Principal trading
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
337690
Active companies
285238
Formed in latest 12 months
44579
Median active-company age
4.1 years
Revenue known
1934
Importers
634
Exporters
157
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 337,690 |
| Active companies | 285,238 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 44,579 |
| Importers | 634 |
| Exporters | 157 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1934 known, 283304 unknown (0.7%).
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 | 3,438 | 1,533 |
| 2025-12 | 2,903 | 2,012 |
| 2026-01 | 4,223 | 1,716 |
| 2026-02 | 3,871 | 1,893 |
| 2026-03 | 4,128 | 2,077 |
| 2026-04 | 3,399 | 1,740 |
| 2026-05 | 3,085 | 1,874 |
| 2026-06 | 3,288 | 1,542 |
| 2026-07 | 3,344 | 2,749 |
| 2026-08 | 605 | 1,121 |
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 | 285,238 |
| Dissolved | 49,946 |
| Liquidation | 1,362 |
| Receiver Action | 704 |
| In Administration | 391 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 36 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 11 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 | 26,678 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 25,165 |
| Inner London - West | 21,965 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 16,147 |
| Greater Manchester | 15,857 |
| West Midlands | 15,266 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 11,346 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 10,671 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 10,631 |
| Outer London - South | 8,713 |
Geography coverage: 282906 known, 2332 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 157,880 |
| 1m-15m | 22,604 |
| 15m-54m | 395 |
| 54m+ | 780 |
Revenue-range coverage: 181659 known, 103579 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 | 91,398 |
| Small | 83,308 |
| Medium | 46 |
| Large | 999 |
| Holding | 346 |
| Dormant | 32,868 |
Company-size coverage: 208965 known, 76273 unknown (73.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 85,541 |
| 1–9 | 79,229 |
| 10–49 | 599 |
| 50–249 | 81 |
| 250+ | 21 |
Employee coverage: 165471 known, 119767 unknown (58.0%).
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 | 43,885 |
| 1–3 years | 73,941 |
| 3–5 years | 45,731 |
| 5–10 years | 78,121 |
| 10–20 years | 25,422 |
| 20+ years | 18,138 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 285238 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 | 285,238 |
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 | 542 |
| Exporter only | 65 |
| Both | 92 |
| Neither | 284,539 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 258 | £17,947,024,357 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 153 | £20,416,071,127 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 132 | £16,465,259,813 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 116 | £4,215,311,816 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 85 | £1,131,074,473 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 76 | £766,435,064 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 72 | £5,123,053,972 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 71 | £1,489,033,583 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 65 | £479,394,670 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 63 | £2,364,045,588 | 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 | 55 | £5,652,857,646 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 46 | £3,599,775,449 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 38 | £6,794,231,455 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 34 | £1,669,722,767 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 29 | £225,954,907 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 19 | £853,460,154 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £198,216,401 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 13 | £22,941,910 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 12 | £47,108,156 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 12 | £19,027,650 | 2018-04-01 – 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 | 49,027 | 250,124 | 35,114 | 87.7% |
| Holding company | 45 | 250,124 | 35,114 | 87.7% |
| Solo founder | 118,864 | 250,124 | 35,114 | 87.7% |
| Ecommerce | 66 | 418 | 284,820 | 0.1% |
| Website | 532 | 580 | 284,658 | 0.2% |
| 278 | 580 | 284,658 | 0.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Stonewood Properties Limited | £81,131,988 |
| Hbb Relocation Services Limited | £66,809,852 |
| Mc Housing Limited | £62,698,793 |
| Stablewood Limited | £50,966,924 |
| Knight Property Group Plc | £48,207,000 |
| Crestsky Limited | £44,861,051 |
| Mg Markey Group Limited | £41,668,257 |
| Keon Homes Limited | £40,538,800 |
| Amarox Limited | £40,075,852 |
| Redsand Property Limited | £39,428,135 |
Revenue coverage: 1934 known, 283304 unknown (0.7%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other property rentals | 464,208 |
| Property management | 130,102 |
| Real estate agencies | 40,383 |
| Housing Association rentals | 25,334 |
| Event space leasing | 1,505 |
SIC classification
SIC 68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Includes
buying and selling of self-owned real estate:, apartment buildings and dwellings, non-residential buildings, including exhibition halls, self-storage facilities, malls and shopping centres, land, subdividing real estate into lots, without land improvement
Excludes
development of building projects for sale, see ##41.10, subdividing and improving of land, see ##42.99