Intercity rail
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
1104
Active companies
810
Formed in latest 12 months
196
Median active-company age
8.5 years
Revenue known
22
Importers
29
Exporters
15
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,104 |
| Active companies | 810 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 196 |
| Importers | 29 |
| Exporters | 15 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 22 known, 788 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 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026-03 | 23 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 31 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 32 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 35 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 37 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 10 | 3 |
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 | 810 |
| Dissolved | 280 |
| Liquidation | 13 |
| 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 | 85 |
| Inner London - East | 62 |
| West Midlands | 41 |
| Kent | 39 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 36 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 33 |
| South East Wales | 30 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 28 |
| Greater Manchester | 28 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 27 |
Geography coverage: 806 known, 4 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 321 |
| 1m-15m | 94 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 64 |
Revenue-range coverage: 483 known, 327 unknown (59.6%).
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 | 199 |
| Small | 194 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 70 |
| Holding | 13 |
| Dormant | 95 |
Company-size coverage: 574 known, 236 unknown (70.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 128 |
| 1–9 | 217 |
| 10–49 | 14 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 364 known, 446 unknown (44.9%).
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 | 192 |
| 1–3 years | 64 |
| 3–5 years | 55 |
| 5–10 years | 129 |
| 10–20 years | 151 |
| 20+ years | 217 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 808 known, 2 unknown (99.8%).
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 | 810 |
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 | 16 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 13 |
| Neither | 779 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 24 | £12,481,764,195 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 21 | £1,376,830,103 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 19 | £7,865,794,790 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 16 | £296,735,668 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £1,116,057,166 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 10 | £1,863,906,456 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 8 | £226,303,279 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 8 | £189,648,588 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £668,417,962 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 8 | £104,979,549 | 2016-10-01 – 2025-08-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £2,295,682,168 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £853,323,150 | 2017-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 10 | £85,960,646 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 9 | £778,152,616 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 5 | £125,323,771 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 4 | £149,939,233 | 2017-07-01 – 2023-01-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £31,054,025 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 2 | £272,394 | 2018-01-01 – 2019-01-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 1 | £13,697,217 | 2018-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 1 | £761,682 | 2022-05-01 – 2022-06-01 |
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 | 36 | 533 | 277 | 65.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 533 | 277 | 65.8% |
| Solo founder | 332 | 533 | 277 | 65.8% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 16 | 794 | 2.0% |
| Website | 22 | 25 | 785 | 3.1% |
| 20 | 25 | 785 | 3.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trenitalia C2c Limited | £199,514,000 |
| Raileasy Ltd | £44,173,075 |
| Ck Rail Solutions Ltd | £16,291,315 |
| West Coast Railway Company Ltd | £15,630,093 |
| Churnet Valley Railway (1992) Plc | £3,999,219 |
| West Somerset Railway Public Limited Company | £2,726,084 |
| Steamtown Railway Museum Limited | £2,509,067 |
| Dean Forest Railway Company Limited | £971,737 |
| Forest Of Dean Railway Limited | £971,737 |
| Wensleydale Railway Plc | £583,524 |
Revenue coverage: 22 known, 788 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 | 75,770 |
| Freight forwarding | 24,275 |
| Taxi services | 21,372 |
| Courier services | 16,480 |
| Misc. land transport | 10,630 |
| Land freight storage | 9,526 |
| Removal services | 8,264 |
| Other land support n.e.c. | 4,529 |
| Marine cargo transport | 3,696 |
| Land cargo handling | 3,011 |
| National post | 2,886 |
| Cargo airlines | 2,678 |
| Charter airlines | 1,822 |
| Air support services | 1,704 |
| Air cargo handling | 1,494 |
| Water support services | 1,363 |
| City land transport | 1,276 |
| Water cargo handling | 1,181 |
| Marine passenger transport | 1,146 |
| Passenger airlines | 709 |
| Other | 3,782 |
SIC classification
SIC 49100 — Passenger rail transport, interurban
Includes
rail transportation of passengers using railway rolling stock on mainline networks, spread over an extensive geographic area, passenger transport by interurban railways, operation of sleeping cars or dining cars as an integrated operation of railway companies
Excludes
passenger transport by urban and suburban transit systems, see ##49.31, passenger terminal activities, see ##52.21, operation of railway infrastructure; related activities such as switching and shunting, see ##52.21, operation of sleeping cars or dining cars when operated by separate units, see ##55.90, ##56.10