Cargo airlines
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
3775
Active companies
2677
Formed in latest 12 months
398
Median active-company age
5.1 years
Revenue known
63
Importers
356
Exporters
393
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 3,775 |
| Active companies | 2,677 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 398 |
| Importers | 356 |
| Exporters | 393 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 63 known, 2614 unknown (2.4%).
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 | 32 | 32 |
| 2025-12 | 25 | 31 |
| 2026-01 | 34 | 37 |
| 2026-02 | 26 | 27 |
| 2026-03 | 34 | 45 |
| 2026-04 | 29 | 37 |
| 2026-05 | 45 | 34 |
| 2026-06 | 40 | 29 |
| 2026-07 | 29 | 54 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 14 |
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 | 2,677 |
| Dissolved | 1,052 |
| Liquidation | 42 |
| In Administration | 3 |
| Receiver Action | 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 - East | 329 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 306 |
| Inner London - West | 249 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 173 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 165 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 165 |
| Greater Manchester | 138 |
| West Midlands | 113 |
| Essex | 90 |
| Outer London - South | 82 |
Geography coverage: 2668 known, 9 unknown (99.7%).
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 | 1,182 |
| 1m-15m | 392 |
| 15m-54m | 31 |
| 54m+ | 59 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1664 known, 1013 unknown (62.2%).
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 | 785 |
| Small | 735 |
| Medium | 9 |
| Large | 77 |
| Holding | 11 |
| Dormant | 398 |
Company-size coverage: 2015 known, 662 unknown (75.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 413 |
| 1–9 | 1,028 |
| 10–49 | 89 |
| 50–249 | 22 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 1553 known, 1124 unknown (58.0%).
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 | 390 |
| 1–3 years | 562 |
| 3–5 years | 374 |
| 5–10 years | 658 |
| 10–20 years | 396 |
| 20+ years | 297 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2677 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 | 2,677 |
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 | 120 |
| Exporter only | 157 |
| Both | 236 |
| Neither | 2,164 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 165 | £52,726,571,386 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 145 | £55,494,916,336 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 125 | £9,394,271,518 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 111 | £9,593,333,966 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 72 | £3,862,003,955 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 67 | £5,946,359,260 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 66 | £2,189,833,304 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 65 | £2,097,966,853 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 64 | £4,327,712,876 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 61 | £1,923,354,943 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 199 | £46,211,823,258 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 195 | £25,929,603,922 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 149 | £13,553,924,287 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 133 | £7,852,406,426 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 128 | £3,025,292,566 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 86 | £2,854,712,831 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 82 | £755,591,755 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 77 | £1,021,904,985 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 74 | £4,291,668,960 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 73 | £1,166,017,205 | 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 | 129 | 2,339 | 338 | 87.4% |
| Holding company | 5 | 2,339 | 338 | 87.4% |
| Solo founder | 1,404 | 2,339 | 338 | 87.4% |
| Ecommerce | 29 | 309 | 2,368 | 11.5% |
| Website | 382 | 399 | 2,278 | 14.9% |
| 275 | 399 | 2,278 | 14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Brightsun Travel (uk) Limited | £422,215,015 |
| Metro Shipping Limited | £169,736,250 |
| Maurice Ward Networks Uk Ltd | £102,655,797 |
| Woodland Global Ltd | £95,749,037 |
| West Atlantic Uk Limited | £77,890,747 |
| Tels Global Uk Limited | £74,623,203 |
| Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Limited | £69,745,178 |
| Cargo Overseas Limited | £56,557,394 |
| International Cargo Logistics Limited | £53,926,301 |
| Mainfreight Uk Ltd | £42,185,676 |
Revenue coverage: 63 known, 2614 unknown (2.4%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Road freight | 75,861 |
| Freight forwarding | 24,323 |
| Taxi services | 21,426 |
| Courier services | 16,509 |
| Misc. land transport | 10,645 |
| Land freight storage | 9,536 |
| Removal services | 8,280 |
| Other land support n.e.c. | 4,539 |
| Marine cargo transport | 3,697 |
| Land cargo handling | 3,017 |
| National post | 2,886 |
| Charter airlines | 1,824 |
| Air support services | 1,705 |
| Air cargo handling | 1,498 |
| Water support services | 1,365 |
| City land transport | 1,276 |
| Water cargo handling | 1,183 |
| Marine passenger transport | 1,147 |
| Intercity rail | 812 |
| Passenger airlines | 711 |
| Other | 3,785 |
SIC classification
SIC 51210 — Freight air transport
Includes
transport freight by air over regular routes and on regular schedules, non-scheduled transport of freight by air, renting of air transport equipment with operator for the purpose of freight transportation