Solicitors
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
14907
Active companies
12514
Formed in latest 12 months
1067
Median active-company age
8.1 years
Revenue known
115
Importers
14
Exporters
1
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 14,907 |
| Active companies | 12,514 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,067 |
| Importers | 14 |
| Exporters | 1 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 115 known, 12399 unknown (0.9%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 106 | 58 |
| 2025-12 | 58 | 90 |
| 2026-01 | 85 | 72 |
| 2026-02 | 76 | 56 |
| 2026-03 | 104 | 85 |
| 2026-04 | 116 | 94 |
| 2026-05 | 89 | 67 |
| 2026-06 | 95 | 45 |
| 2026-07 | 78 | 100 |
| 2026-08 | 36 | 38 |
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 | 11,228 |
| Dissolved | 2,107 |
| Dormant | 1,286 |
| Liquidation | 257 |
| In Administration | 18 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 7 |
| Converted / Closed | 2 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 | 1,298 |
| Inner London - East | 1,001 |
| Greater Manchester | 935 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 685 |
| West Midlands | 571 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 493 |
| West Yorkshire | 465 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 452 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 400 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 368 |
Geography coverage: 12396 known, 118 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 | 7,775 |
| 1m-15m | 1,738 |
| 15m-54m | 33 |
| 54m+ | 62 |
Revenue-range coverage: 9608 known, 2906 unknown (76.8%).
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 | 4,282 |
| Small | 5,055 |
| Medium | 15 |
| Large | 104 |
| Holding | 21 |
| Dormant | 1,286 |
Company-size coverage: 10763 known, 1751 unknown (86.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,145 |
| 1–9 | 5,925 |
| 10–49 | 1,066 |
| 50–249 | 150 |
| 250+ | 9 |
Employee coverage: 9295 known, 3219 unknown (74.3%).
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 | 1,038 |
| 1–3 years | 1,771 |
| 3–5 years | 1,367 |
| 5–10 years | 3,316 |
| 10–20 years | 4,251 |
| 20+ years | 771 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 12514 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 | 12,514 |
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 | 13 |
| Both | 1 |
| Neither | 12,500 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £790,368,485 | 2023-06-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 3 | £103,669,374 | 2016-05-01 – 2023-07-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £105,409,280 | 2020-09-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 2 | £519,774,312 | 2023-09-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 2 | £24,811,014 | 2023-09-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 2 | £88,072,801 | 2021-04-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £4,980,605 | 2021-08-01 – 2021-08-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £7,500,540 | 2025-05-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 1 | £5,440,218 | 2025-11-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 1 | £149,823 | 2016-05-01 – 2016-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £72,948,197 | 2024-05-01 – 2024-05-01 |
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 | 712 | 11,168 | 1,346 | 89.2% |
| Holding company | 1 | 11,168 | 1,346 | 89.2% |
| Solo founder | 6,638 | 11,168 | 1,346 | 89.2% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 9 | 12,505 | 0.1% |
| Website | 12 | 12 | 12,502 | 0.1% |
| 7 | 12 | 12,502 | 0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited | £64,697,483 |
| Clarion Solicitors Limited | £34,873,787 |
| Lycatel Services Limited | £34,483,366 |
| Fletchers Solicitors Limited | £34,134,089 |
| Talbots Law Ltd | £30,117,193 |
| Lawrence Stephens Limited | £22,231,436 |
| Vardags Limited | £21,160,421 |
| Neil Hudgell Limited | £21,067,118 |
| Spectare Limited | £17,479,026 |
| Acuity Law Limited | £16,227,079 |
Revenue coverage: 115 known, 12399 unknown (0.9%).
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 | 286,918 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,933 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,985 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,136 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,262 |
| Non-trading company | 41,498 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,843 |
| Geospatial services | 35,954 |
| Head office services | 31,140 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,813 |
| Financial management | 22,820 |
| Architechts | 21,406 |
| Public relations | 16,729 |
| Media sales | 14,640 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 14,017 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,974 |
| Tax consulting | 13,408 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,782 |
| Copyright agents | 10,446 |
| Specialist photography | 9,215 |
| Other | 64,131 |
SIC classification
SIC 69102 — Solicitors
Includes
members of the legal profession qualified to deal with:, conveyancing, drawing up of wills, advising clients on legal matters, instructing barristers, etc.