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
89
Formed in latest 12 months
10
Median active-company age
5.6 years
Revenue known
2
Importers
0
Exporters
0
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 170 |
| Active companies | 89 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 10 |
| Importers | 0 |
| Exporters | 0 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 2 known, 87 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 3 |
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 | 89 |
| Dissolved | 80 |
| 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 |
| West Midlands | 6 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Essex | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 3 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 3 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 3 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 |
| Lancashire | 2 |
Geography coverage: 88 known, 1 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 7 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 3 |
Revenue-range coverage: 35 known, 54 unknown (39.3%).
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 | 18 |
| Small | 11 |
| Large | 4 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 30 |
Company-size coverage: 67 known, 22 unknown (75.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 10 |
| 1–9 | 16 |
| 10–49 | 1 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 28 known, 61 unknown (31.5%).
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 | 10 |
| 1–3 years | 23 |
| 3–5 years | 9 |
| 5–10 years | 23 |
| 10–20 years | 16 |
| 20+ years | 8 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 89 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 | 89 |
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 | 89 |
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 | 7 | 71 | 18 | 79.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 71 | 18 | 79.8% |
| Solo founder | 30 | 71 | 18 | 79.8% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0.0% |
| Website | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0.0% |
| 0 | 0 | 89 | 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, 87 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 |
|---|---|
| Exploration, draining, other support | 1,069 |
| Other (not elsewhere classified) | 955 |
| Chemical and fertilizer minerals | 511 |
| Ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate | 469 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 438 |
| Gravel, sand, clay, kaolin | 352 |
| Coal | 78 |
| Salt | 30 |
| Peat | 14 |
| Uranium / thorium ores | 13 |
| Lignite | 12 |
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