Public safety
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
2161
Active companies
1276
Formed in latest 12 months
180
Median active-company age
3.9 years
Revenue known
25
Importers
20
Exporters
10
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 2,161 |
| Active companies | 1,276 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 180 |
| Importers | 20 |
| Exporters | 10 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 25 known, 1251 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 12 | 32 |
| 2025-12 | 17 | 43 |
| 2026-01 | 18 | 37 |
| 2026-02 | 22 | 24 |
| 2026-03 | 12 | 39 |
| 2026-04 | 14 | 32 |
| 2026-05 | 14 | 41 |
| 2026-06 | 10 | 18 |
| 2026-07 | 21 | 41 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 19 |
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 | 1,276 |
| Dissolved | 866 |
| Liquidation | 19 |
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 |
|---|---|
| South Yorkshire | 108 |
| Inner London - East | 94 |
| Inner London - West | 72 |
| Essex | 45 |
| Greater Manchester | 43 |
| West Midlands | 42 |
| Kent | 40 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 39 |
| Lancashire | 34 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 34 |
Geography coverage: 1267 known, 9 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 range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 705 |
| 1m-15m | 93 |
| 15m-54m | 5 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 813 known, 463 unknown (63.7%).
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 | 462 |
| Small | 307 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 16 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 132 |
Company-size coverage: 923 known, 353 unknown (72.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 213 |
| 1–9 | 516 |
| 10–49 | 33 |
| 50–249 | 8 |
| 250+ | 7 |
Employee coverage: 777 known, 499 unknown (60.9%).
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 | 178 |
| 1–3 years | 354 |
| 3–5 years | 202 |
| 5–10 years | 326 |
| 10–20 years | 142 |
| 20+ years | 74 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1276 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 | 1,276 |
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 |
| Both | 10 |
| Neither | 1,256 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 13 | £5,862,432,549 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £1,909,402,529 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £200,738,116 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 4 | £16,564,609 | 2023-10-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3 | £60,033,990 | 2016-05-01 – 2024-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 3 | £89,460,129 | 2021-05-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 3 | £20,667,719 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £258,349,628 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 2 | £10,396,963 | 2016-07-01 – 2019-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £54,351,002 | 2017-10-01 – 2025-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £461,924,117 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £2,388,712 | 2022-10-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £141,962,112 | 2016-01-01 – 2024-08-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £7,245,154 | 2016-09-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 2 | £26,144,143 | 2018-12-01 – 2023-01-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £83,555,465 | 2021-11-01 – 2021-11-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £2,247,230 | 2023-05-01 – 2023-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 1 | £9,687,648 | 2021-09-01 – 2021-09-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 1 | £26,328,631 | 2016-04-01 – 2017-06-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 1 | £8,489,016 | 2025-07-01 – 2025-07-01 |
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 | 116 | 1,169 | 107 | 91.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,169 | 107 | 91.6% |
| Solo founder | 776 | 1,169 | 107 | 91.6% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 15 | 1,261 | 1.2% |
| Website | 17 | 17 | 1,259 | 1.3% |
| 13 | 17 | 1,259 | 1.3% |
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.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Ward Security Limited | £50,802,719 |
| Traffic Labour Supplies Ltd | £26,403,100 |
| Phoenix Surfacing Limited | £25,001,392 |
| Roadway Uk (tm) Ltd | £12,646,434 |
| Seal Security Uk Limited | £5,115,152 |
| Sateda Limited | £449,821 |
| Vaga Marine Services Cic | £105,089 |
| Progressive Safety (suffolk) Limited | £39,143 |
| Dorr Services Limited | £36,325 |
| Everest Safety Ltd | £36,155 |
Revenue coverage: 25 known, 1251 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 | 6,275 |
| Fire services | 2,854 |
| Public administration | 1,796 |
| Business regulation | 1,098 |
| Defense | 1,000 |
| Judicial services | 379 |
| Foreign affairs (already short) | 211 |
| Social security administration | 88 |
SIC classification
SIC 84240 — Public order and safety activities
Includes
administration and operation of regular and auxiliary police forces supported by public authorities and of port, border, coastguards and other special police forces, including traffic regulation, alien registration, maintenance of arrest records, provision of supplies for domestic emergency use in case of peacetime disasters
Excludes
operation of police laboratories, see ##71.20, administration and operation of military armed forces, see ##84.22