Online & mailorder
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
398364
Active companies
216180
Formed in latest 12 months
74518
Median active-company age
1.6 years
Revenue known
3166
Importers
11637
Exporters
4301
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 398,364 |
| Active companies | 216,180 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 74,518 |
| Importers | 11,637 |
| Exporters | 4,301 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 3166 known, 213014 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 | 5,733 | 5,335 |
| 2025-12 | 4,922 | 5,810 |
| 2026-01 | 6,961 | 5,375 |
| 2026-02 | 4,893 | 5,651 |
| 2026-03 | 5,665 | 6,374 |
| 2026-04 | 5,978 | 4,197 |
| 2026-05 | 5,730 | 4,565 |
| 2026-06 | 5,998 | 3,799 |
| 2026-07 | 7,042 | 7,480 |
| 2026-08 | 2,603 | 3,899 |
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 | 194,423 |
| Dissolved | 180,834 |
| Dormant | 21,757 |
| Liquidation | 1,291 |
| In Administration | 36 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 12 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 7 |
| Receiver Action | 3 |
| 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 | 31,233 |
| Inner London - West | 25,306 |
| Greater Manchester | 14,988 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 13,827 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 12,551 |
| West Midlands | 10,895 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 6,967 |
| West Yorkshire | 6,374 |
| South East Wales | 6,035 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 5,647 |
Geography coverage: 214233 known, 1947 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 | 78,850 |
| 1m-15m | 7,017 |
| 15m-54m | 239 |
| 54m+ | 196 |
Revenue-range coverage: 86302 known, 129878 unknown (39.9%).
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 | 58,487 |
| Small | 23,766 |
| Medium | 63 |
| Large | 324 |
| Holding | 107 |
| Dormant | 21,757 |
Company-size coverage: 104504 known, 111676 unknown (48.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 34,820 |
| 1–9 | 46,305 |
| 10–49 | 1,390 |
| 50–249 | 140 |
| 250+ | 16 |
Employee coverage: 82671 known, 133509 unknown (38.2%).
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 | 71,656 |
| 1–3 years | 69,660 |
| 3–5 years | 24,079 |
| 5–10 years | 34,382 |
| 10–20 years | 13,459 |
| 20+ years | 2,944 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 216180 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 | 216,180 |
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 | 8,663 |
| Exporter only | 1,327 |
| Both | 2,974 |
| Neither | 203,216 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 2,993 | £236,939,476,534 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2,671 | £64,802,868,068 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 2,517 | £157,357,308,164 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 2,500 | £34,022,945,468 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,101 | £44,204,968,913 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2,090 | £48,174,976,885 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2,042 | £57,493,278,434 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2,031 | £14,450,338,108 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1,960 | £27,781,714,048 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1,866 | £15,420,383,662 | 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 | 1,058 | £56,065,247,979 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,042 | £9,311,731,361 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 923 | £8,588,992,511 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 897 | £44,454,540,742 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 807 | £22,538,468,954 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 790 | £5,719,142,800 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 716 | £4,800,114,669 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 666 | £7,504,714,148 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 64 — Footwear and related items | 612 | £4,094,150,359 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 605 | £2,845,936,795 | 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 | 9,192 | 208,927 | 7,253 | 96.6% |
| Holding company | 33 | 208,927 | 7,253 | 96.6% |
| Solo founder | 157,944 | 208,927 | 7,253 | 96.6% |
| Ecommerce | 9,639 | 20,043 | 196,137 | 9.3% |
| Website | 23,379 | 25,277 | 190,903 | 11.7% |
| 9,910 | 25,277 | 190,903 | 11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| M And M Direct Limited | £289,492,000 |
| Blinds 2 Go Limited | £148,832,000 |
| The Beauty Tech Group Trading Limited | £130,800,000 |
| Moreco Group Limited | £121,973,168 |
| Innox Trading Limited | £109,985,667 |
| Ubt (eu) Ltd | £107,845,877 |
| N & R Gordon Ltd | £96,870,389 |
| Vogacloset Limited | £85,725,783 |
| Curveball Leisure Ltd | £73,481,000 |
| Eurorad Limited | £64,434,472 |
Revenue coverage: 3166 known, 213014 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 |
|---|---|
| Other: vending machines, door-to-door, etc | 54,114 |
| Department stores | 40,207 |
| Hyper & supermarkets, general stores | 38,335 |
| Clothing Stores | 31,370 |
| Stalls | 18,304 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 14,710 |
| Other specialised stores | 14,466 |
| Specialised food stores n.e.c. | 12,942 |
| Cosmetics Store | 11,573 |
| Home furnishing stores | 11,286 |
| Outdoor & Sporting Goods Stores | 10,524 |
| Watches and jewellery stores | 9,308 |
| Garden & Pet Supply Stores | 8,172 |
| Pharmacy | 8,011 |
| Bakeries & Confectionery | 7,852 |
| Beverage stores | 6,001 |
| Butchers | 5,829 |
| Mobile phone stores | 5,815 |
| Flooring Store | 5,785 |
| Toy & Game Stores | 5,196 |
| Other | 63,182 |
SIC classification
SIC 47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Includes
retail sale of any kind of product by mail order, retail sale of any kind of product over the Internet, direct sale via television, radio and telephone, Internet retail auctions
Excludes
retail sale of motor vehicles and motor vehicles parts and accessories over the Internet, see groups ##45.1, ##45.3, retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycles parts and accessories over the Internet, see ##45.40
Details
This section includes the provision of passenger or freight transport, whether scheduled or not, by rail, pipeline, road, water or air and associated activities such as terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling,storage etc. Included in this section is the renting of transport equipment with driver or operator. Also storage etc. Included in this section is the renting of transport equipment with driver or operator. Also included are postal and courier activities.