Supply

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

2446

Active companies

1944

Formed in latest 12 months

289

Median active-company age

6.4 years

Revenue known

33

Importers

88

Exporters

39

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 2,446
Active companies 1,944
Formed in latest 12 months 289
Importers 88
Exporters 39

Revenue coverage among active companies: 33 known, 1911 unknown (1.7%).

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
2025-111711
2025-12610
2026-01179
2026-022515
2026-03922
2026-04917
2026-052013
2026-062612
2026-077117
2026-08148

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

StatusCompanies
Active 1,785
Dissolved 446
Dormant 159
Liquidation 54
In Administration 1
Voluntary Arrangement 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 regionCompanies
Essex 107
Surrey, East and West Sussex 105
Kent 99
Inner London - East 95
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 89
Outer London - East and North East 89
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 86
Greater Manchester 80
Inner London - West 80
Outer London - West and North West 71

Geography coverage: 1929 known, 15 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 1,156
1m-15m 201
15m-54m 5
54m+ 33

Revenue-range coverage: 1395 known, 549 unknown (71.8%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 600
Small 720
Medium 2
Large 42
Holding 2
Dormant 159

Company-size coverage: 1525 known, 419 unknown (78.4%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 244
1–9 952
10–49 110
50–249 3

Employee coverage: 1309 known, 635 unknown (67.3%).

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 280
1–3 years 313
3–5 years 244
5–10 years 432
10–20 years 435
20+ years 240

Incorporation-date coverage: 1944 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 segment 1,944

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 55
Exporter only 6
Both 33
Neither 1,850

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts75£10,600,493,3702016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment56£11,351,098,6002016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices37£2,040,902,4972016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products30£1,635,408,8422016-08-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products14£1,208,374,0772017-01-01 – 2026-01-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products13£356,610,4522016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items10£18,378,1962016-08-01 – 2026-03-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils9£44,228,3732019-10-01 – 2026-02-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)9£1,067,846,7292018-02-01 – 2025-10-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products8£91,459,6062019-06-01 – 2026-04-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts25£4,539,131,0752016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment22£2,469,983,8512016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices16£1,338,978,1522016-02-01 – 2026-04-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products7£440,444,8202017-11-01 – 2025-03-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils5£23,508,3922016-01-01 – 2025-11-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items5£28,284,4282017-07-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings5£66,155,4672016-03-01 – 2025-04-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products4£179,818,2492017-03-01 – 2025-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)4£190,859,4992016-06-01 – 2025-10-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment4£31,085,2722018-06-01 – 2023-05-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 231 1,711 233 88.0%
Holding company 0 1,711 233 88.0%
Solo founder 869 1,711 233 88.0%
Ecommerce 10 54 1,890 2.8%
Website 75 77 1,867 4.0%
LinkedIn 56 77 1,867 4.0%

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: 33 known, 1911 unknown (1.7%).

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.

No usable values are available for this chart.

SIC classification

SIC 35300 — Steam and air conditioning supply

Details

This class includes water collection, treatment and distribution activities for domestic and industrial needs. Collection of water from various sources, as well as distribution by various means is included. The operation of irrigation canals is also included; however the provision of irrigation services through sprinklers, and similar agricultural support services, is not included.