Computers & peripherals
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
8024
Active companies
5375
Formed in latest 12 months
649
Median active-company age
7.0 years
Revenue known
134
Importers
149
Exporters
128
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 8,024 |
| Active companies | 5,375 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 649 |
| Importers | 149 |
| Exporters | 128 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 134 known, 5241 unknown (2.5%).
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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 47 | 72 |
| 2026-01 | 61 | 73 |
| 2026-02 | 44 | 67 |
| 2026-03 | 54 | 77 |
| 2026-04 | 53 | 58 |
| 2026-05 | 53 | 64 |
| 2026-06 | 54 | 49 |
| 2026-07 | 54 | 107 |
| 2026-08 | 40 | 63 |
| 2026-09 | 33 | 60 |
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.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 4,827 |
| Dissolved | 2,574 |
| Dormant | 548 |
| Liquidation | 73 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| In Administration | 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - East | 440 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 315 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 308 |
| Inner London - West | 284 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 253 |
| Greater Manchester | 236 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 231 |
| West Midlands | 231 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 208 |
| West Yorkshire | 172 |
Geography coverage: 5331 known, 44 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 3,459 |
| 1m-15m | 316 |
| 15m-54m | 9 |
| 54m+ | 17 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3801 known, 1574 unknown (70.7%).
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 | 2,419 |
| Small | 1,246 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 24 |
| Holding | 9 |
| Dormant | 548 |
Company-size coverage: 4251 known, 1124 unknown (79.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 848 |
| 1–9 | 2,675 |
| 10–49 | 125 |
| 50–249 | 9 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 3658 known, 1717 unknown (68.1%).
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 | 634 |
| 1–3 years | 948 |
| 3–5 years | 547 |
| 5–10 years | 1,261 |
| 10–20 years | 1,184 |
| 20+ years | 801 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 5375 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 | 5,375 |
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 | 73 |
| Exporter only | 52 |
| Both | 76 |
| Neither | 5,174 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 114 | £48,139,372,722 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 98 | £29,475,063,001 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 46 | £2,241,514,263 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 23 | £1,079,466,616 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 17 | £674,461,657 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 14 | £375,354,466 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 11 | £1,515,642,310 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 9 | £53,997,978 | 2017-04-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 8 | £384,502,436 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £761,044,058 | 2018-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 102 | £16,425,849,606 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 93 | £11,369,773,255 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 31 | £1,783,009,717 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 15 | £170,172,734 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 12 | £149,964,653 | 2017-12-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 7 | £62,361,686 | 2018-12-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 7 | £29,701,187 | 2017-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 7 | £191,682,251 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 6 | £200,202,974 | 2018-11-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 6 | £1,928,418 | 2017-11-01 – 2025-11-01 |
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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 328 | 5,053 | 322 | 94.0% |
| Holding company | 1 | 5,053 | 322 | 94.0% |
| Solo founder | 3,006 | 5,053 | 322 | 94.0% |
| Ecommerce | 35 | 124 | 5,251 | 2.3% |
| Website | 158 | 165 | 5,210 | 3.1% |
| 111 | 165 | 5,210 | 3.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Gbm Digital Technologies Limited | £147,332,950 |
| A&o It Services Limited | £32,916,603 |
| Millgate Limited | £31,327,147 |
| Spectra Logic Europe Limited | £21,449,883 |
| E C M Systems Limited | £13,693,085 |
| Dataquest (heathrow) Limited | £11,197,064 |
| Nitec Solutions Ltd | £11,053,307 |
| S&a Communications Ltd | £6,157,799 |
| Computrix Ltd | £4,569,453 |
| Ms13 Talent Consultancy Limited | £3,425,548 |
Revenue coverage: 134 known, 5241 unknown (2.5%).
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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicles | 63,239 |
| Other repairs | 7,367 |
| Machinery | 6,143 |
| Electrical equipment | 5,995 |
| Vehicles | 4,386 |
| Air & spacecraft | 3,180 |
| Ships & boats | 2,628 |
| Home & garden equipment | 2,553 |
| Furniture | 2,184 |
| Fabricated metal products | 1,880 |
| Consumer electronics | 1,804 |
| Communication equipment | 1,708 |
| Personal goods | 1,656 |
| Watches and jewellery | 1,215 |
| Electronic & optical equipment | 1,040 |
| Footwear, leather goods | 425 |
SIC classification
SIC 95110 — Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Includes
desktop computers, laptop computers, magnetic disk drives, flash drives and other storage devices, optical disk drives (CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW), printers, monitors, keyboards, mice, joysticks, and trackball accessories, internal and external computer modems, dedicated computer terminals, computer servers, scanners, including bar code scanners, smart card readers, virtual reality helmets, computer projectors, computer terminals like automatic teller machines (ATM's); point-of-sale (POS) terminals, not mechanically operated, hand-held computers (PDA's)
Excludes
the repair and maintenance of carrier equipment modems, see ##95.12