Security systems
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
14588
Active companies
10948
Formed in latest 12 months
1584
Median active-company age
5.7 years
Revenue known
155
Importers
371
Exporters
199
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 14,588 |
| Active companies | 10,948 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,584 |
| Importers | 371 |
| Exporters | 199 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 155 known, 10793 unknown (1.4%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 102 | 122 |
| 2026-01 | 123 | 114 |
| 2026-02 | 117 | 99 |
| 2026-03 | 163 | 127 |
| 2026-04 | 137 | 90 |
| 2026-05 | 132 | 112 |
| 2026-06 | 130 | 67 |
| 2026-07 | 123 | 173 |
| 2026-08 | 113 | 115 |
| 2026-09 | 80 | 78 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
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 | 9,867 |
| Dissolved | 3,436 |
| Dormant | 1,081 |
| Liquidation | 195 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 | 749 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 587 |
| Greater Manchester | 581 |
| Inner London - West | 560 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 544 |
| West Midlands | 539 |
| Essex | 494 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 481 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 470 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 430 |
Geography coverage: 10824 known, 124 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 6,382 |
| 1m-15m | 983 |
| 15m-54m | 27 |
| 54m+ | 34 |
Revenue-range coverage: 7426 known, 3522 unknown (67.8%).
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 | 3,861 |
| Small | 3,289 |
| Medium | 9 |
| Large | 73 |
| Holding | 19 |
| Dormant | 1,081 |
Company-size coverage: 8332 known, 2616 unknown (76.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,504 |
| 1–9 | 5,045 |
| 10–49 | 525 |
| 50–249 | 80 |
| 250+ | 12 |
Employee coverage: 7166 known, 3782 unknown (65.5%).
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 | 1,554 |
| 1–3 years | 2,128 |
| 3–5 years | 1,332 |
| 5–10 years | 2,668 |
| 10–20 years | 2,083 |
| 20+ years | 1,183 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 10948 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 | 10,948 |
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 | 215 |
| Exporter only | 43 |
| Both | 156 |
| Neither | 10,534 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 298 | £66,086,940,530 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 158 | £30,705,128,989 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 115 | £4,218,004,595 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 62 | £925,706,523 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 41 | £1,918,776,417 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 39 | £2,146,278,189 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 37 | £80,152,994 | 2018-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 26 | £765,717,293 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 22 | £1,831,716,401 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 21 | £2,336,777,801 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 170 | £22,620,734,858 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 77 | £7,102,128,692 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 69 | £3,746,691,191 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 35 | £410,596,362 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 25 | £901,366,770 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 23 | £320,119,544 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 17 | £647,941,986 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 14 | £917,878,613 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 11 | £32,549,250 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 11 | £15,395,626 | 2018-01-01 – 2026-02-01 |
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 | 983 | 9,973 | 975 | 91.1% |
| Holding company | 3 | 9,973 | 975 | 91.1% |
| Solo founder | 5,794 | 9,973 | 975 | 91.1% |
| Ecommerce | 29 | 281 | 10,667 | 2.6% |
| Website | 346 | 352 | 10,596 | 3.2% |
| 281 | 352 | 10,596 | 3.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Verisure Services (uk) Limited | £86,118,197 |
| Assa Abloy Global Solutions Uk Limited | £61,699,005 |
| Openview Security Solutions Limited | £59,160,804 |
| Triton Security & Facilities Management Limited | £40,808,734 |
| Esotec Ltd. | £30,896,406 |
| Greenwich Service Plus Limited | £24,881,586 |
| Impact Services (northern) Limited | £22,707,416 |
| Asel Temporary Security Solutions Ltd | £21,296,000 |
| Absolute Software Emea Limited | £20,598,836 |
| Total Integrated Solutions Limited | £19,468,542 |
Revenue coverage: 155 known, 10793 unknown (1.4%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Private security | 16,566 |
| Investigations | 2,032 |
SIC classification
SIC 80200 — Security systems service activities
Includes
monitoring or remote monitoring of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, including their installation and maintenance, installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in connection with later monitoring and remote monitoring
Excludes
installation of security systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, without later monitoring, see ##43.21, retail sale of electrical security alarm systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in specialised stores, without monitoring, installation or maintenance services, see ##47.59, security consultants, see ##74.90, public order and safety activities, see ##84.24, providing key duplication services, see ##95.29