Travel services

UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.

Segments

Reservation services n.e.c. (6660 companies)
Tour guides (4465 companies)
Tour operators (10917 companies)
Travel agencies (24696 companies)

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

40236

Active companies

28885

Formed in latest 12 months

5358

Median active-company age

4.0 years

Revenue known

562

Importers

210

Exporters

122

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 40,236
Active companies 28,885
Formed in latest 12 months 5,358
Importers 210
Exporters 122

Revenue coverage among active companies: 562 known, 28323 unknown (1.9%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-11421378
2025-12379431
2026-01471396
2026-02378416
2026-03401474
2026-04411370
2026-05423374
2026-06437289
2026-07498553
2026-08255310

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

StatusCompanies
Active 25,511
Dissolved 11,078
Dormant 3,374
Liquidation 257
In Administration 14
Insolvency Proceedings 1
Voluntary Arrangement 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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 3,618
Inner London - West 3,441
Outer London - West and North West 2,228
Outer London - East and North East 1,305
Greater Manchester 1,303
Surrey, East and West Sussex 1,251
West Midlands 1,163
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1,062
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 829
Outer London - South 805

Geography coverage: 28666 known, 219 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 rangeCompanies
0-1m 14,599
1m-15m 2,318
15m-54m 135
54m+ 198

Revenue-range coverage: 17250 known, 11635 unknown (59.7%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 9,585
Small 6,757
Medium 32
Large 317
Holding 103
Dormant 3,374

Company-size coverage: 20168 known, 8717 unknown (69.8%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 5,405
1–9 10,323
10–49 551
50–249 95
250+ 11

Employee coverage: 16385 known, 12500 unknown (56.7%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 5,198
1–3 years 7,186
3–5 years 3,319
5–10 years 5,667
10–20 years 4,748
20+ years 2,767

Incorporation-date coverage: 28885 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

ClassificationCompanies
Travel agencies 17,170
Tour operators 8,136
Reservation services n.e.c. 5,193
Tour guides 3,093

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 156
Exporter only 68
Both 54
Neither 28,607

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment55£9,482,533,4902016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings39£2,030,257,9172016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts36£4,575,274,4492016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted31£600,708,6832016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment30£787,859,6612016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags29£872,434,1682016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices21£1,310,276,6162016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting20£1,038,837,7522016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products19£212,181,9852016-02-01 – 2026-01-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures19£426,512,0572016-05-01 – 2026-02-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment44£4,872,501,1312016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts33£2,841,983,6942016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted31£224,326,3402017-06-01 – 2026-05-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags25£201,695,0652016-07-01 – 2026-04-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting23£244,574,5602018-12-01 – 2026-05-01
42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses22£371,819,1332016-05-01 – 2026-04-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings22£284,631,7392016-04-01 – 2026-04-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment21£166,213,3532017-04-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices20£826,725,2692016-02-01 – 2026-04-01
71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals15£1,247,000,2832020-05-01 – 2026-04-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 1,824 26,669 2,216 92.3%
Holding company 7 26,669 2,216 92.3%
Solo founder 16,289 26,669 2,216 92.3%
Ecommerce 26 219 28,666 0.8%
Website 251 257 28,628 0.9%
LinkedIn 151 257 28,628 0.9%

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

CompanyRevenue
Southall Travel Limited £513,681,549
Brightsun Travel (uk) Limited £422,215,015
Imagine Cruising Limited £134,245,888
Viking River Cruises Uk Limited £110,386,251
Addguests Ltd £110,146,355
Stewart Travel Limited £109,387,859
Barrhead Travel Service Limited £94,949,600
Travelpack Marketing & Leisure Services Limited £85,061,044
Unique Caribbean Holidays Limited £82,156,490
Carlton Leisure (uk) Limited £74,004,597

Revenue coverage: 562 known, 28323 unknown (1.9%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Professional services 811,771
Real estate 686,477
Construction 576,169
Retail 518,103
Technology 365,323
Hospitality & Food Services 310,109
Health & social care 273,128
Business support 259,131
Personal services 257,488
Processing & manufacturing 198,756
Entertainment 180,392
Wholesale 172,622
Transport & storage 171,806
Education 155,957
Activities for own use 141,907
Holding companies 139,148
Industry not specified 136,026
Dormant company 111,427
Maintenance & repair 108,078
Facility Services 93,876
Other 652,797