Iron ores
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
170
Active companies
85
Formed in latest 12 months
4
Median active-company age
5.9 years
Revenue known
2
Importers
0
Exporters
0
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 170 |
| Active companies | 85 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 4 |
| Importers | 0 |
| Exporters | 0 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 2 known, 83 unknown (2.4%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 84 |
| Active | 55 |
| Dormant | 30 |
| Liquidation | 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 32 |
| Inner London - East | 11 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 5 |
| West Midlands | 5 |
| Essex | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 3 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 3 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 3 |
| Lancashire | 2 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 2 |
Geography coverage: 84 known, 1 unknown (98.8%).
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 | 24 |
| 1m-15m | 6 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 3 |
Revenue-range coverage: 34 known, 51 unknown (40.0%).
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 | 18 |
| Small | 10 |
| Large | 4 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 30 |
Company-size coverage: 66 known, 19 unknown (77.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 9 |
| 1–9 | 17 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 27 known, 58 unknown (31.8%).
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 | 4 |
| 1–3 years | 25 |
| 3–5 years | 10 |
| 5–10 years | 22 |
| 10–20 years | 16 |
| 20+ years | 8 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 85 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 | 85 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Neither | 85 |
Top imports HS2 categories
No usable imports category data is available.
Top exports HS2 categories
No usable exports category data is available.
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 | 6 | 70 | 15 | 82.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 70 | 15 | 82.4% |
| Solo founder | 30 | 70 | 15 | 82.4% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0.0% |
| Website | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0.0% |
| 0 | 0 | 85 | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Gold Direct 4u Ltd | £2,367,638 |
| Spencer Metals Limited | £36,000 |
Revenue coverage: 2 known, 83 unknown (2.4%).
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 | 1,064 |
| Other (not elsewhere classified) | 942 |
| Chemical and fertilizer minerals | 488 |
| Ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate | 468 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 425 |
| Gravel, sand, clay, kaolin | 352 |
| Coal | 77 |
| Salt | 29 |
| Peat | 14 |
| Lignite | 13 |
| Uranium / thorium ores | 13 |
SIC classification
SIC 07100 — Mining of iron ores
Includes
mining of ores valued chiefly for iron content, beneficiation and agglomeration of iron ores
Excludes
extraction and preparation of pyrites and pyrrhotite (except roasting), see ##08.91