Data processing/hosting
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
32868
Active companies
22937
Formed in latest 12 months
7052
Median active-company age
2.5 years
Revenue known
441
Importers
320
Exporters
200
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 32,868 |
| Active companies | 22,937 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 7,052 |
| Importers | 320 |
| Exporters | 200 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 441 known, 22496 unknown (1.9%).
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 | 430 | 264 |
| 2025-12 | 426 | 297 |
| 2026-01 | 616 | 284 |
| 2026-02 | 498 | 337 |
| 2026-03 | 628 | 361 |
| 2026-04 | 652 | 276 |
| 2026-05 | 703 | 298 |
| 2026-06 | 704 | 244 |
| 2026-07 | 719 | 469 |
| 2026-08 | 434 | 324 |
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 | 20,229 |
| Dissolved | 9,700 |
| Dormant | 2,708 |
| Liquidation | 217 |
| In Administration | 9 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 - West | 5,178 |
| Inner London - East | 4,036 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,030 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 879 |
| Greater Manchester | 821 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 726 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 724 |
| West Midlands | 586 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 543 |
| South East Wales | 535 |
Geography coverage: 22786 known, 151 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 range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 9,314 |
| 1m-15m | 1,284 |
| 15m-54m | 63 |
| 54m+ | 219 |
Revenue-range coverage: 10880 known, 12057 unknown (47.4%).
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 | 6,253 |
| Small | 3,801 |
| Medium | 13 |
| Large | 288 |
| Holding | 78 |
| Dormant | 2,708 |
Company-size coverage: 13141 known, 9796 unknown (57.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 3,618 |
| 1–9 | 5,985 |
| 10–49 | 465 |
| 50–249 | 70 |
| 250+ | 10 |
Employee coverage: 10148 known, 12789 unknown (44.2%).
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 | 6,929 |
| 1–3 years | 5,340 |
| 3–5 years | 2,621 |
| 5–10 years | 4,438 |
| 10–20 years | 2,326 |
| 20+ years | 1,283 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 22937 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 | 22,937 |
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 | 187 |
| Exporter only | 67 |
| Both | 133 |
| Neither | 22,550 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 218 | £74,362,426,034 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 153 | £45,499,437,839 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 100 | £6,134,399,390 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 55 | £2,812,109,787 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 33 | £1,098,316,796 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 28 | £614,610,077 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 28 | £2,048,435,336 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 24 | £141,251,809 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 22 | £733,650,407 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 22 | £1,841,616,465 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 152 | £20,557,266,866 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 104 | £12,784,359,303 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 59 | £4,770,531,489 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 20 | £780,883,762 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 19 | £1,206,647,520 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19 | £132,058,344 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 19 | £313,239,458 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 18 | £230,013,530 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 17 | £26,356,866 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 16 | £259,376,113 | 2016-12-01 – 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 | 1,026 | 20,617 | 2,320 | 89.9% |
| Holding company | 5 | 20,617 | 2,320 | 89.9% |
| Solo founder | 13,678 | 20,617 | 2,320 | 89.9% |
| Ecommerce | 20 | 263 | 22,674 | 1.1% |
| Website | 320 | 332 | 22,605 | 1.4% |
| 276 | 332 | 22,605 | 1.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Blockchain Access Uk Ltd | £429,618,000 |
| Ecosurety Limited | £125,247,049 |
| Vdc Uk Management Company Limited | £83,723,805 |
| Evaluate Limited | £79,040,000 |
| Tsys Card Tech Limited | £71,737,000 |
| Kaltura Europe Limited | £52,731,767 |
| Siteground Hosting Ltd. | £47,845,614 |
| Certara Uk Limited | £46,044,700 |
| Navisite Europe Limited | £43,736,197 |
| Faculty Science Limited | £41,727,000 |
Revenue coverage: 441 known, 22496 unknown (1.9%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Consulting | 173,108 |
| Software (non-game) | 130,155 |
| Other | 97,938 |
| Online-first businesses | 23,582 |
| Games | 14,721 |
| IT facility management | 7,092 |
SIC classification
SIC 63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities
Includes
provision of infrastructure for hosting, data processing services and related activities, specialized hosting activities such as:, Web hosting, streaming services, application hosting, application service provisioning, general time-share provision of mainframe facilities to clients, data processing activities:, complete processing of data supplied by clients, generation of specialized reports from data supplied by clients, provision of data entry services
Excludes
activities where the supplier uses the computers only as a tool are classified according to the nature of the services rendered