Oil & gas

UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.

Segments

Gas extraction (985 companies)
Oil extraction (1787 companies)
Oilfield services (4785 companies)

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

6734

Active companies

4778

Formed in latest 12 months

356

Median active-company age

9.8 years

Revenue known

85

Importers

281

Exporters

293

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 6,734
Active companies 4,778
Formed in latest 12 months 356
Importers 281
Exporters 293

Revenue coverage among active companies: 85 known, 4693 unknown (1.8%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-112268
2025-122760
2026-012255
2026-022158
2026-032669
2026-043554
2026-053551
2026-062948
2026-074079
2026-081042

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

StatusCompanies
Active 4,257
Dissolved 1,825
Dormant 521
Liquidation 126
In Administration 4
Insolvency Proceedings 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 regionCompanies
North Eastern Scotland 815
Inner London - West 724
Eastern Scotland 343
Inner London - East 234
Surrey, East and West Sussex 188
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 176
Highlands and Islands 171
Norfolk 164
East Central Scotland 131
Outer London - West and North West 123

Geography coverage: 4755 known, 23 unknown (99.5%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 2,606
1m-15m 516
15m-54m 30
54m+ 534

Revenue-range coverage: 3686 known, 1092 unknown (77.1%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 1,598
Small 1,415
Medium 11
Large 571
Holding 88
Dormant 521

Company-size coverage: 4204 known, 574 unknown (88.0%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 767
1–9 2,019
10–49 64
50–249 19
250+ 2

Employee coverage: 2871 known, 1907 unknown (60.1%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 351
1–3 years 536
3–5 years 403
5–10 years 1,146
10–20 years 1,426
20+ years 916

Incorporation-date coverage: 4778 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

ClassificationCompanies
Oilfield services 3,395
Oil extraction 1,253
Gas extraction 695

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 50
Exporter only 62
Both 231
Neither 4,435

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts240£125,172,078,2562016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices199£22,201,313,3742016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment189£112,041,822,9852016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products164£15,095,623,0782016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils118£1,509,982,1942016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products101£2,578,696,2912016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products83£10,016,344,3522016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings82£5,894,911,2272016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
83 — Miscellaneous metal items81£2,005,470,5332016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products76£2,698,807,1812016-01-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts242£69,887,378,0352016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment214£47,605,626,0912016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices202£28,205,016,1132016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
73 — Iron or Steel Products177£10,394,809,8052016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils138£1,040,322,5722016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
40 — Rubber and rubber products104£2,065,917,1802016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products97£9,091,381,3002016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts95£516,820,8192016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings89£2,528,007,0422016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
76 — Aluminum and aluminum products86£1,092,213,4672016-01-01 – 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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 581 3,504 1,274 73.3%
Holding company 1 3,504 1,274 73.3%
Solo founder 1,677 3,504 1,274 73.3%
Ecommerce 6 199 4,579 4.2%
Website 249 265 4,513 5.5%
LinkedIn 234 265 4,513 5.5%

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

CompanyRevenue
National Oilwell Varco Uk Limited £374,128,000
Cheiron Oil & Gas Limited £206,465,000
Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited £154,028,000
Ode Asset Management Limited £54,441,164
Sentinel Offshore Vessels Limited £40,366,514
Interwell Limited £33,439,000
Woodside Energy (la) Uk Ltd £27,257,931
Dcn Diving Uk Limited £26,363,320
First Marine Solutions Limited £21,588,761
Wellbore Integrity Solutions Uk Limited £19,919,787

Revenue coverage: 85 known, 4693 unknown (1.8%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Professional services 811,771
Real estate 686,477
Construction 576,169
Retail 518,103
Technology 365,323
Hospitality & Food Services 310,109
Health & social care 273,128
Business support 259,131
Personal services 257,488
Processing & manufacturing 198,756
Entertainment 180,392
Wholesale 172,622
Transport & storage 171,806
Education 155,957
Activities for own use 141,907
Holding companies 139,148
Industry not specified 136,026
Dormant company 111,427
Maintenance & repair 108,078
Facility Services 93,876
Other 676,904