Life insurance

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

3231

Active companies

2454

Formed in latest 12 months

143

Median active-company age

12.5 years

Revenue known

22

Importers

4

Exporters

2

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 3,231
Active companies 2,454
Formed in latest 12 months 143
Importers 4
Exporters 2

Revenue coverage among active companies: 22 known, 2432 unknown (0.9%).

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
2025-12823
2026-011314
2026-021412
2026-031212
2026-04620
2026-05815
2026-06710
2026-071516
2026-081620
2026-0969

Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.

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.

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StatusCompanies
Active 2,308
Dissolved 718
Dormant 146
Liquidation 58
Closed 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 676
Surrey, East and West Sussex 113
West Yorkshire 85
Greater Manchester 82
Outer London - West and North West 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 73
West Midlands 68
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 67
South East Wales 66

Geography coverage: 2428 known, 26 unknown (98.9%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

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Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 1,211
1m-15m 307
15m-54m 11
54m+ 545

Revenue-range coverage: 2074 known, 380 unknown (84.5%).

Company size and employees

What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.

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Company sizeCompanies
Micro 689
Small 805
Medium 2
Large 557
Holding 36
Dormant 146

Company-size coverage: 2235 known, 219 unknown (91.1%).

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EmployeesCompanies
0 300
1–9 1,042
10–49 94
50–249 3
250+ 2

Employee coverage: 1441 known, 1013 unknown (58.7%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

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Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 141
1–3 years 213
3–5 years 193
5–10 years 513
10–20 years 624
20+ years 768

Incorporation-date coverage: 2452 known, 2 unknown (99.9%).

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.

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ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 2,454

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 2
Both 2
Neither 2,450

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment3£724,478,6892022-06-01 – 2025-06-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts2£619,644,1072018-10-01 – 2024-05-01
44 — Wood and Wood Products1£1,583,6242022-10-01 – 2022-10-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures1£3,824,8672023-03-01 – 2023-03-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting1£16,072,2242023-05-01 – 2023-05-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted1£10,870,2972024-05-01 – 2024-05-01
65 — Headgear and accessories1£7,995,1222024-04-01 – 2024-04-01
69 — Ceramic products1£766,8182024-04-01 – 2024-04-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices1£40,032,3382023-12-01 – 2023-12-01

Top exports HS2 categories

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HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures1£3,238,2162023-06-01 – 2023-06-01
66 — Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and Similar Items1£197,5092023-11-01 – 2023-11-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils1£578,5642023-03-01 – 2023-03-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts1£60,074,7772023-04-01 – 2023-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment1£17,951,8562025-04-01 – 2025-04-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings1£6,317,0822023-03-01 – 2023-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods1£340,6592024-11-01 – 2024-11-01

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 280 1,874 580 76.4%
Holding company 0 1,874 580 76.4%
Solo founder 1,047 1,874 580 76.4%
Ecommerce 0 4 2,450 0.2%
Website 4 4 2,450 0.2%
LinkedIn 4 4 2,450 0.2%

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: 22 known, 2432 unknown (0.9%).

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
Insurance agents, brokers 8,568
Non-life insurance 4,488
Salvage, actuarial 3,635
Non-life reinsurance 1,493
Risk and damage evaluation 1,143
Life reinsurance 738

SIC classification

SIC 65110 — Life insurance

Includes

underwriting annuities and life insurance policies, disability income insurance policies, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies (with or without a substantial savings element).