 known, 1880 unknown (68.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,425 |
| 1–9 | 1,764 |
| 10–49 | 15 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 3205 known, 2705 unknown (54.2%).
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 | 998 |
| 1–3 years | 1,283 |
| 3–5 years | 776 |
| 5–10 years | 1,540 |
| 10–20 years | 799 |
| 20+ years | 514 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 5910 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 | 5,910 |
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 | 16 |
| Exporter only | 3 |
| Both | 8 |
| Neither | 5,883 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 12 | £5,411,519,325 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £3,497,986,435 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £285,024,425 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £68,379,959 | 2016-07-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 3 | £156,037,513 | 2020-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 3 | £346,713,280 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 2 | £8,357,704 | 2020-08-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £12,963,473 | 2022-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £69,856,639 | 2016-02-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £29,175,691 | 2023-05-01 – 2025-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £1,963,175,498 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £1,709,611,706 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £91,137,007 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 2 | £8,174,331 | 2020-12-01 – 2023-08-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £6,067,309 | 2022-12-01 – 2024-09-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £26,807,663 | 2023-04-01 – 2023-08-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £1,182,166 | 2020-12-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £1,093,387 | 2021-02-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £114,166,832 | 2024-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 2 | £3,028,579 | 2022-12-01 – 2026-04-01 |
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 | 1,041 | 5,366 | 544 | 90.8% |
| Holding company | 3 | 5,366 | 544 | 90.8% |
| Solo founder | 2,982 | 5,366 | 544 | 90.8% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 26 | 5,884 | 0.4% |
| Website | 32 | 32 | 5,878 | 0.5% |
| 14 | 32 | 5,878 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Illiquidx Limited | £222,016,958 |
| Amass Trading Limited | £42,391,542 |
| Sukin Limited | £22,344,455 |
| Double Eight Ltd. | £10,459,002 |
| Ccm Settlement Ltd | £2,349,850 |
| Stx Commodities (uk) Ltd | £1,997,038 |
| Ezpada Ltd | £1,108,021 |
| Sspecnaz Ltd | £508,200 |
| Wh Trading Ukct Ltd | £470,069 |
| Bayesian Shift Ltd | £251,507 |
Revenue coverage: 60 known, 5850 unknown (1.0%).
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 | 35,349 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,264 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,426 |
| Fund management | 5,802 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,457 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,505 |
| Investment trusts | 3,019 |
| REIT | 2,915 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,656 |
| Other lenders | 2,252 |
| Exchanges | 1,922 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,347 |
| Financial leasing | 1,243 |
| Pension funds | 1,175 |
| Property unit trusts | 947 |
| Banks | 729 |
| Factoring | 371 |
| Unit trusts | 168 |
| Building societies | 101 |
| Central banking | 29 |
SIC classification
SIC 64991 — Security dealing on own account
Includes
dealing for own account by securities dealers, activities of Stock Exchange money brokers, activities of inter-dealer brokers, dealing in financial futures, options and other derivatives for own account, dealing in commodities for investment purposes
Excludes
security and other dealing on behalf of others, see ##66.12