Business regulation

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

1669

Active companies

1096

Formed in latest 12 months

175

Median active-company age

3.8 years

Revenue known

25

Importers

4

Exporters

1

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 1,669
Active companies 1,096
Formed in latest 12 months 175
Importers 4
Exporters 1

Revenue coverage among active companies: 25 known, 1071 unknown (2.3%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-111516
2025-121216
2026-011113
2026-021115
2026-032525
2026-041212
2026-051721
2026-061014
2026-071024
2026-0807

Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.

Company status

What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.

Top values shown in the chart

StatusCompanies
Active 1,096
Dissolved 566
Liquidation 7

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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 144
Inner London - West 106
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 53
Outer London - West and North West 52
Greater Manchester 43
Outer London - East and North East 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
West Midlands 36
Essex 32

Geography coverage: 1088 known, 8 unknown (99.3%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 589
1m-15m 58
54m+ 5

Revenue-range coverage: 652 known, 444 unknown (59.5%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 401
Small 224
Large 5
Holding 2
Dormant 157

Company-size coverage: 789 known, 307 unknown (72.0%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 207
1–9 393
10–49 18

Employee coverage: 618 known, 478 unknown (56.4%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 164
1–3 years 307
3–5 years 183
5–10 years 302
10–20 years 114
20+ years 26

Incorporation-date coverage: 1096 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

ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 1,096

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 3
Both 1
Neither 1,092

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts3£144,690,4892019-11-01 – 2026-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment2£582,476,2282020-02-01 – 2026-04-01
34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes1£86,347,1772025-12-01 – 2025-12-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products1£3,390,0182021-02-01 – 2021-02-01
56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables1£5,595,7992020-10-01 – 2021-02-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils1£340,7842026-03-01 – 2026-03-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts1£645,740,7782019-12-01 – 2026-03-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment1£542,646,4262019-10-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices1£97,763,2592025-07-01 – 2026-03-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings1£24,299,9562019-10-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 81 1,014 82 92.5%
Holding company 0 1,014 82 92.5%
Solo founder 677 1,014 82 92.5%
Ecommerce 1 3 1,093 0.3%
Website 3 3 1,093 0.3%
LinkedIn 2 3 1,093 0.3%

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.

Revenue coverage: 25 known, 1071 unknown (2.3%).

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.

SIC classification

SIC 84130 — Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses

Includes

public administration and regulation, including subsidy allocation, for different economic sectors:, agriculture, land use, energy and mining resources, infrastructure, transport, communication, hotels and tourism, wholesale and retail trade, administration of research and development policies and associated funds to improve economic performance, administration of general labour affairs, implementation of regional development policy measures, e.g. to reduce unemployment

Excludes

research and experimental development activities, see division ##72

Companies classified directly as Public services → Business regulation

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