Defense
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
1398
Active companies
1018
Formed in latest 12 months
190
Median active-company age
4.3 years
Revenue known
20
Importers
85
Exporters
71
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,398 |
| Active companies | 1,018 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 190 |
| Importers | 85 |
| Exporters | 71 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 20 known, 998 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026-01 | 19 | 14 |
| 2026-02 | 8 | 11 |
| 2026-03 | 21 | 10 |
| 2026-04 | 11 | 15 |
| 2026-05 | 12 | 11 |
| 2026-06 | 16 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 19 | 23 |
| 2026-08 | 18 | 11 |
| 2026-09 | 14 | 5 |
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 | 910 |
| Dissolved | 368 |
| Dormant | 108 |
| Liquidation | 10 |
| 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 | 143 |
| Inner London - East | 96 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 83 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 75 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 49 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 47 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 43 |
| Devon | 35 |
| West of England | 29 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 27 |
Geography coverage: 1012 known, 6 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 | 470 |
| 1m-15m | 70 |
| 15m-54m | 11 |
| 54m+ | 52 |
Revenue-range coverage: 603 known, 415 unknown (59.2%).
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 | 291 |
| Small | 231 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 59 |
| Holding | 9 |
| Dormant | 108 |
Company-size coverage: 702 known, 316 unknown (69.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 153 |
| 1–9 | 332 |
| 10–49 | 27 |
| 50–249 | 6 |
Employee coverage: 518 known, 500 unknown (50.9%).
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 | 190 |
| 1–3 years | 235 |
| 3–5 years | 109 |
| 5–10 years | 189 |
| 10–20 years | 177 |
| 20+ years | 118 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1018 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 | 1,018 |
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 | 21 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 64 |
| Neither | 926 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 63 | £8,635,773,892 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 62 | £47,546,929,575 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 54 | £43,839,926,614 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 29 | £9,149,390,594 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 29 | £2,719,822,227 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 28 | £2,649,886,201 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 27 | £1,350,729,706 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 24 | £844,182,345 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 23 | £324,249,591 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 23 | £4,025,280,522 | 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 | 54 | £16,873,017,366 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 52 | £8,209,271,825 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 45 | £21,652,026,260 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 33 | £1,968,846,788 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 27 | £243,696,287 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 27 | £20,316,760,261 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 27 | £1,302,672,356 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 26 | £353,740,388 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 23 | £2,436,317,076 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 23 | £500,352,449 | 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 | 138 | 829 | 189 | 81.4% |
| Holding company | 1 | 829 | 189 | 81.4% |
| Solo founder | 448 | 829 | 189 | 81.4% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 48 | 970 | 4.7% |
| Website | 62 | 71 | 947 | 7.0% |
| 66 | 71 | 947 | 7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ancala Water Services (estates) Limited | £70,515,000 |
| Ancala Water Services (defence) Limited | £67,009,000 |
| Cook Defence Systems Limited | £51,391,158 |
| Level Peaks Associates Ltd | £42,512,103 |
| Worldwide Language Resources Ltd | £36,334,513 |
| Moyola Precision Engineering Limited | £25,334,927 |
| Sts Defence Limited | £11,787,450 |
| Efficient Research Dynamic (uk) Ltd | £130,000 |
| Sussex Software Consultancy Ltd | £114,940 |
| Kernexions Limited | £110,400 |
Revenue coverage: 20 known, 998 unknown (2.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Health, education & social regulation | 6,175 |
| Fire services | 2,882 |
| Public administration | 1,766 |
| Public safety | 1,260 |
| Business regulation | 1,092 |
| Judicial services | 381 |
| Foreign affairs (already short) | 209 |
| Social security administration | 86 |
SIC classification
SIC 84220 — Defence activities
Includes
administration, supervision and operation of military defence affairs and land, sea, air and space defence forces such as:, combat forces of army, navy and air force, engineering, transport, communications, intelligence, material, personnel and other non-combat forces and commands, reserve and auxiliary forces of the defence establishment, military logistics (provision of equipment, structures, supplies etc.), health activities for military personnel in the field, administration, operation and support of civil defence forces, support for the working out of contingency plans and the carrying out of exercises in which civilian institutions and populations are involved, administration of defence-related research and development policies and related funds
Excludes
research and experimental development activities, see division ##72, provision of military aid to foreign countries, see ##84.21, activities of military tribunals, see ##84.23, provision of supplies for domestic emergency use in case of peacetime disasters, see ##84.24, educational activities of military schools, colleges and academies, see ##85.4, activities of military hospitals, see ##86.10