Software & hardware services, etc
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
136340
Active companies
97821
Formed in latest 12 months
19726
Median active-company age
4.7 years
Revenue known
1811
Importers
2166
Exporters
1595
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 136,340 |
| Active companies | 97,821 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 19,726 |
| Importers | 2,166 |
| Exporters | 1,595 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1811 known, 96010 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 | 1,379 | 1,082 |
| 2025-12 | 1,504 | 1,442 |
| 2026-01 | 1,890 | 1,246 |
| 2026-02 | 1,390 | 1,278 |
| 2026-03 | 1,734 | 1,481 |
| 2026-04 | 1,766 | 1,109 |
| 2026-05 | 1,683 | 1,210 |
| 2026-06 | 1,745 | 1,040 |
| 2026-07 | 1,791 | 1,889 |
| 2026-08 | 373 | 675 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 97,821 |
| Dissolved | 37,172 |
| Liquidation | 1,286 |
| In Administration | 47 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 8 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 5 |
| 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 | 15,251 |
| Inner London - East | 13,973 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 5,569 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 4,905 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 4,002 |
| Greater Manchester | 3,987 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 3,917 |
| West Midlands | 3,292 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 3,088 |
| Outer London - South | 2,545 |
Geography coverage: 97138 known, 683 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 | 50,909 |
| 1m-15m | 7,022 |
| 15m-54m | 363 |
| 54m+ | 827 |
Revenue-range coverage: 59121 known, 38700 unknown (60.4%).
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 | 33,541 |
| Small | 22,069 |
| Medium | 98 |
| Large | 1,236 |
| Holding | 376 |
| Dormant | 11,030 |
Company-size coverage: 68350 known, 29471 unknown (69.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 17,236 |
| 1–9 | 35,873 |
| 10–49 | 2,570 |
| 50–249 | 373 |
| 250+ | 32 |
Employee coverage: 56084 known, 41737 unknown (57.3%).
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 | 19,338 |
| 1–3 years | 20,539 |
| 3–5 years | 10,352 |
| 5–10 years | 18,484 |
| 10–20 years | 18,574 |
| 20+ years | 10,534 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 97821 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 |
|---|---|
| 62090 | 97,821 |
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 | 1,045 |
| Exporter only | 474 |
| Both | 1,121 |
| Neither | 95,181 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1,583 | £244,334,858,856 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1,095 | £138,483,351,820 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 734 | £29,794,277,888 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 329 | £12,483,573,638 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 233 | £7,862,505,059 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 179 | £862,036,165 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 178 | £8,551,976,360 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 174 | £13,427,295,002 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 169 | £2,401,261,891 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 169 | £17,951,089,459 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1,213 | £95,202,759,354 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 961 | £51,800,122,337 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 562 | £24,861,200,524 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 250 | £2,785,426,477 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 165 | £1,837,289,890 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 142 | £7,853,534,984 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 129 | £163,622,467 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 128 | £1,025,366,573 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 110 | £2,887,124,069 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 103 | £5,095,294,021 | 2016-01-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 6,581 | 87,562 | 10,259 | 89.5% |
| Holding company | 30 | 87,562 | 10,259 | 89.5% |
| Solo founder | 52,014 | 87,562 | 10,259 | 89.5% |
| Ecommerce | 269 | 1,851 | 95,970 | 1.9% |
| Website | 2,259 | 2,331 | 95,490 | 2.4% |
| 1,907 | 2,331 | 95,490 | 2.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Scopely Explore International Limited | £701,004,687 |
| Nomia Limited | £434,809,674 |
| Blockchain Access Uk Ltd | £429,618,000 |
| Corsair Components Limited | £276,028,052 |
| Scopely Explore International Technology Limited | £236,606,158 |
| Vantage Data Centers Uk Limited | £196,327,000 |
| Epic Bristol Limited | £138,305,527 |
| Mhr International Uk Limited | £134,516,600 |
| Hiperdist Limited | £101,986,329 |
| Hexaware Technologies Uk Limited | £101,338,585 |
Revenue coverage: 1811 known, 96010 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.
No usable values are available for this chart.
SIC classification
SIC 62090 — Other information technology service activities
Includes
computer disaster recovery services, installation (setting-up) of personal computers, software installation services.
Excludes
installation of mainframe and similar computers, see ##33.20, computer programming, see ##62.01, computer consultancy, see ##62.02, computer facilities management, see ##62.03, data processing and hosting, see ##63.11