Timber and building materials
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
6143
Active companies
4208
Formed in latest 12 months
419
Median active-company age
6.8 years
Revenue known
108
Importers
665
Exporters
193
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 6,143 |
| Active companies | 4,208 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 419 |
| Importers | 665 |
| Exporters | 193 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 108 known, 4100 unknown (2.6%).
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
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 40 | 58 |
| 2026-01 | 33 | 47 |
| 2026-02 | 24 | 54 |
| 2026-03 | 45 | 52 |
| 2026-04 | 26 | 37 |
| 2026-05 | 31 | 43 |
| 2026-06 | 33 | 30 |
| 2026-07 | 29 | 81 |
| 2026-08 | 43 | 55 |
| 2026-09 | 17 | 25 |
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 | 3,705 |
| Dissolved | 1,783 |
| Dormant | 503 |
| Liquidation | 135 |
| In Administration | 15 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Outer London - West and North West | 217 |
| Inner London - West | 207 |
| West Midlands | 204 |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | 197 |
| Inner London - East | 183 |
| Essex | 167 |
| Greater Manchester | 163 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 159 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 154 |
| West Yorkshire | 143 |
Geography coverage: 4160 known, 48 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 1,749 |
| 1m-15m | 1,100 |
| 15m-54m | 99 |
| 54m+ | 67 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3015 known, 1193 unknown (71.6%).
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 | 1,025 |
| Small | 1,734 |
| Medium | 29 |
| Large | 132 |
| Holding | 31 |
| Dormant | 503 |
Company-size coverage: 3454 known, 754 unknown (82.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 811 |
| 1–9 | 1,523 |
| 10–49 | 359 |
| 50–249 | 42 |
| 250+ | 9 |
Employee coverage: 2744 known, 1464 unknown (65.2%).
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 | 412 |
| 1–3 years | 784 |
| 3–5 years | 487 |
| 5–10 years | 963 |
| 10–20 years | 649 |
| 20+ years | 913 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4208 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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 4,208 |
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 | 516 |
| Exporter only | 44 |
| Both | 149 |
| Neither | 3,499 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 257 | £6,923,886,206 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 221 | £1,812,770,105 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 197 | £8,723,610,203 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 176 | £9,898,637,350 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 160 | £12,216,542,855 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 141 | £8,613,554,126 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 136 | £2,032,089,615 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 135 | £3,490,935,867 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 87 | £13,940,679,230 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 84 | £466,413,283 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 56 | £2,531,342,927 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 56 | £2,359,205,110 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 55 | £1,434,817,642 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 37 | £185,035,338 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 36 | £111,554,275 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 33 | £1,718,248,926 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 29 | £235,077,069 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 28 | £269,962,734 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 28 | £364,876,839 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 23 | £113,886,523 | 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 | 532 | 3,353 | 855 | 79.7% |
| Holding company | 0 | 3,353 | 855 | 79.7% |
| Solo founder | 1,650 | 3,353 | 855 | 79.7% |
| Ecommerce | 165 | 474 | 3,734 | 11.3% |
| Website | 564 | 581 | 3,627 | 13.8% |
| 367 | 581 | 3,627 | 13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| E H Smith (builders Merchants) Limited | £165,906,985 |
| Scott Parnell Limited | £137,354,174 |
| J T Atkinson & Sons Limited | £136,049,917 |
| Grant & Stone Limited | £109,709,211 |
| Vida Wood Uk Limited | £95,774,101 |
| Lbs Builders Merchants Limited | £88,930,996 |
| John Davidson (pipes) Limited | £79,825,000 |
| Pgr Timber Limited | £58,096,257 |
| Westward Building Services Limited | £57,740,532 |
| Walter Tipperlimited | £50,970,000 |
Revenue coverage: 108 known, 4100 unknown (2.6%).
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
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other diversified agent/brokers n.e.c. | 23,502 |
| Other specialised agent/brokers n.e.c. | 9,997 |
| Clothing and footwear, textile products | 9,952 |
| Furniture, household goods | 5,012 |
| Machinery, ships and aircraft | 4,656 |
| Food, beverages and tobacco | 4,112 |
| Fuels, ores, metals & industial chemicals | 2,215 |
| Agricultural products, textile materials | 1,673 |
SIC classification
SIC 46130 — Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
Excludes
wholesale trade in own name, see ##46.2, ##46.3, ##46.4, ##46.5, ##46.6, ##46.7 and ##46.9, retail sale by non-store commission agents, see ##47.99
Details
This class includes agents involved in the sale of: