Geospatial services
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
46706
Active companies
35952
Formed in latest 12 months
6300
Median active-company age
4.2 years
Revenue known
616
Importers
857
Exporters
560
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 46,706 |
| Active companies | 35,952 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 6,300 |
| Importers | 857 |
| Exporters | 560 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 616 known, 35336 unknown (1.7%).
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 | 425 | 322 |
| 2025-12 | 438 | 391 |
| 2026-01 | 545 | 397 |
| 2026-02 | 501 | 376 |
| 2026-03 | 620 | 409 |
| 2026-04 | 547 | 323 |
| 2026-05 | 545 | 347 |
| 2026-06 | 520 | 301 |
| 2026-07 | 602 | 508 |
| 2026-08 | 338 | 366 |
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 | 32,665 |
| Dissolved | 10,396 |
| Dormant | 3,287 |
| Liquidation | 344 |
| In Administration | 7 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 3 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| 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 - West | 3,170 |
| Inner London - East | 2,891 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,642 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,491 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,287 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,267 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 1,110 |
| West Midlands | 1,078 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 984 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 960 |
Geography coverage: 35652 known, 300 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 | 21,481 |
| 1m-15m | 2,071 |
| 15m-54m | 68 |
| 54m+ | 138 |
Revenue-range coverage: 23758 known, 12194 unknown (66.1%).
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 | 13,944 |
| Small | 8,917 |
| Medium | 25 |
| Large | 204 |
| Holding | 47 |
| Dormant | 3,287 |
Company-size coverage: 26424 known, 9528 unknown (73.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 5,850 |
| 1–9 | 16,301 |
| 10–49 | 586 |
| 50–249 | 94 |
| 250+ | 6 |
Employee coverage: 22837 known, 13115 unknown (63.5%).
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 | 6,223 |
| 1–3 years | 8,164 |
| 3–5 years | 5,379 |
| 5–10 years | 9,292 |
| 10–20 years | 4,892 |
| 20+ years | 2,002 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 35952 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 | 35,952 |
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 | 466 |
| Exporter only | 169 |
| Both | 391 |
| Neither | 34,926 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 467 | £22,847,108,065 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 464 | £89,082,346,785 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 383 | £73,451,107,873 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 155 | £7,954,649,323 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 102 | £17,036,420,214 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 96 | £4,956,573,798 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 92 | £2,517,227,542 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 91 | £6,613,460,706 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 65 | £418,349,414 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 64 | £1,244,710,496 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 317 | £30,535,683,595 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 314 | £23,085,905,855 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 260 | £38,550,871,811 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 114 | £3,599,679,155 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 82 | £6,808,938,101 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 70 | £875,447,506 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 56 | £220,485,403 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 53 | £3,710,616,371 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 48 | £528,054,852 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 45 | £558,597,024 | 2016-04-01 – 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 | 4,472 | 33,628 | 2,324 | 93.5% |
| Holding company | 6 | 33,628 | 2,324 | 93.5% |
| Solo founder | 20,826 | 33,628 | 2,324 | 93.5% |
| Ecommerce | 41 | 627 | 35,325 | 1.7% |
| Website | 788 | 811 | 35,141 | 2.3% |
| 669 | 811 | 35,141 | 2.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Amey Ow Limited | £393,087,000 |
| Kellogg Brown & Root Limited | £360,795,000 |
| Hayley Group Limited | £232,828,000 |
| Gordon Murray Technologies Limited | £76,357,435 |
| Avl United Kingdom Limited | £65,612,523 |
| Amey Owr Limited | £56,166,000 |
| Ode Asset Management Limited | £54,441,164 |
| High Voltage Systems And Services Limited | £48,253,134 |
| Burns & Mcdonnell Europe (uk) Limited | £46,942,186 |
| Asgard Hi-tech Solutions Limited | £43,470,612 |
Revenue coverage: 616 known, 35336 unknown (1.7%).
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 | 286,694 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,839 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,915 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,125 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,209 |
| Non-trading company | 41,445 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,816 |
| Head office services | 31,119 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,782 |
| Financial management | 22,789 |
| Architechts | 21,375 |
| Public relations | 16,712 |
| Media sales | 14,611 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 14,024 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,953 |
| Tax consulting | 13,375 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,782 |
| Solicitors | 12,500 |
| Copyright agents | 10,444 |
| Specialist photography | 9,190 |
| Other | 64,071 |
SIC classification
SIC 71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Includes
geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying, geological and prospecting activities: surface measurements and observations designed to yield information on sub-surface structure and the location of petroleum, natural gas and mineral deposits and of ground water, geodetic surveying activities:, land and boundary surveying activities, hydrologic surveying activities, subsurface surveying activities, cartographic and spatial information activities
Excludes
test drilling in connection with mining operations, see ##09.10, ##09.90, development or publishing of associated software, see ##58.29, ##62.01, activities of computer consultants, see ##62.02, ##62.09, technical testing, see ##71.20, research and development activities related to engineering, see ##72.19, aerial photography, see ##74.20
Details
This subclass comprises the provision of architectural engineering services, drafting services, building inspection services and surveying and mapping services and the like.