Insurance

UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.

Segments

Insurance agents, brokers (10788 companies)
Life insurance (3228 companies)
Life reinsurance (980 companies)
Non-life insurance (5728 companies)
Non-life reinsurance (1947 companies)
Risk and damage evaluation (1594 companies)
Salvage, actuarial (4655 companies)

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

23786

Active companies

18599

Formed in latest 12 months

1509

Median active-company age

10.7 years

Revenue known

285

Importers

72

Exporters

51

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 23,786
Active companies 18,599
Formed in latest 12 months 1,509
Importers 72
Exporters 51

Revenue coverage among active companies: 285 known, 18314 unknown (1.5%).

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
2025-1195137
2025-12108172
2026-01116147
2026-02114142
2026-03131159
2026-04109140
2026-05114124
2026-06117115
2026-07138171
2026-0883122

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 16,713
Dissolved 4,846
Dormant 1,886
Liquidation 322
In Administration 15
Closed 1
Insolvency Proceedings 1
Receiver Action 1
Voluntary Arrangement 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 regionCompanies
Inner London - West 3,753
Surrey, East and West Sussex 938
Inner London - East 901
Greater Manchester 687
Outer London - West and North West 648
Essex 642
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 614
West Midlands 570
West Yorkshire 554
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 534

Geography coverage: 18463 known, 136 unknown (99.3%).

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 9,911
1m-15m 2,451
15m-54m 78
54m+ 1,992

Revenue-range coverage: 14432 known, 4167 unknown (77.6%).

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 5,244
Small 6,692
Medium 25
Large 2,186
Holding 164
Dormant 1,886

Company-size coverage: 16197 known, 2402 unknown (87.1%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 2,844
1–9 7,703
10–49 880
50–249 101
250+ 11

Employee coverage: 11539 known, 7060 unknown (62.0%).

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 1,472
1–3 years 2,098
3–5 years 1,449
5–10 years 3,858
10–20 years 5,236
20+ years 4,484

Incorporation-date coverage: 18597 known, 2 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
Insurance agents, brokers 8,572
Non-life insurance 4,497
Salvage, actuarial 3,646
Life insurance 2,463
Non-life reinsurance 1,493
Risk and damage evaluation 1,140
Life reinsurance 741

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 39
Exporter only 18
Both 33
Neither 18,509

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment42£18,332,883,3462016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts30£9,848,350,3642016-01-01 – 2026-04-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices20£522,213,4012016-05-01 – 2025-12-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted11£485,369,2552016-01-01 – 2026-04-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items11£55,740,1812016-01-01 – 2025-09-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings11£1,212,004,1122016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting10£621,943,0202016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods10£37,702,1402016-01-01 – 2024-07-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures8£279,050,1642016-04-01 – 2023-12-01
42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses7£116,542,5612016-01-01 – 2025-06-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment33£6,492,589,1132016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts32£3,480,446,7542016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products8£44,019,1122021-06-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices8£270,859,6662017-12-01 – 2026-01-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures7£552,059,9502016-06-01 – 2026-05-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted7£50,554,0652016-05-01 – 2026-04-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings7£59,699,8072022-02-01 – 2026-02-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods7£6,752,7662016-06-01 – 2024-11-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags6£10,471,0272016-10-01 – 2026-05-01
42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses5£11,617,1782016-12-01 – 2026-05-01

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 1,788 13,248 5,351 71.2%
Holding company 7 13,248 5,351 71.2%
Solo founder 6,610 13,248 5,351 71.2%
Ecommerce 2 58 18,541 0.3%
Website 81 82 18,517 0.4%
LinkedIn 69 82 18,517 0.4%

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

CompanyRevenue
Willis Limited £1,127,000,000
4th Dimension Innovation Limited £85,921,545
Squaretrade Limited £76,270,000
Evelyn Partners Discretionary Investment Management Limited £72,941,000
Lifesearch Limited £62,226,005
One Call Insurance Services Limited £59,257,147
James Hallam Limited £44,802,562
Ergo Uk Specialty Limited £40,747,677
Business Insurance Solutions Limited £35,693,814
Seopa Ltd £32,381,181

Revenue coverage: 285 known, 18314 unknown (1.5%).

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
Professional services 811,673
Real estate 686,293
Construction 576,159
Retail 518,077
Technology 365,223
Hospitality & Food Services 310,043
Health & social care 273,106
Business support 259,163
Personal services 257,512
Processing & manufacturing 198,748
Entertainment 180,365
Wholesale 172,600
Transport & storage 171,792
Education 155,892
Activities for own use 141,904
Holding companies 139,075
Industry not specified 136,017
Dormant company 111,507
Maintenance & repair 108,078
Facility Services 93,882
Other 663,125