Water supply

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

2360

Active companies

1760

Formed in latest 12 months

193

Median active-company age

8.7 years

Revenue known

30

Importers

133

Exporters

86

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 2,360
Active companies 1,760
Formed in latest 12 months 193
Importers 133
Exporters 86

Revenue coverage among active companies: 30 known, 1730 unknown (1.7%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-11811
2025-121214
2026-01147
2026-021822
2026-031637
2026-042914
2026-051219
2026-061215
2026-071233
2026-08816

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 1,544
Dissolved 570
Dormant 216
Liquidation 29
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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 114
Inner London - West 111
Surrey, East and West Sussex 94
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 73
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 60
West Midlands 60
Greater Manchester 59
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 56
Essex 56

Geography coverage: 1744 known, 16 unknown (99.1%).

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 912
1m-15m 253
15m-54m 11
54m+ 65

Revenue-range coverage: 1241 known, 519 unknown (70.5%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 524
Small 608
Medium 4
Large 80
Holding 14
Dormant 216

Company-size coverage: 1446 known, 314 unknown (82.2%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 349
1–9 637
10–49 111
50–249 17

Employee coverage: 1114 known, 646 unknown (63.3%).

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 188
1–3 years 255
3–5 years 167
5–10 years 367
10–20 years 424
20+ years 359

Incorporation-date coverage: 1760 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
Directly assigned to this industry 1,760

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 68
Exporter only 21
Both 65
Neither 1,606

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts105£18,066,947,1712016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment80£18,193,059,3802016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices65£4,526,008,8162016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products40£3,362,281,2912016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products32£1,182,848,7432016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products18£331,427,6512019-06-01 – 2026-05-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products16£1,712,357,2502016-07-01 – 2026-05-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)14£1,233,138,4272016-12-01 – 2026-03-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings12£681,402,1772016-06-01 – 2026-05-01
70 — Glass and Glassware10£34,704,8072019-09-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts65£6,886,368,5392016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment48£5,439,388,0932016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices46£3,914,133,1962016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products22£1,531,063,9532016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products22£540,567,6252016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
38 — Miscellaneous chemical products12£702,231,1942016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products9£144,552,9182016-07-01 – 2026-04-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)9£450,283,2982016-01-01 – 2025-07-01
28 — Inorganic Chemicals5£3,789,7362020-08-01 – 2026-05-01
29 — Organic Chemicals5£83,545,2842018-03-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 165 1,359 401 77.2%
Holding company 0 1,359 401 77.2%
Solo founder 630 1,359 401 77.2%
Ecommerce 17 104 1,656 5.9%
Website 127 129 1,631 7.3%
LinkedIn 116 129 1,631 7.3%

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.

Revenue coverage: 30 known, 1730 unknown (1.7%).

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

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 679,922

SIC classification

SIC 36000 — Water collection, treatment and supply

Includes

collection of water from rivers, lakes, wells etc., collection of rain water, purification of water for water supply purposes, treatment of water for industrial and other purposes, desalting of sea or ground water to produce water as the principal product of interest, distribution of water through mains, by trucks or other means, operation of irrigation canals

Excludes

operation of irrigation equipment for agricultural purposes, see ##01.61, treatment of waste water in order to prevent pollution, see ##37.00, (long-distance) transport of water via pipelines, see ##49.50