Computer stores
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
8257
Active companies
4537
Formed in latest 12 months
953
Median active-company age
3.3 years
Revenue known
87
Importers
268
Exporters
178
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 8,257 |
| Active companies | 4,537 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 953 |
| Importers | 268 |
| Exporters | 178 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 87 known, 4450 unknown (1.9%).
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 | 83 | 85 |
| 2025-12 | 77 | 79 |
| 2026-01 | 79 | 79 |
| 2026-02 | 64 | 117 |
| 2026-03 | 81 | 101 |
| 2026-04 | 67 | 97 |
| 2026-05 | 50 | 86 |
| 2026-06 | 60 | 70 |
| 2026-07 | 70 | 132 |
| 2026-08 | 24 | 70 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 | 3,997 |
| Dissolved | 3,653 |
| Dormant | 540 |
| Liquidation | 67 |
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 | 500 |
| Inner London - West | 428 |
| Greater Manchester | 295 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 283 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 275 |
| West Midlands | 235 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 169 |
| Outer London - South | 150 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 144 |
| South East Wales | 138 |
Geography coverage: 4495 known, 42 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 2,148 |
| 1m-15m | 322 |
| 15m-54m | 17 |
| 54m+ | 14 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2501 known, 2036 unknown (55.1%).
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 | 1,597 |
| Small | 815 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 15 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 540 |
Company-size coverage: 2973 known, 1564 unknown (65.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 719 |
| 1–9 | 1,626 |
| 10–49 | 65 |
| 50–249 | 6 |
Employee coverage: 2416 known, 2121 unknown (53.3%).
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 | 916 |
| 1–3 years | 1,228 |
| 3–5 years | 554 |
| 5–10 years | 964 |
| 10–20 years | 572 |
| 20+ years | 303 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4537 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 | 4,537 |
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 | 145 |
| Exporter only | 55 |
| Both | 123 |
| Neither | 4,214 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 194 | £68,528,466,088 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 158 | £38,495,067,535 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 65 | £3,559,753,564 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 52 | £3,066,978,083 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 50 | £3,160,535,199 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 38 | £852,045,276 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 37 | £4,291,114,178 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 30 | £3,453,225,850 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 27 | £213,706,372 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 24 | £393,550,027 | 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 | 131 | £17,492,106,208 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 121 | £13,281,494,936 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 45 | £2,180,806,748 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 30 | £623,192,388 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 23 | £405,683,211 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 13 | £473,347,298 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 13 | £22,308,182 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 11 | £36,953,974 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 10 | £48,644,717 | 2020-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 9 | £588,987,499 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
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 | 194 | 4,281 | 256 | 94.4% |
| Holding company | 1 | 4,281 | 256 | 94.4% |
| Solo founder | 2,959 | 4,281 | 256 | 94.4% |
| Ecommerce | 91 | 212 | 4,325 | 4.7% |
| Website | 260 | 268 | 4,269 | 5.9% |
| 150 | 268 | 4,269 | 5.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Gbm Digital Technologies Limited | £147,332,950 |
| Focus Multimedia Limited | £38,236,277 |
| Componentsource Limited | £35,214,479 |
| Coin Mining Central Ltd | £30,349,796 |
| Five Tech Limited | £29,581,668 |
| Minertor Ltd | £1,104,864 |
| The Panas Group Of Companies Limited | £1,078,227 |
| Atrfdr Ltd | £482,286 |
| Natureinks Limited | £407,729 |
| Amir Mughal General Trading Ltd | £395,544 |
Revenue coverage: 87 known, 4450 unknown (1.9%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Online & mailorder | 215,910 |
| Other: vending machines, door-to-door, etc | 54,086 |
| Department stores | 40,176 |
| Hyper & supermarkets, general stores | 38,325 |
| Clothing Stores | 31,355 |
| Stalls | 18,294 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 14,699 |
| Other specialised stores | 14,457 |
| Specialised food stores n.e.c. | 12,930 |
| Cosmetics Store | 11,571 |
| Home furnishing stores | 11,275 |
| Outdoor & Sporting Goods Stores | 10,521 |
| Watches and jewellery stores | 9,305 |
| Garden & Pet Supply Stores | 8,171 |
| Pharmacy | 8,013 |
| Bakeries & Confectionery | 7,855 |
| Beverage stores | 5,998 |
| Butchers | 5,826 |
| Mobile phone stores | 5,812 |
| Flooring Store | 5,785 |
| Other | 63,809 |
SIC classification
SIC 47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
Includes
retail sale of computers, retail sale of computer peripheral equipment, retail sale of video game consoles, retail sale of non-customised software, including video games
Excludes
retail sale of blank tapes and disks, see ##47.63