Construction

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

6330

Active companies

5105

Formed in latest 12 months

657

Median active-company age

4.7 years

Revenue known

67

Importers

35

Exporters

20

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 6,330
Active companies 5,105
Formed in latest 12 months 657
Importers 35
Exporters 20

Revenue coverage among active companies: 67 known, 5038 unknown (1.3%).

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
2025-116930
2025-125638
2026-015530
2026-025634
2026-036861
2026-045125
2026-054133
2026-064627
2026-075442
2026-08929

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 4,375
Dissolved 1,143
Dormant 730
Liquidation 74
In Administration 6
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 308
Surrey, East and West Sussex 252
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 217
Inner London - East 213
Kent 206
West Midlands 197
Essex 195
Outer London - West and North West 182
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 181
Greater Manchester 172

Geography coverage: 5054 known, 51 unknown (99.0%).

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 1,609
1m-15m 1,385
15m-54m 124
54m+ 145

Revenue-range coverage: 3263 known, 1842 unknown (63.9%).

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 915
Small 1,806
Medium 13
Large 131
Holding 388
Dormant 730

Company-size coverage: 3983 known, 1122 unknown (78.0%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 1,436
1–9 1,302
10–49 57
50–249 64
250+ 12

Employee coverage: 2871 known, 2234 unknown (56.2%).

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 647
1–3 years 1,203
3–5 years 795
5–10 years 1,531
10–20 years 661
20+ years 268

Incorporation-date coverage: 5105 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 5,105

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 21
Exporter only 6
Both 14
Neither 5,064

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts20£9,115,056,4412016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products14£1,344,778,2742016-06-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment14£9,393,703,3402016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products12£75,297,5712016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products10£836,405,1642016-09-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products10£497,509,6102016-11-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices10£757,186,9342016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings9£837,491,2912016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
70 — Glass and Glassware8£53,895,8172019-04-01 – 2026-04-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items8£226,745,2462016-08-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts15£2,225,125,0362016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment10£845,672,6532016-01-01 – 2026-03-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products9£246,225,1262016-01-01 – 2026-03-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils6£18,685,6302016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products5£317,570,3052016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products5£52,666,6622016-01-01 – 2026-02-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings5£80,614,0372016-01-01 – 2026-02-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted4£82,310,6592016-01-01 – 2021-05-01
32 — Tanning and dyeing products3£69,989,3942016-03-01 – 2024-07-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products3£399,183,2642016-03-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 913 3,979 1,126 77.9%
Holding company 2 3,979 1,126 77.9%
Solo founder 1,841 3,979 1,126 77.9%
Ecommerce 2 23 5,082 0.5%
Website 28 28 5,077 0.5%
LinkedIn 27 28 5,077 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: 67 known, 5038 unknown (1.3%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Other 120,418
Financial services 9,185
Manufacturing 2,603
Wholesale & retail 1,797
Agro 1,228

SIC classification

SIC 64203 — Activities of construction holding companies