Personal & household goods
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
1651
Active companies
1132
Formed in latest 12 months
266
Median active-company age
3.7 years
Revenue known
30
Importers
39
Exporters
14
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,651 |
| Active companies | 1,132 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 266 |
| Importers | 39 |
| Exporters | 14 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 30 known, 1102 unknown (2.7%).
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 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025-12 | 19 | 19 |
| 2026-01 | 16 | 15 |
| 2026-02 | 12 | 17 |
| 2026-03 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026-04 | 24 | 16 |
| 2026-05 | 16 | 17 |
| 2026-06 | 21 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 34 | 24 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 17 |
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 | 1,132 |
| Dissolved | 505 |
| Liquidation | 13 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
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 | 88 |
| Inner London - West | 75 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 51 |
| West Midlands | 51 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 50 |
| Greater Manchester | 43 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 41 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 41 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 41 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 40 |
Geography coverage: 1118 known, 14 unknown (98.8%).
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 | 572 |
| 1m-15m | 77 |
| 54m+ | 6 |
Revenue-range coverage: 655 known, 477 unknown (57.9%).
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 | 396 |
| Small | 238 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 7 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 107 |
Company-size coverage: 751 known, 381 unknown (66.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 204 |
| 1–9 | 379 |
| 10–49 | 22 |
| 50–249 | 6 |
Employee coverage: 611 known, 521 unknown (54.0%).
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 | 262 |
| 1–3 years | 264 |
| 3–5 years | 119 |
| 5–10 years | 242 |
| 10–20 years | 135 |
| 20+ years | 110 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1132 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 | 1,132 |
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 | 27 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 12 |
| Neither | 1,091 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 19 | £2,094,184,850 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 13 | £4,197,077,486 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 9 | £4,007,133,623 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 6 | £48,766,326 | 2020-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £742,039,164 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 5 | £153,766,002 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 5 | £33,312,858 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 5 | £9,635,658 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4 | £280,946,477 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 4 | £36,646,259 | 2020-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £60,411,657 | 2017-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 6 | £69,656,840 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 4 | £41,541,755 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £310,791,399 | 2017-02-01 – 2025-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 3 | £144,906,552 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £177,837,197 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £15,761,876 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 2 | £201,501 | 2016-07-01 – 2025-04-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £37,680,461 | 2017-04-01 – 2024-09-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £15,186,214 | 2017-01-01 – 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 | 143 | 1,069 | 63 | 94.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,069 | 63 | 94.4% |
| Solo founder | 578 | 1,069 | 63 | 94.4% |
| Ecommerce | 11 | 27 | 1,105 | 2.4% |
| Website | 35 | 37 | 1,095 | 3.3% |
| 17 | 37 | 1,095 | 3.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Buoyant Group Limited | £11,229,490 |
| Lifestyle Rentals Ltd | £6,105,165 |
| Cort Business Services Uk Limited | £5,341,238 |
| Wind Mobility Ltd | £3,132,181 |
| Renwear Limited | £591,851 |
| Jack Bunney Limited | £346,277 |
| Premium Solutions Ltd | £305,173 |
| Alexon Appliances Limited | £143,830 |
| Peach Group Ltd. | £66,413 |
| The Scotch House Alba Limited | £51,200 |
Revenue coverage: 30 known, 1102 unknown (2.7%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Cars & light vehicles | 11,803 |
| Other equipment and goods n.e.c. | 8,211 |
| Construction equipment | 5,579 |
| Media equipment | 2,684 |
| Recreational & sports goods | 1,868 |
| Trucks & heavy vehicles | 1,791 |
| Agricultural equipment | 807 |
| Office equipment (including computers) | 784 |
| Passenger aircraft | 479 |
| Passenger boats/ships | 456 |
| Freight vessels | 189 |
| Cargo aircraft | 78 |
SIC classification
SIC 77299 — Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
Includes
renting of all kinds of household or personal goods, to households or industries (except recreational and sports equipment):, textiles, wearing apparel and footwear, furniture, pottery and glass, kitchen and tableware, electrical appliances and house wares, jewellery, musical instruments, scenery and costumes, books, journals and magazines, machinery and equipment used by amateurs or as a hobby e.g. tools for home repairs, flowers and plants, electronic equipment, other than media entertainment equipment, for household use
Excludes
renting of cars, trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles without driver, see ##77.1, renting of recreational and sports goods, see ##77.21, renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment, see ##77.29/1, renting of video tapes and disks, see ##77.22, renting of motorcycles and caravans without driver, see ##77.39, renting of office furniture, see ##77.33, provision of linen, work uniforms and related items by laundries, see ##96.01