Hair, beauty
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
108292
Active companies
77880
Formed in latest 12 months
15073
Median active-company age
3.4 years
Revenue known
777
Importers
515
Exporters
121
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 108,292 |
| Active companies | 77,880 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 15,073 |
| Importers | 515 |
| Exporters | 121 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 777 known, 77103 unknown (1.0%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1,079 | 895 |
| 2025-12 | 932 | 1,070 |
| 2026-01 | 1,246 | 952 |
| 2026-02 | 1,107 | 1,031 |
| 2026-03 | 1,516 | 1,039 |
| 2026-04 | 1,409 | 825 |
| 2026-05 | 1,216 | 893 |
| 2026-06 | 1,235 | 769 |
| 2026-07 | 1,288 | 1,381 |
| 2026-08 | 155 | 505 |
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 | 77,880 |
| Dissolved | 29,539 |
| Liquidation | 869 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 4 |
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 | 6,356 |
| Greater Manchester | 4,095 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 4,032 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 3,999 |
| Inner London - West | 3,711 |
| West Midlands | 3,565 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 2,849 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 2,477 |
| Essex | 2,462 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 2,445 |
Geography coverage: 77009 known, 871 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 47,817 |
| 1m-15m | 2,412 |
| 15m-54m | 6 |
| 54m+ | 16 |
Revenue-range coverage: 50251 known, 27629 unknown (64.5%).
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 | 31,995 |
| Small | 17,562 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 17 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 3,916 |
Company-size coverage: 53496 known, 24384 unknown (68.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 9,412 |
| 1–9 | 38,379 |
| 10–49 | 1,370 |
| 50–249 | 31 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 49197 known, 28683 unknown (63.2%).
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 | 14,646 |
| 1–3 years | 21,059 |
| 3–5 years | 11,997 |
| 5–10 years | 18,035 |
| 10–20 years | 9,357 |
| 20+ years | 2,786 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 77880 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 | 77,880 |
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 | 423 |
| Exporter only | 29 |
| Both | 92 |
| Neither | 77,336 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 173 | £8,199,318,186 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 147 | £9,357,288,922 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 111 | £8,342,322,806 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 93 | £7,729,480,397 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 92 | £426,609,834 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 67 — Prepared feathers, down, and related items; artificial flowers; human hair products | 89 | £357,143,146 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 77 | £3,554,372,793 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 71 | £3,954,736,927 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 65 | £1,146,067,930 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 61 | £267,712,603 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 74 | £5,615,166,656 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 31 | £81,330,161 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 28 | £586,987,248 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 67 — Prepared feathers, down, and related items; artificial flowers; human hair products | 24 | £24,348,145 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 23 | £513,097,983 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 20 | £674,545,468 | 2017-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 19 | £824,388,633 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 16 | £1,045,045,768 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 16 | £19,638,843 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 12 | £126,469,462 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
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 | 3,419 | 75,683 | 2,197 | 97.2% |
| Holding company | 3 | 75,683 | 2,197 | 97.2% |
| Solo founder | 53,708 | 75,683 | 2,197 | 97.2% |
| Ecommerce | 150 | 376 | 77,504 | 0.5% |
| Website | 448 | 471 | 77,409 | 0.6% |
| 141 | 471 | 77,409 | 0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Umberto Giannini Hair Cosmetics Limited | £23,754,700 |
| School House Leisure Limited | £5,561,114 |
| Serenity Beauty Business Limited | £1,909,002 |
| Thegloss Limited | £1,282,258 |
| Atlantic Beauty Parlour Ltd | £1,071,606 |
| Thegloss Spa Limited | £773,275 |
| Le Monde Beauty Ltd | £515,569 |
| Gosforth Hairdressing Limited | £501,180 |
| Rehab Hair & Tattoo Parlour Limited | £461,789 |
| Brown's Whitehouse Buckingham Limited | £458,488 |
Revenue coverage: 777 known, 77103 unknown (1.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other services n.e.c. | 154,637 |
| Spas | 19,472 |
| Washing, cleaning | 5,019 |
| Funeral services | 3,544 |
SIC classification
SIC 96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Includes
hair washing, trimming and cutting, setting, dyeing, tinting, waving, straightening and similar activities for men and women, shaving and beard trimming, facial massage, manicure and pedicure, make-up etc.
Excludes
manufacture of wigs, see ##32.99