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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
38582
Active companies
25176
Formed in latest 12 months
3476
Median active-company age
6.5 years
Revenue known
526
Importers
276
Exporters
164
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 38,582 |
| Active companies | 25,176 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 3,476 |
| Importers | 276 |
| Exporters | 164 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 526 known, 24650 unknown (2.1%).
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 | 281 | 373 |
| 2025-12 | 231 | 499 |
| 2026-01 | 286 | 322 |
| 2026-02 | 211 | 381 |
| 2026-03 | 271 | 433 |
| 2026-04 | 325 | 320 |
| 2026-05 | 351 | 373 |
| 2026-06 | 281 | 280 |
| 2026-07 | 275 | 492 |
| 2026-08 | 57 | 218 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 25,176 |
| Dissolved | 13,022 |
| Liquidation | 364 |
| Converted / Closed | 12 |
| In Administration | 6 |
| Closed | 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 | 3,957 |
| Inner London - East | 3,467 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,395 |
| Lancashire | 1,137 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,029 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,013 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 1,003 |
| West Midlands | 923 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 855 |
| Greater Manchester | 821 |
Geography coverage: 25055 known, 121 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 | 14,499 |
| 1m-15m | 1,879 |
| 15m-54m | 40 |
| 54m+ | 210 |
Revenue-range coverage: 16628 known, 8548 unknown (66.0%).
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 | 10,114 |
| Small | 5,661 |
| Medium | 21 |
| Large | 275 |
| Holding | 89 |
| Dormant | 3,281 |
Company-size coverage: 19441 known, 5735 unknown (77.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 4,602 |
| 1–9 | 10,291 |
| 10–49 | 460 |
| 50–249 | 66 |
| 250+ | 6 |
Employee coverage: 15425 known, 9751 unknown (61.3%).
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 | 3,423 |
| 1–3 years | 4,426 |
| 3–5 years | 2,799 |
| 5–10 years | 6,518 |
| 10–20 years | 6,230 |
| 20+ years | 1,780 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 25176 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 |
|---|---|
| 63990 | 25,176 |
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 | 169 |
| Exporter only | 57 |
| Both | 107 |
| Neither | 24,843 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 156 | £50,843,835,122 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 101 | £32,621,770,535 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 82 | £4,093,379,039 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 62 | £2,935,494,951 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 35 | £933,793,520 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 33 | £1,384,815,904 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 33 | £190,266,148 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 27 | £443,692,002 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 25 | £781,495,651 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 22 | £969,882,720 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 106 | £13,895,348,404 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 82 | £9,368,244,636 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 46 | £2,681,935,835 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 23 | £260,137,174 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 17 | £1,158,751,164 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £243,275,450 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 15 | £140,267,054 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 14 | £124,753,091 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 13 | £717,829,359 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 13 | £153,939,412 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 1,577 | 22,312 | 2,864 | 88.6% |
| Holding company | 9 | 22,312 | 2,864 | 88.6% |
| Solo founder | 13,624 | 22,312 | 2,864 | 88.6% |
| Ecommerce | 39 | 259 | 24,917 | 1.0% |
| Website | 310 | 330 | 24,846 | 1.3% |
| 232 | 330 | 24,846 | 1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ro-ark Aerospace Limited | £143,231,340 |
| Sportradar Uk Limited | £90,458,680 |
| Worldline It Services Uk Limited | £81,334,000 |
| Evaluate Limited | £79,040,000 |
| Trustpilot Ltd | £72,921,849 |
| Informatica Software Limited | £60,750,618 |
| Synertec Limited | £60,162,888 |
| Nasdaq Limited | £44,737,236 |
| Ecctis Limited | £38,271,086 |
| Teledoctor Limited | £33,508,553 |
Revenue coverage: 526 known, 24650 unknown (2.1%).
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.
No usable values are available for this chart.
SIC classification
SIC 63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.
Details
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