Market & opinion research
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
9335
Active companies
6527
Formed in latest 12 months
921
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
124
Importers
83
Exporters
49
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 9,335 |
| Active companies | 6,527 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 921 |
| Importers | 83 |
| Exporters | 49 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 124 known, 6403 unknown (1.9%).
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 | 76 | 76 |
| 2026-01 | 60 | 83 |
| 2026-02 | 58 | 76 |
| 2026-03 | 72 | 89 |
| 2026-04 | 73 | 88 |
| 2026-05 | 64 | 76 |
| 2026-06 | 81 | 58 |
| 2026-07 | 86 | 153 |
| 2026-08 | 73 | 94 |
| 2026-09 | 87 | 105 |
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 | 5,760 |
| Dissolved | 2,724 |
| Dormant | 767 |
| Liquidation | 82 |
| In Administration | 2 |
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 | 1,153 |
| Inner London - East | 1,083 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 397 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 341 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 339 |
| Outer London - South | 238 |
| Greater Manchester | 230 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 214 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 202 |
| West Midlands | 164 |
Geography coverage: 6488 known, 39 unknown (99.4%).
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 | 3,708 |
| 1m-15m | 543 |
| 15m-54m | 16 |
| 54m+ | 48 |
Revenue-range coverage: 4315 known, 2212 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 | 2,320 |
| Small | 1,795 |
| Medium | 6 |
| Large | 71 |
| Holding | 26 |
| Dormant | 767 |
Company-size coverage: 4985 known, 1542 unknown (76.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,173 |
| 1–9 | 2,670 |
| 10–49 | 208 |
| 50–249 | 48 |
| 250+ | 4 |
Employee coverage: 4103 known, 2424 unknown (62.9%).
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 | 901 |
| 1–3 years | 1,302 |
| 3–5 years | 748 |
| 5–10 years | 1,481 |
| 10–20 years | 1,319 |
| 20+ years | 776 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 6527 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 | 6,527 |
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 | 57 |
| Exporter only | 23 |
| Both | 26 |
| Neither | 6,421 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 42 | £10,302,432,715 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 24 | £3,882,073,934 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 21 | £1,440,721,792 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 11 | £255,499,570 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 11 | £317,268,548 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 10 | £1,092,521,545 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £310,372,610 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 8 | £441,313,878 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 8 | £57,584,553 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 7 | £395,755,928 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 22 | £1,981,092,524 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 17 | £944,336,797 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 15 | £698,630,294 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 5 | £57,020,539 | 2018-01-01 – 2023-03-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 5 | £24,710,155 | 2021-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 4 | £89,092,829 | 2016-10-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 4 | £52,772,072 | 2018-10-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £7,605,121 | 2020-08-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 3 | £54,200,650 | 2017-10-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 3 | £468,937,845 | 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 | 385 | 5,810 | 717 | 89.0% |
| Holding company | 8 | 5,810 | 717 | 89.0% |
| Solo founder | 3,507 | 5,810 | 717 | 89.0% |
| Ecommerce | 15 | 78 | 6,449 | 1.2% |
| Website | 96 | 102 | 6,425 | 1.6% |
| 74 | 102 | 6,425 | 1.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ct Group (uk) Trading Limited | £25,272,326 |
| Purespectrum Uk Limited | £16,203,022 |
| Human Made Machine Limited | £15,607,770 |
| Inmoment Limited | £14,516,346 |
| Bdrc Continental Limited | £13,786,151 |
| Incite Marketing Planning Limited | £13,200,130 |
| Verve Partners Limited | £9,864,895 |
| Nielsen Sports Uk And Ireland Limited | £9,168,824 |
| Aba Market Research Limited | £8,472,198 |
| Maverick Advertising & Design Limited | £7,943,467 |
Revenue coverage: 124 known, 6403 unknown (1.9%).
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 | 288,965 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 85,016 |
| Advertising agencies | 56,627 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,457 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,241 |
| Non-trading company | 41,235 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 41,021 |
| Geospatial services | 36,319 |
| Head office services | 31,137 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,862 |
| Financial management | 22,818 |
| Architechts | 21,368 |
| Public relations | 16,774 |
| Media sales | 14,487 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 14,300 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,939 |
| Tax consulting | 13,406 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,816 |
| Solicitors | 12,492 |
| Copyright agents | 10,549 |
| Other | 67,027 |
SIC classification
SIC 73200 — Market research and public opinion polling
Includes
investigation into market potential, awareness, acceptance and familiarity of goods and services and buying habits of consumers for the purpose of sales promotion and development of new goods and services, including statistical analyses of the results, investigation into collective opinions of the public about political, economic and social issues and statistical analysis thereof