Trade
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
1186
Active companies
773
Formed in latest 12 months
78
Median active-company age
6.9 years
Revenue known
22
Importers
15
Exporters
6
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,186 |
| Active companies | 773 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 78 |
| Importers | 15 |
| Exporters | 6 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 22 known, 751 unknown (2.8%).
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 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025-12 | 6 | 12 |
| 2026-01 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 10 | 24 |
| 2026-04 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 8 | 15 |
| 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 | 656 |
| Dissolved | 381 |
| Dormant | 117 |
| Liquidation | 30 |
| In Administration | 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 | 124 |
| Inner London - East | 58 |
| West Midlands | 39 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 38 |
| Greater Manchester | 33 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 30 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 28 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 26 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 26 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 24 |
Geography coverage: 763 known, 10 unknown (98.7%).
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 | 415 |
| 1m-15m | 62 |
| 15m-54m | 6 |
| 54m+ | 45 |
Revenue-range coverage: 528 known, 245 unknown (68.3%).
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 | 257 |
| Small | 200 |
| Large | 54 |
| Holding | 7 |
| Dormant | 117 |
Company-size coverage: 635 known, 138 unknown (82.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 125 |
| 1–9 | 318 |
| 10–49 | 9 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
Employee coverage: 457 known, 316 unknown (59.1%).
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 | 76 |
| 1–3 years | 124 |
| 3–5 years | 92 |
| 5–10 years | 289 |
| 10–20 years | 150 |
| 20+ years | 42 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 773 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 | 773 |
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 | 10 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 5 |
| Neither | 757 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £4,986,972,703 | 2018-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £2,828,431,467 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £606,510,106 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £139,291,613 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £54,700,382 | 2023-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 3 | £66,064,198 | 2019-12-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £189,123,563 | 2024-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £26,968,384 | 2018-05-01 – 2023-01-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 2 | £4,975,203 | 2022-11-01 – 2023-05-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 1 | £17,397,210 | 2020-07-01 – 2020-07-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 4 | £366,845,362 | 2023-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 3 | £193,856,723 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £23,062,021 | 2019-08-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £934,680 | 2024-11-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 1 | £4,248,692 | 2025-03-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1 | £95,678,905 | 2025-03-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 1 | £4,741,307 | 2025-03-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 1 | £8,076,584 | 2021-12-01 – 2021-12-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 1 | £1,834,525 | 2021-11-01 – 2021-11-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 1 | £95,830,758 | 2018-10-01 – 2018-10-01 |
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 | 35 | 587 | 186 | 75.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 587 | 186 | 75.9% |
| Solo founder | 332 | 587 | 186 | 75.9% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 10 | 763 | 1.3% |
| Website | 13 | 13 | 760 | 1.7% |
| 11 | 13 | 760 | 1.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| E (gas And Electricity) Limited | £231,859,810 |
| Regent Gas Limited | £105,428,171 |
| Gunvor Uk Limited | £95,549,152 |
| Online Direct Limited | £26,405,842 |
| Mayfourth Holdings Limited | £26,405,842 |
| Flogas Natural Gas Ltd | £11,470,000 |
| Th Mechanical Limited | £1,088,741 |
| Arto.energy Limited | £799,704 |
| Energetech Operations Limited | £346,566 |
| Dw Gas Solutions Ltd | £55,000 |
Revenue coverage: 22 known, 751 unknown (2.8%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Production | 492 |
| Distribution | 465 |
SIC classification
SIC 35230 — Trade of gas through mains
Includes
sale of gas to the user through mains, activities of gas brokers or agents that arrange the sale of gas over gas distribution systems operated by others, commodity and transport capacity exchanges for gaseous fuels
Excludes
wholesale of gaseous fuels, see ##46.71, retail sale of bottled gas, see ##47.78, direct selling of fuel, see ##47.99
Details
This section includes activities related to the management (including collection, treatment and disposal) of various forms of waste, such as solid or non-solid industrial or household waste, as well as contaminated sites. The output of the waste or sewage treatment process can either be disposed of or become an input into other production processes. Activities of water supply are also grouped in this section, since they are often carried out in connection with, or by units also engaged in, the treatment of sewage.