Creative and Industrial Design
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
68665
Active companies
52007
Formed in latest 12 months
8118
Median active-company age
5.1 years
Revenue known
760
Importers
2014
Exporters
1201
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 68,665 |
| Active companies | 52,007 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 8,118 |
| Importers | 2,014 |
| Exporters | 1,201 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 760 known, 51247 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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 638 | 463 |
| 2025-12 | 539 | 575 |
| 2026-01 | 769 | 551 |
| 2026-02 | 567 | 587 |
| 2026-03 | 737 | 599 |
| 2026-04 | 662 | 521 |
| 2026-05 | 667 | 467 |
| 2026-06 | 649 | 435 |
| 2026-07 | 752 | 799 |
| 2026-08 | 204 | 419 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 47,731 |
| Dissolved | 16,101 |
| Dormant | 4,276 |
| Liquidation | 536 |
| In Administration | 18 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 | 7,283 |
| Inner London - West | 5,771 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 2,825 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 2,793 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 2,084 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 2,048 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,814 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 1,722 |
| Outer London - South | 1,408 |
| Kent | 1,368 |
Geography coverage: 51577 known, 430 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 | 33,150 |
| 1m-15m | 2,391 |
| 15m-54m | 58 |
| 54m+ | 60 |
Revenue-range coverage: 35659 known, 16348 unknown (68.6%).
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 | 21,316 |
| Small | 13,413 |
| Medium | 17 |
| Large | 102 |
| Holding | 29 |
| Dormant | 4,276 |
Company-size coverage: 39153 known, 12854 unknown (75.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 8,496 |
| 1–9 | 25,362 |
| 10–49 | 778 |
| 50–249 | 50 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 34691 known, 17316 unknown (66.7%).
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 | 7,947 |
| 1–3 years | 10,986 |
| 3–5 years | 6,894 |
| 5–10 years | 14,032 |
| 10–20 years | 9,162 |
| 20+ years | 2,986 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 52007 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 | 52,007 |
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 | 1,223 |
| Exporter only | 410 |
| Both | 791 |
| Neither | 49,583 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 980 | £38,952,760,701 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 514 | £77,035,121,126 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 434 | £53,938,252,175 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 308 | £14,886,906,075 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 251 | £9,616,872,328 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 227 | £10,964,357,830 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 221 | £2,567,274,882 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 214 | £1,291,548,464 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 209 | £4,469,442,446 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 189 | £6,077,591,791 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 482 | £7,619,425,168 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 377 | £29,889,164,401 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 293 | £23,238,832,318 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 237 | £13,529,681,043 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 183 | £849,945,516 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 178 | £4,008,755,728 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 177 | £2,983,110,085 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 177 | £1,057,575,411 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 159 | £13,652,689,297 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 153 | £1,464,491,098 | 2016-02-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 4,293 | 49,815 | 2,192 | 95.8% |
| Holding company | 5 | 49,815 | 2,192 | 95.8% |
| Solo founder | 31,903 | 49,815 | 2,192 | 95.8% |
| Ecommerce | 349 | 1,711 | 50,296 | 3.3% |
| Website | 2,024 | 2,067 | 49,940 | 4.0% |
| 1,280 | 2,067 | 49,940 | 4.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Red Engineering Design Limited | £77,370,284 |
| Domo Tactical Communications (dtc) Limited | £72,876,000 |
| J C A Engineering Ltd | £71,772,109 |
| Roper Rhodes Limited | £69,753,298 |
| Passenger Clothing Ltd | £58,788,491 |
| Maris Contracts Ltd | £42,832,469 |
| Winch Design Limited | £42,765,136 |
| Alphatrack Systems Limited | £29,490,202 |
| Equinox Design Limited | £28,589,842 |
| Altavia Uk Group Limited | £27,239,675 |
Revenue coverage: 760 known, 51247 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Management consluting | 286,194 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,830 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,763 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,221 |
| Non-trading company | 41,490 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,766 |
| Geospatial services | 35,852 |
| Head office services | 31,122 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,784 |
| Financial management | 22,804 |
| Architechts | 21,393 |
| Public relations | 16,704 |
| Media sales | 14,620 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 13,970 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,940 |
| Tax consulting | 13,396 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,759 |
| Solicitors | 12,503 |
| Copyright agents | 10,419 |
| Specialist photography | 9,204 |
| Other | 64,005 |
SIC classification
SIC 74100 — specialised design activities
Includes
fashion design related to textiles, wearing apparel, shoes, jewellery, furniture and other interior decoration and other fashion goods as well as other personal or household goods, industrial design, i.e. creating and developing designs and specifications that optimise the use, value and appearance of products, including the determination of the materials, mechanism, shape, colour and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal in distribution, use and maintenance, activities of graphic designers, activities of interior decorators
Excludes
design and programming of web pages, see ##62.01, architectural design, see ##71.11, engineering design, i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems, see ##71.12