Peat
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
64
Active companies
14
Formed in latest 12 months
2
Median active-company age
14.8 years
Revenue known
0
Importers
3
Exporters
2
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 64 |
| Active companies | 14 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 2 |
| Importers | 3 |
| Exporters | 2 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 0 known, 14 unknown (0.0%).
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 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 50 |
| Active | 13 |
| Dormant | 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 | 7 |
| Highlands and Islands | 2 |
| Inner London - East | 1 |
| Inner London - West | 1 |
| Southern Scotland | 1 |
| West Central Scotland | 1 |
| West Midlands | 1 |
Geography coverage: 14 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 | 6 |
| 1m-15m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 1 |
Revenue-range coverage: 10 known, 4 unknown (71.4%).
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 | 5 |
| Small | 4 |
| Large | 1 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 1 |
Company-size coverage: 12 known, 2 unknown (85.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 3 |
| 1–9 | 5 |
| 10–49 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 9 known, 5 unknown (64.3%).
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 | 2 |
| 3–5 years | 1 |
| 5–10 years | 1 |
| 10–20 years | 4 |
| 20+ years | 6 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 14 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 | 14 |
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 | 1 |
| Both | 2 |
| Neither | 11 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £548,455,352 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 31 — Fertilizers | 2 | £8,788,880 | 2016-01-01 – 2020-06-01 |
| 53 — Various natural fibers from plants, paper yarn, and fabrics made from paper yarn | 2 | £3,922,499 | 2016-01-01 – 2023-07-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £54,001,129 | 2016-01-01 – 2021-04-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 1 | £4,120,366 | 2022-01-01 – 2022-01-01 |
| 35 — Natural and modified starches, glues, and enzymes | 1 | £3,712,843 | 2017-02-01 – 2018-01-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £91,616,883 | 2016-02-01 – 2017-06-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 1 | £17,726,074 | 2016-01-01 – 2016-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £6,498,350 | 2022-03-01 – 2022-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 1 | £16,315,886 | 2017-06-01 – 2017-06-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 — Fertilizers | 2 | £2,319,706 | 2016-01-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 1 | £834,395 | 2016-01-01 – 2017-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £23,946,375 | 2021-05-01 – 2021-05-01 |
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 | 11 | 3 | 78.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 11 | 3 | 78.6% |
| Solo founder | 6 | 11 | 3 | 78.6% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14.3% |
| Website | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21.4% |
| 1 | 3 | 11 | 21.4% |
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.
No usable values are available for this chart.
Revenue coverage: 0 known, 14 unknown (0.0%).
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 | 1,067 |
| Other (not elsewhere classified) | 953 |
| Chemical and fertilizer minerals | 519 |
| Ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate | 468 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 437 |
| Gravel, sand, clay, kaolin | 352 |
| Iron ores | 89 |
| Coal | 79 |
| Salt | 30 |
| Lignite | 13 |
| Uranium / thorium ores | 13 |
SIC classification
SIC 08920 — Extraction of peat
Includes
peat digging, preparation of peat to improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
Excludes
service activities incidental to peat mining, see ##09.90, manufacturing of peat briquettes, see ##19.20, manufacture of potting soil mixtures of peat, natural soil, sands, clays, fertiliser minerals etc., see ##20.15, manufacture of articles of peat, see ##23.99