Public administration
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
2734
Active companies
1796
Formed in latest 12 months
401
Median active-company age
4.4 years
Revenue known
58
Importers
19
Exporters
10
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 2,734 |
| Active companies | 1,796 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 401 |
| Importers | 19 |
| Exporters | 10 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 58 known, 1738 unknown (3.2%).
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 | 37 | 28 |
| 2025-12 | 15 | 40 |
| 2026-01 | 20 | 32 |
| 2026-02 | 36 | 21 |
| 2026-03 | 31 | 37 |
| 2026-04 | 11 | 38 |
| 2026-05 | 25 | 22 |
| 2026-06 | 27 | 19 |
| 2026-07 | 26 | 38 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 18 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 1,796 |
| Dissolved | 921 |
| Liquidation | 15 |
| 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 - East | 293 |
| Inner London - West | 136 |
| Greater Manchester | 106 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 86 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 82 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 72 |
| South East Wales | 69 |
| West Midlands | 65 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 54 |
| Kent | 54 |
Geography coverage: 1791 known, 5 unknown (99.7%).
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 | 786 |
| 1m-15m | 134 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 52 |
Revenue-range coverage: 975 known, 821 unknown (54.3%).
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 | 511 |
| Small | 363 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 61 |
| Holding | 13 |
| Dormant | 229 |
Company-size coverage: 1179 known, 617 unknown (65.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 313 |
| 1–9 | 493 |
| 10–49 | 33 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 845 known, 951 unknown (47.0%).
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 | 386 |
| 1–3 years | 368 |
| 3–5 years | 194 |
| 5–10 years | 405 |
| 10–20 years | 281 |
| 20+ years | 162 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1796 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 | 1,796 |
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 | 10 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 9 |
| Neither | 1,776 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 12 | £9,474,824,474 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £2,121,137,531 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 9 | £9,943,089,270 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 6 | £881,183,051 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 5 | £60,354,961 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 5 | £185,213,039 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 5 | £6,265,016 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £486,903,183 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £719,337,173 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £135,915,795 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 8 | £1,666,881,702 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £3,471,383,818 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £4,823,100,279 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £233,540,533 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £75,474,343 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £340,801,739 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 3 | £69,689,293 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 3 | £3,867,116,707 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 2 | £20,012,460 | 2024-01-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 2 | £125,252,453 | 2017-10-01 – 2025-06-01 |
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 | 103 | 1,489 | 307 | 82.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,489 | 307 | 82.9% |
| Solo founder | 915 | 1,489 | 307 | 82.9% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 9 | 1,787 | 0.5% |
| Website | 12 | 17 | 1,779 | 0.9% |
| 14 | 17 | 1,779 | 0.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Amey Rail Limited | £229,873,000 |
| Amey Fleet Services Limited | £61,391,000 |
| Amey Owr Limited | £56,166,000 |
| Trust Group Holdings Ltd | £36,605,000 |
| The National Online Self Exclusion Scheme Limited | £5,025,627 |
| Trading Standards South East Limited | £3,613,988 |
| Integrated Care Solutions (shropshire) Limited | £3,565,000 |
| East Of England Trading Standards Association Limited | £2,084,206 |
| Local Government Data Unit - Wales | £1,531,575 |
| Tutelar Limited | £1,303,919 |
Revenue coverage: 58 known, 1738 unknown (3.2%).
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 | 6,275 |
| Fire services | 2,854 |
| Public safety | 1,276 |
| Business regulation | 1,098 |
| Defense | 1,000 |
| Judicial services | 379 |
| Foreign affairs (already short) | 211 |
| Social security administration | 88 |
SIC classification
SIC 84110 — General public administration activities
Includes
executive and legislative administration of central, regional and local bodies, administration and supervision of fiscal affairs:, operation of taxation schemes, duty/tax collection on goods and tax violation investigation, customs administration, budget implementation and management of public funds and public debt: raising and receiving of money and control of their disbursement, administration of overall (civil) research and development policy and associated funds, administration and operation of overall economic and social planning and statistical services at the various levels of government
Excludes
operation of government owned or occupied buildings, see ##68.2, ##68.3, administration of research and development policies intended to increase personal well-being and of associated funds, see ##84.12, administration of research and development policies intended to improve economic performance and competitiveness, see ##84.13, administration of defence-related research and development policies and of associated funds, see ##84.22, operation of government archives, see ##91.01