Road freight
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
118483
Active companies
75904
Formed in latest 12 months
13181
Median active-company age
5.2 years
Revenue known
2048
Importers
1139
Exporters
1024
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 118,483 |
| Active companies | 75,904 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 13,181 |
| Importers | 1,139 |
| Exporters | 1,024 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 2048 known, 73856 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 | 1,039 | 982 |
| 2025-12 | 818 | 1,252 |
| 2026-01 | 1,113 | 993 |
| 2026-02 | 951 | 952 |
| 2026-03 | 1,126 | 1,298 |
| 2026-04 | 1,027 | 963 |
| 2026-05 | 991 | 1,052 |
| 2026-06 | 1,129 | 758 |
| 2026-07 | 1,167 | 1,522 |
| 2026-08 | 524 | 824 |
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 | 71,491 |
| Dissolved | 41,065 |
| Dormant | 4,413 |
| Liquidation | 1,424 |
| In Administration | 67 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 17 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 7,436 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 4,603 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 3,783 |
| Greater Manchester | 3,305 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 3,034 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 3,033 |
| Essex | 2,973 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 2,912 |
| Inner London - East | 2,649 |
| West Yorkshire | 2,537 |
Geography coverage: 74890 known, 1014 unknown (98.7%).
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 | 43,211 |
| 1m-15m | 7,437 |
| 15m-54m | 344 |
| 54m+ | 254 |
Revenue-range coverage: 51246 known, 24658 unknown (67.5%).
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 | 28,736 |
| Small | 20,587 |
| Medium | 154 |
| Large | 554 |
| Holding | 113 |
| Dormant | 4,413 |
Company-size coverage: 54557 known, 21347 unknown (71.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 10,343 |
| 1–9 | 36,477 |
| 10–49 | 2,299 |
| 50–249 | 445 |
| 250+ | 55 |
Employee coverage: 49619 known, 26285 unknown (65.4%).
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 | 12,871 |
| 1–3 years | 15,562 |
| 3–5 years | 8,847 |
| 5–10 years | 21,838 |
| 10–20 years | 11,923 |
| 20+ years | 4,863 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 75904 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 | 75,904 |
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 | 629 |
| Exporter only | 514 |
| Both | 510 |
| Neither | 74,251 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 408 | £67,954,292,332 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 403 | £74,968,728,847 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 295 | £18,053,230,942 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 231 | £14,438,500,669 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 222 | £12,364,530,354 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 193 | £7,716,442,240 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 164 | £2,919,607,318 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 157 | £11,782,562,680 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 138 | £4,976,829,736 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 118 | £3,716,534,573 | 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 | 466 | £47,542,007,998 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 388 | £35,261,873,497 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 379 | £23,140,205,504 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 278 | £4,185,168,510 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 253 | £18,276,496,851 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 187 | £4,627,223,822 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 172 | £8,551,812,506 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 166 | £2,314,171,633 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 115 | £1,667,026,882 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 113 | £1,094,180,453 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 3,984 | 71,989 | 3,915 | 94.8% |
| Holding company | 5 | 71,989 | 3,915 | 94.8% |
| Solo founder | 50,485 | 71,989 | 3,915 | 94.8% |
| Ecommerce | 140 | 1,078 | 74,826 | 1.4% |
| Website | 1,360 | 1,422 | 74,482 | 1.9% |
| 959 | 1,422 | 74,482 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Movianto Uk Limited | £207,114,000 |
| Staples (vegetables) Limited | £169,633,076 |
| Freshlinc Limited | £135,352,900 |
| Australia Post Global Ecommerce Solutions (uk) Limited | £127,796,164 |
| Super Smart Service Ltd | £118,593,806 |
| Efs Global Holdings Ltd | £117,888,588 |
| A W Jenkinson Transport Limited | £105,185,430 |
| Maurice Ward Networks Uk Ltd | £102,655,797 |
| Hannon Transport Limited | £93,786,176 |
| Mcburney Transport Group Limited | £92,047,887 |
Revenue coverage: 2048 known, 73856 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| City land transport | 1,278 |
| Water cargo handling | 1,183 |
| Marine passenger transport | 1,149 |
| Intercity rail | 820 |
| Passenger airlines | 711 |
| Other | 3,793 |
SIC classification
SIC 49410 — Freight transport by road
Includes
all freight transport operations by road:, logging haulage, stock haulage, refrigerated haulage, heavy haulage, bulk haulage, including haulage in tanker trucks including milk collection at farms, haulage of automobiles, transport of waste and waste materials, without collection or disposal, renting of trucks with driver, freight transport by man- or animal-drawn vehicles
Excludes
log hauling within the forest, as part of logging operations, see ##02.40, distribution of water by trucks, see ##36.00, operation of terminal facilities for handling freight, see ##52.21, crating and packing activities for transport, see ##52.29, post and courier activities, see ##53.10, ##53.20, waste transport as integrated part of waste collection activities, see ##38.11, ##38.12