Non-industrial engineering
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
54029
Active companies
40798
Formed in latest 12 months
6313
Median active-company age
5.2 years
Revenue known
545
Importers
1523
Exporters
1173
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 54,029 |
| Active companies | 40,798 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 6,313 |
| Importers | 1,523 |
| Exporters | 1,173 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 545 known, 40253 unknown (1.3%).
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 | 448 | 359 |
| 2025-12 | 417 | 497 |
| 2026-01 | 623 | 428 |
| 2026-02 | 584 | 415 |
| 2026-03 | 558 | 436 |
| 2026-04 | 573 | 359 |
| 2026-05 | 476 | 392 |
| 2026-06 | 482 | 321 |
| 2026-07 | 578 | 609 |
| 2026-08 | 212 | 332 |
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 | 38,042 |
| Dissolved | 12,526 |
| Dormant | 2,756 |
| Liquidation | 678 |
| In Administration | 24 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 | 2,482 |
| Inner London - West | 2,109 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,765 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,469 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,460 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,449 |
| West Midlands | 1,271 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 1,268 |
| Cheshire | 1,156 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 1,140 |
Geography coverage: 40435 known, 363 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 25,461 |
| 1m-15m | 2,962 |
| 15m-54m | 109 |
| 54m+ | 171 |
Revenue-range coverage: 28703 known, 12095 unknown (70.4%).
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 | 15,876 |
| Small | 11,858 |
| Medium | 46 |
| Large | 310 |
| Holding | 59 |
| Dormant | 2,756 |
Company-size coverage: 30905 known, 9893 unknown (75.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 6,061 |
| 1–9 | 20,308 |
| 10–49 | 1,123 |
| 50–249 | 143 |
| 250+ | 14 |
Employee coverage: 27649 known, 13149 unknown (67.8%).
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 | 6,202 |
| 1–3 years | 8,379 |
| 3–5 years | 5,420 |
| 5–10 years | 10,035 |
| 10–20 years | 7,361 |
| 20+ years | 3,401 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 40798 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 | 40,798 |
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 | 691 |
| Exporter only | 341 |
| Both | 832 |
| Neither | 38,934 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 930 | £130,084,360,624 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 855 | £133,550,901,112 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 693 | £28,194,223,839 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 388 | £14,371,055,698 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 311 | £32,060,245,866 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 244 | £12,046,457,785 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 224 | £5,336,006,133 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 186 | £1,093,217,404 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 182 | £2,588,269,690 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 175 | £11,256,950,008 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 753 | £82,604,361,219 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 662 | £55,761,277,860 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 520 | £29,116,266,889 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 350 | £8,636,660,236 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 319 | £17,574,094,329 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 176 | £2,918,692,349 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 172 | £612,947,317 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 155 | £1,334,384,854 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 152 | £1,634,760,971 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 121 | £6,290,194,133 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 4,983 | 37,913 | 2,885 | 92.9% |
| Holding company | 5 | 37,913 | 2,885 | 92.9% |
| Solo founder | 23,295 | 37,913 | 2,885 | 92.9% |
| Ecommerce | 87 | 1,193 | 39,605 | 2.9% |
| Website | 1,518 | 1,548 | 39,250 | 3.8% |
| 1,166 | 1,548 | 39,250 | 3.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Kellogg Brown & Root Limited | £360,795,000 |
| Amey Rail Limited | £229,873,000 |
| Whp Telecoms Limited | £183,301,648 |
| Acciona Industrial Uk Limited | £110,735,689 |
| Ea-rs Fire Engineering Group Limited | £96,102,621 |
| Red Engineering Design Limited | £77,370,284 |
| Comau U.k. Limited | £71,662,000 |
| Stadler Rail Service Uk Limited | £66,416,996 |
| Maintenance & Contracting Services Ltd | £61,081,947 |
| Bpx Electro-mechanical Company Limited | £48,043,742 |
Revenue coverage: 545 known, 40253 unknown (1.3%).
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 | 286,532 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,873 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,869 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,057 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,236 |
| Non-trading company | 41,492 |
| Geospatial services | 35,899 |
| Head office services | 31,131 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,793 |
| Financial management | 22,814 |
| Architechts | 21,399 |
| Public relations | 16,716 |
| Media sales | 14,631 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 13,990 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,960 |
| Tax consulting | 13,399 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,768 |
| Solicitors | 12,510 |
| Copyright agents | 10,435 |
| Specialist photography | 9,207 |
| Other | 64,059 |
SIC classification
SIC 71129 — Other engineering activities
Includes
engineering design (i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems) and consulting activities for:, projects involving civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, traffic engineering, projects elaboration and realisation relative to electrical and electronic engineering, mining engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering, safety engineering, water management projects, elaboration of projects using air conditioning, refrigeration, sanitary and pollution control engineering, acoustical engineering etc., machinery and industrial plan design, other than for industrial process and production, integrated engineering activities for turnkey projects
Excludes
engineering design activities for industrial process and production, see ##71.12/1