Sewerage

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

2151

Active companies

1570

Formed in latest 12 months

237

Median active-company age

6.0 years

Revenue known

23

Importers

32

Exporters

21

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 2,151
Active companies 1,570
Formed in latest 12 months 237
Importers 32
Exporters 21

Revenue coverage among active companies: 23 known, 1547 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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-121822
2026-012619
2026-021312
2026-033317
2026-042011
2026-051415
2026-062010
2026-071921
2026-081424
2026-091612

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

StatusCompanies
Active 1,445
Dissolved 537
Dormant 125
Liquidation 40
In Administration 4

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 regionCompanies
Kent 81
Essex 79
Surrey, East and West Sussex 78
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 76
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 63
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 61
Inner London - East 59
Outer London - East and North East 57
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54
Inner London - West 53

Geography coverage: 1558 known, 12 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 rangeCompanies
0-1m 891
1m-15m 159
15m-54m 9
54m+ 23

Revenue-range coverage: 1082 known, 488 unknown (68.9%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 531
Small 500
Large 34
Holding 8
Dormant 125

Company-size coverage: 1198 known, 372 unknown (76.3%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 234
1–9 661
10–49 97
50–249 9
250+ 2

Employee coverage: 1003 known, 567 unknown (63.9%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 234
1–3 years 293
3–5 years 175
5–10 years 330
10–20 years 271
20+ years 267

Incorporation-date coverage: 1570 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

ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this industry 1,570

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 15
Exporter only 4
Both 17
Neither 1,534

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts27£5,747,406,8962016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment20£7,150,640,6382017-07-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products14£1,199,047,9752022-01-01 – 2026-04-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices14£1,242,660,2652016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products11£307,099,6802019-10-01 – 2026-04-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products6£83,503,0672022-03-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings5£271,231,2302020-06-01 – 2026-03-01
59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use4£4,368,8712024-02-01 – 2026-03-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags4£58,145,6382016-10-01 – 2026-03-01
44 — Wood and Wood Products3£4,577,7072022-01-01 – 2024-02-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts14£1,098,766,8412016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices9£298,210,4512016-05-01 – 2026-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment7£190,806,5062016-05-01 – 2025-03-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products5£203,863,9572016-06-01 – 2024-10-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products4£189,025,6622021-05-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)3£19,460,1752016-11-01 – 2021-09-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products2£31,716,0052017-06-01 – 2022-05-01
70 — Glass and Glassware2£11,807,2452016-01-01 – 2023-02-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products2£14,878,5412017-04-01 – 2023-09-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings2£4,305,8332017-10-01 – 2026-04-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 196 1,323 247 84.3%
Holding company 0 1,323 247 84.3%
Solo founder 721 1,323 247 84.3%
Ecommerce 1 23 1,547 1.5%
Website 31 31 1,539 2.0%
LinkedIn 25 31 1,539 2.0%

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.

Revenue coverage: 23 known, 1547 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

ClassificationCompanies
Professional services 814,082
Real estate 689,914
Construction 576,800
Retail 520,294
Technology 368,791
Hospitality & Food Services 310,636
Health & social care 273,457
Business support 258,906
Personal services 257,276
Processing & manufacturing 198,798
Entertainment 180,967
Wholesale 172,962
Transport & storage 172,758
Education 157,092
Activities for own use 142,009
Holding companies 140,721
Industry not specified 135,965
Dormant company 110,364
Maintenance & repair 108,532
Facility Services 94,482
Other 680,266

SIC classification

SIC 37000 — Sewerage

Includes

the operation of sewer systems or sewer treatment facilities, collecting and transporting of human waste water from one or several users, as well as rain water by means of sewerage networks, collectors, tanks and other means of transport (sewage vehicles etc.), emptying and cleaning of cesspools and septic tanks, sinks and pits from sewage; servicing of chemical toilets, treatment of waste water (including human and industrial waste water, water from swimming pools etc.) by means of physical, chemical and biological processes like dilution, screening, filtering, sedimentation etc., maintenance and cleaning of sewers and drains including sewer rodding

Excludes

decontamination of surface water and groundwater at the place of pollution, see ##39.00, cleaning and deblocking of drainpipes in buildings, see ##43.22