Packaging services
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
18727
Active companies
3140
Formed in latest 12 months
529
Median active-company age
5.1 years
Revenue known
58
Importers
498
Exporters
263
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 18,727 |
| Active companies | 3,140 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 529 |
| Importers | 498 |
| Exporters | 263 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 58 known, 3082 unknown (1.8%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 39 | 395 |
| 2025-12 | 37 | 308 |
| 2026-01 | 45 | 75 |
| 2026-02 | 38 | 53 |
| 2026-03 | 48 | 207 |
| 2026-04 | 37 | 533 |
| 2026-05 | 51 | 35 |
| 2026-06 | 36 | 80 |
| 2026-07 | 43 | 429 |
| 2026-08 | 24 | 50 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 15,519 |
| Active | 2,858 |
| Dormant | 282 |
| Liquidation | 60 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| Converted / Closed | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 280 |
| Inner London - East | 199 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 195 |
| Greater Manchester | 184 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 166 |
| West Yorkshire | 153 |
| Inner London - West | 143 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 142 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 131 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 119 |
Geography coverage: 3113 known, 27 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 range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 1,641 |
| 1m-15m | 389 |
| 15m-54m | 33 |
| 54m+ | 32 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2095 known, 1045 unknown (66.7%).
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 | 1,074 |
| Small | 900 |
| Medium | 13 |
| Large | 62 |
| Holding | 11 |
| Dormant | 282 |
Company-size coverage: 2342 known, 798 unknown (74.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 500 |
| 1–9 | 1,341 |
| 10–49 | 136 |
| 50–249 | 23 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 2001 known, 1139 unknown (63.7%).
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 | 518 |
| 1–3 years | 595 |
| 3–5 years | 434 |
| 5–10 years | 858 |
| 10–20 years | 376 |
| 20+ years | 359 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 3140 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 | 3,140 |
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 | 293 |
| Exporter only | 58 |
| Both | 205 |
| Neither | 2,584 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 261 | £5,991,225,432 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 258 | £17,267,642,700 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 190 | £24,198,132,173 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 118 | £25,288,615,150 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 92 | £4,086,070,829 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 80 | £4,627,260,275 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 72 | £2,276,128,264 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 67 | £1,174,113,320 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 66 | £1,309,336,624 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 64 | £256,469,999 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 108 | £7,075,517,296 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 103 | £967,796,169 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 95 | £3,334,719,439 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 73 | £4,480,553,663 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 55 | £2,609,035,533 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 38 | £610,556,227 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 36 | £91,918,688 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 36 | £835,180,602 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 34 | £58,493,886 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 33 | £1,526,012,883 | 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 | 254 | 2,753 | 387 | 87.7% |
| Holding company | 1 | 2,753 | 387 | 87.7% |
| Solo founder | 1,430 | 2,753 | 387 | 87.7% |
| Ecommerce | 109 | 372 | 2,768 | 11.8% |
| Website | 441 | 459 | 2,681 | 14.6% |
| 321 | 459 | 2,681 | 14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Global Pacific Processors Uk Limited | £164,866,609 |
| Evonex Ltd | £42,632,104 |
| Broxburn Bottlers Limited | £35,376,961 |
| Gower View Foods Limited | £30,836,315 |
| Parkacre Limited | £26,071,228 |
| Four04 Packaging Limited | £23,901,424 |
| Advanced Direct Mail Limited | £23,548,524 |
| Ravenwood Packaging Limited | £22,797,881 |
| Forest Companies Limited | £22,310,638 |
| National Flexible Limited | £22,181,492 |
Revenue coverage: 58 known, 3082 unknown (1.8%).
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 business support | 226,796 |
| Office admin support | 15,202 |
| Exhibition organizers | 7,591 |
| Conference organizers | 6,483 |
| Document & office support | 2,129 |
| Call centers | 1,796 |
| Collection agencies | 826 |
| Credit bureaus | 93 |
SIC classification
SIC 82920 — Packaging activities
Details
This section includes activities of a governmental nature, normally carried out by the public administration. This includes the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulation, as well as the administration of programmes based on them, legislative activities, taxation, national defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes. This section also includes compulsory social security activities. The legal or institutional status is not, in itself, the determining factor for an activity to belong in this section, rather than the activity being of a nature specified in the previous paragraph. This means that activities classified elsewhere in SIC do not fall under this section, even if carried out by public entities. For example, administration of the school system (i.e. regulations, checks, curricula) falls under this section, but teaching itself does not (see section ##P), and a prison or military hospital is classified to health (see section ##Q). Similarly, some activities described in this section may be carried out by non-government units.