Personal goods
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
2343
Active companies
1656
Formed in latest 12 months
353
Median active-company age
3.4 years
Revenue known
33
Importers
32
Exporters
10
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 2,343 |
| Active companies | 1,656 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 353 |
| Importers | 32 |
| Exporters | 10 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 33 known, 1623 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 22 | 26 |
| 2026-01 | 21 | 15 |
| 2026-02 | 28 | 23 |
| 2026-03 | 40 | 27 |
| 2026-04 | 38 | 17 |
| 2026-05 | 23 | 18 |
| 2026-06 | 22 | 15 |
| 2026-07 | 45 | 39 |
| 2026-08 | 26 | 17 |
| 2026-09 | 15 | 18 |
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 | 1,540 |
| Dissolved | 671 |
| Dormant | 116 |
| Liquidation | 16 |
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 | 192 |
| Inner London - West | 96 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 89 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 85 |
| West Midlands | 81 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 80 |
| Greater Manchester | 79 |
| Outer London - South | 68 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 65 |
| Essex | 56 |
Geography coverage: 1640 known, 16 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 range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 908 |
| 1m-15m | 61 |
| 54m+ | 2 |
Revenue-range coverage: 971 known, 685 unknown (58.6%).
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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 612 |
| Small | 340 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 3 |
| Dormant | 116 |
Company-size coverage: 1072 known, 584 unknown (64.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 204 |
| 1–9 | 713 |
| 10–49 | 18 |
Employee coverage: 935 known, 721 unknown (56.5%).
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 | 346 |
| 1–3 years | 436 |
| 3–5 years | 211 |
| 5–10 years | 365 |
| 10–20 years | 225 |
| 20+ years | 73 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1656 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 | 1,656 |
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 | 28 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 4 |
| Neither | 1,618 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £350,937,771 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 6 | £489,693,611 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 6 | £437,545,181 | 2020-12-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 5 | £363,397,405 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £464,694,488 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4 | £498,179,860 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 4 | £212,951,790 | 2022-05-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £35,831,678 | 2022-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £6,332,553 | 2022-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 3 | £50,015,647 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 4 | £73,139,097 | 2022-08-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £39,964,427 | 2023-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £45,644,222 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £168,486 | 2024-03-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 2 | £1,040,697 | 2020-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 2 | £9,274,371 | 2021-01-01 – 2022-02-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 2 | £990,704 | 2021-06-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 1 | £12,687,262 | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 1 | £24,268,401 | 2022-03-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 1 | £46,355,630 | 2022-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
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 | 117 | 1,583 | 73 | 95.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,583 | 73 | 95.6% |
| Solo founder | 1,063 | 1,583 | 73 | 95.6% |
| Ecommerce | 5 | 19 | 1,637 | 1.1% |
| Website | 26 | 28 | 1,628 | 1.7% |
| 8 | 28 | 1,628 | 1.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Bicycle Links Cic | £315,108 |
| Victoria Tailoring Ltd | £188,260 |
| Kipper And Chalk Ltd | £98,938 |
| Reading Bicycle Kitchen Cic | £82,877 |
| K.a.w.a. Vent Ltd | £79,275 |
| Good Wood Maintenance Services Ltd | £79,007 |
| Ms Hobbies Limited | £77,074 |
| Recyclist Ltd | £69,617 |
| B & I Proservices Ltd | £43,898 |
| Tk Repairs Limited | £38,722 |
Revenue coverage: 33 known, 1623 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 63,244 |
| Other repairs | 7,367 |
| Machinery | 6,143 |
| Electrical equipment | 5,996 |
| Computers & peripherals | 5,376 |
| Vehicles | 4,386 |
| Air & spacecraft | 3,180 |
| Ships & boats | 2,628 |
| Home & garden equipment | 2,553 |
| Furniture | 2,185 |
| Fabricated metal products | 1,881 |
| Consumer electronics | 1,805 |
| Communication equipment | 1,708 |
| Watches and jewellery | 1,215 |
| Electronic & optical equipment | 1,040 |
| Footwear, leather goods | 425 |
SIC classification
SIC 95290 — Repair of personal and household goods n.e.c.
Includes
repair of bicycles, repair and alteration of clothing, repair of sporting goods (except sporting guns) and camping equipment, repair of books, repair of musical instruments (except organs and historical musical instruments), repair of toys and similar articles, repair of other personal and household goods, piano-tuning
Excludes
industrial engraving of metals, see ##25.61, repair of hand held power tools, see ##33.12, repair of sporting and recreational guns, ##33.11