UK market intelligence

UK company insights

A source-aware overview of company size, age, industry and regional benchmarks. Snapshot updated 2 Jul 2026.

Formation trends Risk and scores
Companies tracked 5.7M Records in this UK snapshot
Active companies 4.9M Current operating status
New this year 378.0K Incorporations in this snapshot
Regions covered 13 Regional benchmarks

Market composition

Compare age and size groups.

Charts compare company counts. The server-rendered tables provide the crawlable values and the associated score and risk context.

Age benchmark

Companies by age band

Company counts grouped by incorporation age band. Score and risk values are averages for each band.

Age-band company counts, average score and average insolvency risk
Age bandCompaniesAvg scoreAvg insolvency risk
Startup800.4K5735
Young2.1M6031
Established1.4M6429
Mature1.9M6726
Source contextCompanies House data Updated 2 Jul 2026

Size benchmark

Companies by revenue band

Company counts grouped by revenue band. Score and risk values are averages for each group.

Revenue-band company counts, average score and average insolvency risk
Revenue bandCompaniesAvg scoreAvg insolvency risk
Micro6.1M6330
Small10.9K7025
Medium2,5747221
Large4,7787517
Source contextCompanies House data Updated 2 Jul 2026

Current rankings

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Open an industry or region to see the model-backed detail available for that ranking.

Industry ranking

Top industries

All industries
Top industry benchmarks
IndustryCompaniesActiveAvg score
Real estate activities653.7K611.9K62
Retail trade495.9K409.0K60
Specialised construction activities331.9K283.4K63
Computer programming and consultancy315.8K275.1K64
Head offices and management consultancy301.2K266.3K65
Food and beverage service activities276.3K213.6K58
Construction of buildings246.1K209.6K63
Other personal service activities226.3K191.1K62
Office administration and business support221.9K188.3K65
Wholesale trade215.0K177.4K63