Publishing
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
28047
Active companies
19342
Formed in latest 12 months
7477
Median active-company age
1.5 years
Revenue known
290
Importers
183
Exporters
131
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 28,047 |
| Active companies | 19,342 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 7,477 |
| Importers | 183 |
| Exporters | 131 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 290 known, 19052 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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 338 | 251 |
| 2025-12 | 320 | 341 |
| 2026-01 | 452 | 282 |
| 2026-02 | 397 | 280 |
| 2026-03 | 742 | 348 |
| 2026-04 | 769 | 281 |
| 2026-05 | 801 | 256 |
| 2026-06 | 903 | 229 |
| 2026-07 | 1,081 | 423 |
| 2026-08 | 508 | 209 |
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 | 17,201 |
| Dissolved | 8,598 |
| Dormant | 2,141 |
| Liquidation | 101 |
| In Administration | 5 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 | 4,137 |
| Inner London - East | 3,847 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 864 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 641 |
| Greater Manchester | 627 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 620 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 615 |
| West Midlands | 491 |
| South East Wales | 461 |
| Suffolk | 456 |
Geography coverage: 19212 known, 130 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 | 6,516 |
| 1m-15m | 868 |
| 15m-54m | 37 |
| 54m+ | 107 |
Revenue-range coverage: 7528 known, 11814 unknown (38.9%).
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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 4,289 |
| Small | 2,677 |
| Medium | 8 |
| Large | 167 |
| Holding | 50 |
| Dormant | 2,141 |
Company-size coverage: 9332 known, 10010 unknown (48.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,852 |
| 1–9 | 3,938 |
| 10–49 | 305 |
| 50–249 | 34 |
| 250+ | 4 |
Employee coverage: 7133 known, 12209 unknown (36.9%).
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 | 7,351 |
| 1–3 years | 5,046 |
| 3–5 years | 2,090 |
| 5–10 years | 2,949 |
| 10–20 years | 1,097 |
| 20+ years | 809 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 19342 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 |
|---|---|
| 58290 | 19,342 |
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 | 96 |
| Exporter only | 44 |
| Both | 87 |
| Neither | 19,115 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 114 | £35,956,393,797 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 87 | £27,445,965,008 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 51 | £2,918,203,269 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 25 | £1,435,774,529 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 24 | £1,867,010,579 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 21 | £128,677,835 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 20 | £1,896,534,814 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 18 | £324,729,077 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 18 | £749,929,182 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 16 | £375,006,291 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 88 | £9,659,172,203 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 80 | £11,163,787,014 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 42 | £3,498,809,214 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 25 | £339,515,717 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 15 | £870,711,956 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 12 | £287,471,801 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 10 | £15,670,424 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 9 | £55,074,400 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 9 | £69,381,528 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 8 | £150,979,140 | 2018-07-01 – 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 | 698 | 17,805 | 1,537 | 92.1% |
| Holding company | 4 | 17,805 | 1,537 | 92.1% |
| Solo founder | 12,783 | 17,805 | 1,537 | 92.1% |
| Ecommerce | 17 | 180 | 19,162 | 0.9% |
| Website | 212 | 223 | 19,119 | 1.2% |
| 179 | 223 | 19,119 | 1.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Anaplan Limited | £343,528,788 |
| Tide Platform Ltd | £177,186,000 |
| Metaenterprices Ltd | £89,445,041 |
| Service Express Europe Limited | £66,666,000 |
| Stark Software International Ltd. | £49,595,373 |
| Intapp Limited | £47,473,125 |
| Appian Europe Limited | £38,961,306 |
| Focus Multimedia Limited | £38,236,277 |
| Componentsource Limited | £35,214,479 |
| Posturite Limited | £28,215,887 |
Revenue coverage: 290 known, 19052 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Development | 118,184 |
SIC classification
SIC 58290 — Other software publishing
Includes
publishing of ready-made (non-customised) software, including translation or adaptation of non-customised software for a particular market on own account: operating systems, business and other applications
Excludes
reproduction of software, see ##18.20, retail sale of non-customised software, see ##47.41, production of software not associated with publishing, including translation or adaptation of noncustomised software for a particular market on a fee or contract basis, see ##62.01, on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), see ##63.11