Goods-producing

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

1015

Active companies

684

Formed in latest 12 months

53

Median active-company age

15.0 years

Revenue known

11

Importers

19

Exporters

9

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 1,015
Active companies 684
Formed in latest 12 months 53
Importers 19
Exporters 9

Revenue coverage among active companies: 11 known, 673 unknown (1.6%).

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
2025-12111
2026-01612
2026-0256
2026-0335
2026-0438
2026-0584
2026-0647
2026-0729
2026-08810
2026-0957

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

StatusCompanies
Active 514
Dissolved 329
Dormant 170
Liquidation 1
Receiver Action 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 70
Inner London - West 70
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Outer London - West and North West 43
Outer London - East and North East 29
Outer London - South 28
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21
Greater Manchester 21

Geography coverage: 681 known, 3 unknown (99.6%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

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Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 395
1m-15m 40
54m+ 4

Revenue-range coverage: 439 known, 245 unknown (64.2%).

Company size and employees

What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.

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Company sizeCompanies
Micro 266
Small 145
Large 5
Dormant 170

Company-size coverage: 586 known, 98 unknown (85.7%).

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EmployeesCompanies
0 237
1–9 159
10–49 11
50–249 3

Employee coverage: 410 known, 274 unknown (59.9%).

Active-company age

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

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Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 52
1–3 years 80
3–5 years 49
5–10 years 97
10–20 years 89
20+ years 317

Incorporation-date coverage: 684 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.

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ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 684

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 12
Exporter only 2
Both 7
Neither 663

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts7£278,494,4612018-03-01 – 2026-04-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment7£405,668,6142016-05-01 – 2026-04-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products5£174,892,5452018-03-01 – 2025-08-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products4£159,977,7842016-03-01 – 2025-12-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags3£86,655,9792023-06-01 – 2024-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices3£180,691,6002018-03-01 – 2025-09-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings3£315,155,3672016-03-01 – 2026-05-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting2£136,505,2652022-04-01 – 2025-08-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted2£30,076,8092022-04-01 – 2026-02-01
69 — Ceramic products2£24,097,6182023-06-01 – 2024-12-01

Top exports HS2 categories

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HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes2£10,502,1422022-08-01 – 2023-03-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures2£147,966,8602021-07-01 – 2025-08-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products2£17,178,9092021-11-01 – 2025-05-01
74 — Copper and copper products2£1,858,9102022-02-01 – 2024-02-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products1£4,678,6002021-07-01 – 2024-07-01
57 — Carpets and textile floor coverings1£8,804,4282023-03-01 – 2026-03-01
63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags1£1,463,1332025-04-01 – 2025-12-01
69 — Ceramic products1£709,0952022-08-01 – 2022-08-01
70 — Glass and Glassware1£2,096,2642023-08-01 – 2024-02-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items1£284,7952023-08-01 – 2023-08-01

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 40 470 214 68.7%
Holding company 0 470 214 68.7%
Solo founder 212 470 214 68.7%
Ecommerce 8 17 667 2.5%
Website 19 21 663 3.1%
LinkedIn 9 21 663 3.1%

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.

Revenue coverage: 11 known, 673 unknown (1.6%).

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
Property management 139,352
Households as employers 1,258
Service-producing 909

SIC classification

SIC 98100 — Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Details

See class ##99.00