Department 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
65173
Active companies
40236
Formed in latest 12 months
8337
Median active-company age
3.2 years
Revenue known
608
Importers
2656
Exporters
829
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 65,173 |
| Active companies | 40,236 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 8,337 |
| Importers | 2,656 |
| Exporters | 829 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 608 known, 39628 unknown (1.5%).
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 | 737 | 691 |
| 2025-12 | 593 | 764 |
| 2026-01 | 718 | 682 |
| 2026-02 | 556 | 718 |
| 2026-03 | 678 | 894 |
| 2026-04 | 614 | 601 |
| 2026-05 | 552 | 728 |
| 2026-06 | 565 | 530 |
| 2026-07 | 641 | 1,037 |
| 2026-08 | 146 | 337 |
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 | 40,236 |
| Dissolved | 24,364 |
| Liquidation | 552 |
| In Administration | 12 |
| Receiver Action | 4 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 | 3,684 |
| Greater Manchester | 3,265 |
| Inner London - West | 2,952 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 2,789 |
| West Midlands | 2,560 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 1,869 |
| West Yorkshire | 1,288 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,164 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,158 |
| South East Wales | 1,089 |
Geography coverage: 39855 known, 381 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 | 19,861 |
| 1m-15m | 2,689 |
| 15m-54m | 102 |
| 54m+ | 110 |
Revenue-range coverage: 22762 known, 17474 unknown (56.6%).
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 | 13,172 |
| Small | 8,715 |
| Medium | 29 |
| Large | 168 |
| Holding | 43 |
| Dormant | 4,005 |
Company-size coverage: 26132 known, 14104 unknown (64.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 6,253 |
| 1–9 | 14,083 |
| 10–49 | 1,325 |
| 50–249 | 143 |
| 250+ | 20 |
Employee coverage: 21824 known, 18412 unknown (54.2%).
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 | 8,064 |
| 1–3 years | 11,165 |
| 3–5 years | 5,150 |
| 5–10 years | 8,479 |
| 10–20 years | 4,675 |
| 20+ years | 2,702 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 40235 known, 1 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 | 40,236 |
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 | 2,069 |
| Exporter only | 242 |
| Both | 587 |
| Neither | 37,338 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 826 | £39,742,452,302 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 757 | £101,673,269,311 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 658 | £68,829,328,447 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 625 | £16,221,186,014 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 598 | £30,080,036,056 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 570 | £16,031,983,275 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 515 | £8,669,471,324 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 470 | £8,238,914,794 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 452 | £17,447,809,807 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 449 | £2,976,728,151 | 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 | 255 | £19,530,414,393 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 239 | £23,159,580,381 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 194 | £3,402,960,744 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 181 | £2,630,955,855 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 169 | £7,056,021,145 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 164 | £2,339,435,491 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 156 | £1,213,607,063 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 152 | £2,088,035,413 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 150 | £7,019,638,414 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 142 | £1,695,826,891 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 3,031 | 37,612 | 2,624 | 93.5% |
| Holding company | 6 | 37,612 | 2,624 | 93.5% |
| Solo founder | 24,026 | 37,612 | 2,624 | 93.5% |
| Ecommerce | 898 | 1,910 | 38,326 | 4.7% |
| Website | 2,280 | 2,438 | 37,798 | 6.1% |
| 961 | 2,438 | 37,798 | 6.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Harding Brothers Retail Limited | £296,145,361 |
| Harding Retail Ihc Ltd | £296,145,302 |
| Gymshark Ltd | £260,674,000 |
| Seasalt Holdings Limited | £149,602,661 |
| Seasalt Limited | £149,311,762 |
| Solihull Stores Ltd | £95,577,634 |
| W.wing Yip Plc | £95,273,000 |
| W. Wing Yip (london) Limited | £80,085,000 |
| Tiger Retail Limited | £70,088,707 |
| Cherry Lane Retail Centres Limited | £64,780,000 |
Revenue coverage: 608 known, 39628 unknown (1.5%).
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 | 216,349 |
| Other: vending machines, door-to-door, etc | 54,256 |
| Hyper & supermarkets, general stores | 38,339 |
| Clothing Stores | 31,430 |
| Stalls | 18,325 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 14,703 |
| Other specialised stores | 14,465 |
| Specialised food stores n.e.c. | 12,951 |
| Cosmetics Store | 11,608 |
| Home furnishing stores | 11,282 |
| Outdoor & Sporting Goods Stores | 10,529 |
| Watches and jewellery stores | 9,317 |
| Garden & Pet Supply Stores | 8,185 |
| Pharmacy | 8,020 |
| Bakeries & Confectionery | 7,865 |
| Beverage stores | 6,008 |
| Butchers | 5,835 |
| Mobile phone stores | 5,822 |
| Flooring Store | 5,786 |
| Toy & Game Stores | 5,205 |
| Other | 63,289 |
SIC classification
SIC 47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Includes
retail sale of a large variety of goods of which food products, beverages or tobacco are not predominant, activities of department stores carrying a general line of merchandise, including wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics, jewellery, toys, sports goods etc.