Gravel, sand, clay, kaolin
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
416
Active companies
352
Formed in latest 12 months
8
Median active-company age
21.3 years
Revenue known
12
Importers
22
Exporters
13
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 416 |
| Active companies | 352 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 8 |
| Importers | 22 |
| Exporters | 13 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 12 known, 340 unknown (3.4%).
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 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 0 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 352 |
| Dissolved | 49 |
| Liquidation | 13 |
| In Administration | 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 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 52 |
| Essex | 21 |
| West Midlands | 20 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 17 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 16 |
| Kent | 14 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 13 |
| Highlands and Islands | 12 |
| Norfolk | 12 |
| North Eastern Scotland | 12 |
Geography coverage: 352 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
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 | 120 |
| 1m-15m | 122 |
| 15m-54m | 18 |
| 54m+ | 32 |
Revenue-range coverage: 292 known, 60 unknown (83.0%).
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 | 63 |
| Small | 168 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 42 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 46 |
Company-size coverage: 333 known, 19 unknown (94.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 95 |
| 1–9 | 93 |
| 10–49 | 43 |
| 50–249 | 10 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 243 known, 109 unknown (69.0%).
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 | 8 |
| 1–3 years | 20 |
| 3–5 years | 23 |
| 5–10 years | 42 |
| 10–20 years | 77 |
| 20+ years | 182 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 352 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 | 352 |
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 | 13 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 9 |
| Neither | 326 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 15 | £8,285,592,318 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £4,024,819,983 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £1,194,081,028 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 10 | £652,054,422 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 9 | £52,223,416 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 8 | £1,298,682,888 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 6 | £200,821,723 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 6 | £107,464,517 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 6 | £142,385,080 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 5 | £20,626,243 | 2020-09-01 – 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 | 8 | £1,643,375,387 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 6 | £366,263,730 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 5 | £60,422,041 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 4 | £11,146,215 | 2018-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £683,820,286 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 4 | £270,972,850 | 2019-01-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £253,290,643 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 3 | £237,859,111 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £258,767,673 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 3 | £10,101,063 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 54 | 202 | 150 | 57.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 202 | 150 | 57.4% |
| Solo founder | 60 | 202 | 150 | 57.4% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 15 | 337 | 4.3% |
| Website | 19 | 22 | 330 | 6.2% |
| 20 | 22 | 330 | 6.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Creagh Concrete Products Limited | £135,615,333 |
| Smith & Sons (bletchington) Limited | £36,920,421 |
| Pat Munro (alness) Limited | £30,919,038 |
| North Lincs Sand & Gravel Ltd | £27,767,166 |
| Skene Group Construction Services Limited | £17,743,759 |
| Bullimores Sand And Gravel Limited | £16,874,006 |
| Bathgate Silica Sand Limited | £16,513,027 |
| Stonepack Ltd | £14,293,423 |
| Ingrebourne Valley Limited | £13,223,825 |
| Clubb Sand And Gravel Ltd | £11,609,414 |
Revenue coverage: 12 known, 340 unknown (3.4%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Exploration, draining, other support | 1,069 |
| Other (not elsewhere classified) | 955 |
| Chemical and fertilizer minerals | 507 |
| Ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate | 469 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 438 |
| Iron ores | 89 |
| Coal | 78 |
| Salt | 30 |
| Peat | 14 |
| Uranium / thorium ores | 13 |
| Lignite | 12 |
SIC classification
SIC 08120 — Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin
Includes
extraction and dredging of industrial sand, sand for construction and gravel, breaking and crushing of gravel, quarrying of sand, mining of clays, refractory clays and kaolin
Excludes
mining of bituminous sand, see ##06.10