Machinery
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
7457
Active companies
6108
Formed in latest 12 months
731
Median active-company age
8.0 years
Revenue known
77
Importers
687
Exporters
431
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 7,457 |
| Active companies | 6,108 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 731 |
| Importers | 687 |
| Exporters | 431 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 77 known, 6031 unknown (1.3%).
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 | 37 | 44 |
| 2025-12 | 45 | 33 |
| 2026-01 | 61 | 40 |
| 2026-02 | 51 | 43 |
| 2026-03 | 92 | 40 |
| 2026-04 | 72 | 41 |
| 2026-05 | 55 | 33 |
| 2026-06 | 72 | 30 |
| 2026-07 | 73 | 63 |
| 2026-08 | 33 | 36 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Active | 5,764 |
| Dissolved | 1,224 |
| Dormant | 344 |
| Liquidation | 121 |
| In Administration | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 242 |
| West Midlands | 241 |
| West Yorkshire | 240 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 231 |
| Greater Manchester | 228 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 226 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 207 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 206 |
| Northern Ireland | 183 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 183 |
Geography coverage: 6029 known, 79 unknown (98.7%).
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 | 3,980 |
| 1m-15m | 652 |
| 15m-54m | 25 |
| 54m+ | 49 |
Revenue-range coverage: 4706 known, 1402 unknown (77.0%).
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 | 2,316 |
| Small | 2,236 |
| Medium | 10 |
| Large | 84 |
| Holding | 13 |
| Dormant | 344 |
Company-size coverage: 5003 known, 1105 unknown (81.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 811 |
| 1–9 | 3,452 |
| 10–49 | 266 |
| 50–249 | 28 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 4560 known, 1548 unknown (74.7%).
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 | 720 |
| 1–3 years | 883 |
| 3–5 years | 601 |
| 5–10 years | 1,276 |
| 10–20 years | 1,556 |
| 20+ years | 1,072 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 6108 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 | 6,108 |
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 | 359 |
| Exporter only | 103 |
| Both | 328 |
| Neither | 5,318 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 574 | £93,921,260,256 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 399 | £70,634,743,588 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 269 | £13,603,199,109 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 187 | £19,341,154,759 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 162 | £8,471,366,567 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 117 | £795,313,475 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 96 | £1,673,250,901 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 86 | £3,652,265,333 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 79 | £1,350,880,603 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 75 | £5,799,877,057 | 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 | 339 | £46,950,103,912 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 228 | £20,952,281,319 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 160 | £9,812,060,234 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 144 | £8,398,213,531 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 72 | £3,491,825,908 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 58 | £182,704,872 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 48 | £487,938,149 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 42 | £676,189,534 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 34 | £310,016,096 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 31 | £2,196,157,865 | 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 | 1,013 | 5,596 | 512 | 91.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 5,596 | 512 | 91.6% |
| Solo founder | 2,818 | 5,596 | 512 | 91.6% |
| Ecommerce | 60 | 532 | 5,576 | 8.7% |
| Website | 658 | 672 | 5,436 | 11.0% |
| 449 | 672 | 5,436 | 11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hunt Forest Group Limited | £126,127,835 |
| Knapp U.k. Limited | £109,254,284 |
| James Gordon Limited | £60,734,186 |
| P V Dobson Limited | £53,076,410 |
| Farnborough Tool Hire Limited | £43,991,183 |
| Hamilton Ross Group Ltd | £40,113,353 |
| Wilfred Scruton Limited | £34,282,856 |
| Gemco Uk Limited | £33,295,399 |
| Ponsse Uk Limited | £25,783,240 |
| Charlies Ag And Turf Limited | £25,739,732 |
Revenue coverage: 77 known, 6031 unknown (1.3%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicles | 62,824 |
| Other repairs | 7,396 |
| Electrical equipment | 5,989 |
| Computers & peripherals | 5,397 |
| Vehicles | 4,381 |
| Air & spacecraft | 3,159 |
| Ships & boats | 2,609 |
| Home & garden equipment | 2,551 |
| Furniture | 2,198 |
| Fabricated metal products | 1,886 |
| Consumer electronics | 1,806 |
| Communication equipment | 1,683 |
| Personal goods | 1,649 |
| Watches and jewellery | 1,222 |
| Electronic & optical equipment | 1,030 |
| Footwear, leather goods | 427 |
SIC classification
SIC 33120 — Repair of machinery
Includes
repair and maintenance of non-motor vehicle engines, repair and maintenance of pumps, compressors and related equipment, repair and maintenance of fluid power machinery, repair of valves, repair of gearing and driving elements, repair and maintenance of industrial process furnaces, repair and maintenance of lifting and handling equipment including lifts, elevators and moving walkways, repair and maintenance of industrial refrigeration equipment and air purifying equipment, repair and maintenance of commercial-type general purpose machinery, repair of power-driven hand-tools, repair and maintenance of metal cutting and metal forming machine tools and accessories, repair and maintenance of other machine tools, repair and maintenance of agricultural tractors, repair and maintenance of agricultural machinery and forestry and logging machinery, repair and maintenance of metallurgy machinery, repair and maintenance of mining, construction, and oil and gas field machinery, repair and maintenance of food, beverage, and tobacco processing machinery, repair and maintenance of textile apparel, and leather production machinery, repair and maintenance of papermaking machinery, repair and maintenance of plastic and rubber processing machinery, repair and maintenance of other special purpose machinery of division ##28, repair and maintenance of weighing equipment, repair and maintenance of vending machines, repair and maintenance of cash registers, repair and maintenance of photocopy machines, repair of calculators, electronic or not, repair of typewriters
Excludes
repair and maintenance of furnaces and other heating equipment, see ##43.22, installation, repair and maintenance of elevators and escalators in buildings and civil engineering structures, see ##43.29, repair of computers, see ##95.11
Details
This class includes the repair and maintenance of goods produced in groups 26.5, 26.6 and 26.7, except those that are considered household goods.