Private security
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
25631
Active companies
16507
Formed in latest 12 months
3071
Median active-company age
3.8 years
Revenue known
247
Importers
92
Exporters
50
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 25,631 |
| Active companies | 16,507 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 3,071 |
| Importers | 92 |
| Exporters | 50 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 247 known, 16260 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 | 227 | 266 |
| 2025-12 | 202 | 306 |
| 2026-01 | 287 | 253 |
| 2026-02 | 216 | 298 |
| 2026-03 | 258 | 365 |
| 2026-04 | 255 | 276 |
| 2026-05 | 226 | 251 |
| 2026-06 | 243 | 217 |
| 2026-07 | 285 | 391 |
| 2026-08 | 133 | 238 |
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 | 14,500 |
| Dissolved | 8,743 |
| Dormant | 2,007 |
| Liquidation | 367 |
| In Administration | 11 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| 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 | 1,833 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 1,597 |
| Inner London - West | 1,084 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,042 |
| Greater Manchester | 891 |
| West Midlands | 886 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 623 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 588 |
| Essex | 533 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 525 |
Geography coverage: 16367 known, 140 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 | 8,243 |
| 1m-15m | 1,337 |
| 15m-54m | 41 |
| 54m+ | 33 |
Revenue-range coverage: 9654 known, 6853 unknown (58.5%).
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 | 5,697 |
| Small | 3,517 |
| Medium | 11 |
| Large | 67 |
| Holding | 17 |
| Dormant | 2,007 |
Company-size coverage: 11316 known, 5191 unknown (68.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,535 |
| 1–9 | 5,773 |
| 10–49 | 692 |
| 50–249 | 246 |
| 250+ | 52 |
Employee coverage: 9298 known, 7209 unknown (56.3%).
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 | 3,004 |
| 1–3 years | 4,202 |
| 3–5 years | 2,437 |
| 5–10 years | 3,931 |
| 10–20 years | 2,319 |
| 20+ years | 614 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 16507 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 | 16,507 |
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 | 62 |
| Exporter only | 20 |
| Both | 30 |
| Neither | 16,395 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 53 | £17,534,287,209 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 28 | £3,867,248,236 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 21 | £679,118,974 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 12 | £374,698,773 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 10 | £164,494,548 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 8 | £764,534,338 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £406,283,135 | 2018-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 6 | £91,010,948 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 5 | £494,965,865 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5 | £144,087,693 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 38 | £4,249,902,716 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £1,520,065,956 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 18 | £467,869,203 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £384,946,472 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 8 | £110,538,456 | 2019-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 6 | £515,140,071 | 2020-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 6 | £37,864,470 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 5 | £50,277,167 | 2017-08-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 5 | £83,639,347 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £10,324,105 | 2022-11-01 – 2025-09-01 |
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 | 664 | 15,562 | 945 | 94.3% |
| Holding company | 1 | 15,562 | 945 | 94.3% |
| Solo founder | 10,591 | 15,562 | 945 | 94.3% |
| Ecommerce | 11 | 90 | 16,417 | 0.5% |
| Website | 103 | 108 | 16,399 | 0.7% |
| 77 | 108 | 16,399 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| T.s.s. (total Security Services) Limited | £132,667,433 |
| Asel Integrated Security Solutions Ltd | £108,048,000 |
| Corps Security (uk) Limited | £86,370,000 |
| Lodge Security Limited | £46,235,039 |
| Effective Security Services Limited | £42,220,930 |
| Stm Group (uk) Limited | £40,161,790 |
| First Advantage Europe Ltd | £38,297,486 |
| Vigilant Protect Uk Limited | £37,835,539 |
| S.e.s. Ltd. | £33,711,916 |
| Madigangill Resource Limited | £25,730,076 |
Revenue coverage: 247 known, 16260 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 |
|---|---|
| Security systems | 10,906 |
| Investigations | 2,030 |
SIC classification
SIC 80100 — Private security activities
Includes
armoured car services, bodyguard services, polygraph services, fingerprinting services, security guard services, security shredding of information on any media
Excludes
public order and safety activities, see ##84.24
Details
The units carrying out these activities may also engage in selling such security systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults.