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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

244053

Active companies

172958

Formed in latest 12 months

30326

Median active-company age

5.1 years

Revenue known

2920

Importers

1508

Exporters

1029

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 244,053
Active companies 172,958
Formed in latest 12 months 30,326
Importers 1,508
Exporters 1,029

Revenue coverage among active companies: 2920 known, 170038 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
2025-112,1732,093
2025-122,0782,492
2026-012,6962,324
2026-022,2532,367
2026-032,6842,531
2026-042,6592,107
2026-052,5732,064
2026-062,5371,702
2026-072,7673,210
2026-084941,211

Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.

Company status

What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.

Top values shown in the chart

StatusCompanies
Active 172,958
Dissolved 68,686
Liquidation 2,362
In Administration 31
Voluntary Arrangement 7
Receiver Action 4
Converted / Closed 3
Insolvency Proceedings 2

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
Inner London - East 22,468
Inner London - West 21,261
Outer London - West and North West 11,117
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10,771
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7,797
Outer London - East and North East 7,435
Greater Manchester 6,728
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6,702
Outer London - South 5,520
West Midlands 5,497

Geography coverage: 171761 known, 1197 unknown (99.3%).

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 104,397
1m-15m 8,767
15m-54m 280
54m+ 510

Revenue-range coverage: 113954 known, 59004 unknown (65.9%).

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 73,564
Small 35,872
Medium 66
Large 852
Holding 218
Dormant 16,462

Company-size coverage: 127034 known, 45924 unknown (73.4%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 29,341
1–9 77,684
10–49 2,387
50–249 329
250+ 34

Employee coverage: 109775 known, 63183 unknown (63.5%).

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 29,492
1–3 years 35,706
3–5 years 20,192
5–10 years 37,600
10–20 years 36,948
20+ years 13,020

Incorporation-date coverage: 172958 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 172,958

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 902
Exporter only 423
Both 606
Neither 171,027

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment938£167,314,010,9202016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts620£88,737,741,3482016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices420£16,431,970,8102016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings208£9,575,118,7402016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment118£4,053,438,8662016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods105£532,181,7332016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products96£4,083,906,9402016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)86£9,083,760,7272016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products84£7,121,661,4872016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items83£1,089,509,0552016-01-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment755£64,652,520,9032016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts565£36,463,870,9182016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices308£13,204,819,7272016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings117£1,372,592,1842016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment80£953,348,5332016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)75£2,679,081,1322016-01-01 – 2026-04-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products53£1,516,522,3112016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods53£76,598,1902016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items51£421,531,0312016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products44£2,851,593,1142016-02-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 15,752 163,490 9,468 94.5%
Holding company 22 163,490 9,468 94.5%
Solo founder 99,647 163,490 9,468 94.5%
Ecommerce 206 1,519 171,439 0.9%
Website 1,837 1,924 171,034 1.1%
LinkedIn 1,463 1,924 171,034 1.1%

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

CompanyRevenue
Sopra Steria Limited £436,398,000
Nomia Limited £434,809,674
Gbm Digital Technologies Limited £147,332,950
Misco Technologies Limited £119,328,709
Ltm Uk & Ireland Limited £102,222,886
Lindar Media Limited £96,902,547
Next Ventures Limited £89,711,199
Shi Corporation Uk Limited £88,312,163
Worldline It Services Uk Limited £81,334,000
Hippo Digital Limited £73,230,400

Revenue coverage: 2920 known, 170038 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.

Top values shown in the chart

ClassificationCompanies
Software (non-game) 128,745
Other 97,762
Online-first businesses 23,332
Data processing/hosting 22,724
Games 14,637
IT facility management 7,112

SIC classification

SIC 62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Excludes

sale of computer hardware or software, see ##46.51, ##47.41, installation of mainframe and similar computers, see ##33.20, installation (setting-up) of personal computers, see ##62.09, installation of software, computer disaster recovery, see ##62.09

Details

This class includes the provision of on-site management and operation of clients' computer systems and/or data processing facilities, as well as related support services.

Companies classified directly as Technology → Consulting

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