City land transport
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
1887
Active companies
1278
Formed in latest 12 months
154
Median active-company age
7.8 years
Revenue known
35
Importers
31
Exporters
6
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,887 |
| Active companies | 1,278 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 154 |
| Importers | 31 |
| Exporters | 6 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 35 known, 1243 unknown (2.7%).
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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 12 | 16 |
| 2025-12 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026-01 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026-02 | 12 | 25 |
| 2026-03 | 14 | 24 |
| 2026-04 | 12 | 15 |
| 2026-05 | 7 | 22 |
| 2026-06 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 11 | 27 |
| 2026-08 | 9 | 10 |
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 | 1,129 |
| Dissolved | 580 |
| Dormant | 149 |
| Liquidation | 25 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - East | 120 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 87 |
| Inner London - West | 82 |
| Greater Manchester | 67 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 65 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 58 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 55 |
| West Midlands | 55 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 52 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 44 |
Geography coverage: 1268 known, 10 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 578 |
| 1m-15m | 245 |
| 15m-54m | 10 |
| 54m+ | 40 |
Revenue-range coverage: 873 known, 405 unknown (68.3%).
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 | 358 |
| Small | 429 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 54 |
| Holding | 17 |
| Dormant | 149 |
Company-size coverage: 1012 known, 266 unknown (79.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 204 |
| 1–9 | 395 |
| 10–49 | 90 |
| 50–249 | 39 |
| 250+ | 7 |
Employee coverage: 735 known, 543 unknown (57.5%).
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 | 150 |
| 1–3 years | 219 |
| 3–5 years | 110 |
| 5–10 years | 286 |
| 10–20 years | 200 |
| 20+ years | 313 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1278 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 | 1,278 |
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 | 26 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 5 |
| Neither | 1,246 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 18 | £7,539,782,591 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 15 | £1,759,694,832 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 14 | £1,051,348,648 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 9 | £272,138,839 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 7 | £189,721,883 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £192,448,201 | 2018-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 3 | £36,940,955 | 2018-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 3 | £30,253,223 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 3 | £40,383,886 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £22,398,938 | 2022-01-01 – 2025-02-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £114,685,144 | 2016-05-01 – 2022-07-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 3 | £123,278,491 | 2021-02-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 3 | £76,677,314 | 2016-08-01 – 2025-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 2 | £7,515,550 | 2016-10-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 2 | £172,981,707 | 2017-03-01 – 2021-08-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 1 | £27,113,711 | 2017-02-01 – 2017-02-01 |
| 66 — Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and Similar Items | 1 | £188,484 | 2016-09-01 – 2016-09-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 1 | £1,406,448 | 2017-02-01 – 2017-02-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 1 | £1,028,650 | 2017-01-01 – 2017-01-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 1 | £755,104 | 2016-08-01 – 2025-05-01 |
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 | 87 | 953 | 325 | 74.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 953 | 325 | 74.6% |
| Solo founder | 555 | 953 | 325 | 74.6% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 17 | 1,261 | 1.3% |
| Website | 23 | 24 | 1,254 | 1.9% |
| 17 | 24 | 1,254 | 1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hs1 Limited | £291,900,000 |
| Midland Bluebird Limited | £25,590,590 |
| Tayside Public Transport Company Limited | £21,366,581 |
| London Hire Community Services Limited | £18,024,231 |
| Acklam's Coaches Limited | £13,139,089 |
| Grant Palmer Limited | £7,951,013 |
| D & E Coaches Limited | £7,503,512 |
| Smoke Control Services Limited | £6,927,684 |
| Pulham & Sons(coaches)limited | £6,724,459 |
| Hearns Coaches Limited | £6,479,613 |
Revenue coverage: 35 known, 1243 unknown (2.7%).
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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Road freight | 75,904 |
| Freight forwarding | 24,376 |
| Taxi services | 21,504 |
| Courier services | 16,529 |
| Misc. land transport | 10,648 |
| Land freight storage | 9,535 |
| Removal services | 8,295 |
| Other land support n.e.c. | 4,549 |
| Marine cargo transport | 3,698 |
| Land cargo handling | 3,014 |
| National post | 2,885 |
| Cargo airlines | 2,677 |
| Charter airlines | 1,825 |
| Air support services | 1,707 |
| Air cargo handling | 1,502 |
| Water support services | 1,368 |
| Water cargo handling | 1,183 |
| Marine passenger transport | 1,149 |
| Intercity rail | 820 |
| Passenger airlines | 711 |
| Other | 3,793 |
SIC classification
SIC 49319 — Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Includes
land transport of passengers by urban, suburban or metropolitan transport systems. This may include different modes of land transport, such as by motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus. The transport is carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops, town-to-airport or town-to-station transport by bus etc., operation of funicular railways, aerial cableways etc. if part of urban, suburban or metropolitan transit systems
Excludes
Urban, suburban or metropolitan area passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems