Poultry & eggs
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
1726
Active companies
1485
Formed in latest 12 months
109
Median active-company age
11.2 years
Revenue known
32
Importers
61
Exporters
20
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,726 |
| Active companies | 1,485 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 109 |
| Importers | 61 |
| Exporters | 20 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 32 known, 1453 unknown (2.2%).
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 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 13 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 14 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 6 | 3 |
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 | 1,409 |
| Dissolved | 223 |
| Dormant | 76 |
| Liquidation | 17 |
| 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 354 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 99 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 97 |
| Mid and South West Wales | 65 |
| Devon | 52 |
| North Yorkshire | 50 |
| Lincolnshire | 49 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 49 |
| Norfolk | 45 |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | 44 |
Geography coverage: 1478 known, 7 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 645 |
| 1m-15m | 523 |
| 15m-54m | 30 |
| 54m+ | 24 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1222 known, 263 unknown (82.3%).
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 | 345 |
| Small | 802 |
| Medium | 14 |
| Large | 40 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 76 |
Company-size coverage: 1287 known, 198 unknown (86.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 291 |
| 1–9 | 757 |
| 10–49 | 86 |
| 50–249 | 14 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 1149 known, 336 unknown (77.4%).
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 | 109 |
| 1–3 years | 167 |
| 3–5 years | 106 |
| 5–10 years | 292 |
| 10–20 years | 454 |
| 20+ years | 357 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1485 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 | 1,485 |
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 | 43 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 18 |
| Neither | 1,422 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 42 | £5,630,661,424 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 32 | £8,049,338,820 | 2018-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 23 | £2,176,298,751 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 21 | £244,431,068 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £1,696,445,713 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 17 | £885,655,941 | 2021-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 04 — Dairy, eggs, honey, and edible animal products | 15 | £47,422,029 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 11 | £1,362,129,603 | 2022-07-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 10 | £123,241,864 | 2022-07-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 9 | £111,972,181 | 2022-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 — Dairy, eggs, honey, and edible animal products | 13 | £78,601,667 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 9 | £148,509,273 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 01 — Live animals | 7 | £91,442,016 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £136,161,392 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £113,709,760 | 2020-08-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £26,451,662 | 2021-01-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 3 | £406,947,193 | 2018-08-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 3 | £1,518,298 | 2021-08-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 05 — Animal-based products not listed elsewhere | 2 | £8,426,718 | 2023-06-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 10 — Cereals | 2 | £0 | 2016-01-01 – 2016-02-01 |
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 | 573 | 1,267 | 218 | 85.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,267 | 218 | 85.3% |
| Solo founder | 372 | 1,267 | 218 | 85.3% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 41 | 1,444 | 2.8% |
| Website | 54 | 58 | 1,427 | 3.9% |
| 36 | 58 | 1,427 | 3.9% |
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
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Oaklands Farm Eggs Limited | £116,451,586 |
| L.j. Fairburn And Son Limited | £116,362,737 |
| Llynclys Free Range Limited | £92,146,682 |
| Lloyds Free Range Limited | £84,834,392 |
| Traditional Norfolk Poultry Limited | £53,876,175 |
| Capestone Organic Poultry Limited | £42,644,702 |
| Duncan Farms Limited | £39,671,802 |
| C & K Wood (u.k.) Limited | £30,383,779 |
| Cullingworth Poultry Limited | £26,534,915 |
| Heal Eggs Limited | £23,267,796 |
Revenue coverage: 32 known, 1453 unknown (2.2%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Mixed farming | 9,752 |
| Plant growing | 8,542 |
| Animal breeding | 8,422 |
| Animal services | 4,214 |
| Crop services | 3,273 |
| Post-harvest services | 745 |
SIC classification
SIC 01470 — Raising of poultry
Includes
raising and breeding of poultry: chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowls, production of eggs from poultry, operation of poultry hatcheries
Excludes
production of feathers or down, see ##10.12