Water freight storage
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
1007
Active companies
677
Formed in latest 12 months
77
Median active-company age
6.2 years
Revenue known
19
Importers
92
Exporters
66
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,007 |
| Active companies | 677 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 77 |
| Importers | 92 |
| Exporters | 66 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 19 known, 658 unknown (2.8%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026-05 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026-08 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 3 | 6 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
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 | 569 |
| Dissolved | 314 |
| Dormant | 108 |
| Liquidation | 15 |
| In Administration | 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 | 44 |
| Greater Manchester | 42 |
| Inner London - West | 41 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 38 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 33 |
| West Midlands | 31 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 27 |
| Merseyside | 25 |
| Kent | 24 |
| Essex | 22 |
Geography coverage: 672 known, 5 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 | 303 |
| 1m-15m | 110 |
| 15m-54m | 8 |
| 54m+ | 29 |
Revenue-range coverage: 450 known, 227 unknown (66.5%).
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 | 171 |
| Small | 219 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 38 |
| Holding | 5 |
| Dormant | 108 |
Company-size coverage: 545 known, 132 unknown (80.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 135 |
| 1–9 | 221 |
| 10–49 | 47 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
Employee coverage: 408 known, 269 unknown (60.3%).
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 | 74 |
| 1–3 years | 124 |
| 3–5 years | 86 |
| 5–10 years | 180 |
| 10–20 years | 83 |
| 20+ years | 129 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 676 known, 1 unknown (99.9%).
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 | 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 | 47 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 45 |
| Neither | 564 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 44 | £11,416,186,318 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 30 | £10,388,838,042 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 28 | £1,424,458,064 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 26 | £1,171,339,520 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 26 | £1,959,915,917 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 19 | £1,304,583,532 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 17 | £486,097,014 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 15 | £460,272,609 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 14 | £1,226,142,009 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13 | £832,045,225 | 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 | 33 | £4,082,333,100 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 33 | £4,098,264,827 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 27 | £536,686,907 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £1,411,445,529 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 18 | £2,459,774,230 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 17 | £251,184,148 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 16 | £1,126,278,240 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £622,237,352 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 14 | £1,178,637,968 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 14 | £372,996,196 | 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 | 57 | 523 | 154 | 77.3% |
| Holding company | 1 | 523 | 154 | 77.3% |
| Solo founder | 284 | 523 | 154 | 77.3% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 66 | 611 | 9.7% |
| Website | 86 | 89 | 588 | 13.1% |
| 62 | 89 | 588 | 13.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Australia Post Global Ecommerce Solutions (uk) Limited | £127,796,164 |
| Macintyre Scott & Co. Limited | £73,382,965 |
| G.b. Terminals Limited | £66,266,867 |
| Cat-uk Services Limited | £37,651,000 |
| Pinnacle International Freight Limited | £25,226,800 |
| Oikos Storage Limited | £23,396,084 |
| Nw Trading (humber) Limited | £20,749,867 |
| Seacon Terminals Limited | £16,626,866 |
| Sirva Limited | £8,915,104 |
| Premier Shipping & Trading Co Ltd | £73,949 |
Revenue coverage: 19 known, 658 unknown (2.8%).
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 | 76,418 |
| Freight forwarding | 24,806 |
| Taxi services | 21,788 |
| Courier services | 16,739 |
| Misc. land transport | 10,777 |
| Land freight storage | 9,628 |
| Removal services | 8,383 |
| Other land support n.e.c. | 4,613 |
| Marine cargo transport | 3,681 |
| Land cargo handling | 3,029 |
| National post | 2,876 |
| Cargo airlines | 2,666 |
| Charter airlines | 1,835 |
| Air support services | 1,711 |
| Air cargo handling | 1,514 |
| Water support services | 1,385 |
| City land transport | 1,280 |
| Water cargo handling | 1,181 |
| Marine passenger transport | 1,148 |
| Intercity rail | 861 |
| Other | 3,849 |
SIC classification
SIC 52101 — Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities
Includes
operation of storage and warehouse facilities for all kind of goods: operation of grain silos, general merchandise warehouses, refrigerated warehouses, storage tanks etc., storage of goods in foreign trade zones, blast freezing
Excludes
parking facilities for motor vehicles, see ##52.21, operation of self storage facilities, see ##68.20, rental of vacant space, see ##68.20