Gas extraction
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
991
Active companies
695
Formed in latest 12 months
38
Median active-company age
12.9 years
Revenue known
11
Importers
36
Exporters
36
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 991 |
| Active companies | 695 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 38 |
| Importers | 36 |
| Exporters | 36 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 11 known, 684 unknown (1.6%).
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 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Active | 612 |
| Dissolved | 278 |
| Dormant | 83 |
| Liquidation | 16 |
| In Administration | 2 |
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 | 224 |
| North Eastern Scotland | 64 |
| Inner London - East | 48 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 27 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 26 |
| Norfolk | 25 |
| West Yorkshire | 22 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 21 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 20 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 19 |
Geography coverage: 693 known, 2 unknown (99.7%).
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 | 255 |
| 1m-15m | 103 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 164 |
Revenue-range coverage: 525 known, 170 unknown (75.5%).
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 | 173 |
| Small | 173 |
| Large | 170 |
| Holding | 31 |
| Dormant | 83 |
Company-size coverage: 630 known, 65 unknown (90.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 97 |
| 1–9 | 186 |
| 10–49 | 5 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 289 known, 406 unknown (41.6%).
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 | 37 |
| 1–3 years | 58 |
| 3–5 years | 47 |
| 5–10 years | 140 |
| 10–20 years | 202 |
| 20+ years | 211 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 695 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 | 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 participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 7 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 29 |
| Neither | 652 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 34 | £27,278,284,948 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 27 | £3,556,623,720 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 26 | £23,592,287,784 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 25 | £4,595,054,834 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 15 | £248,059,114 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 13 | £1,957,477,971 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 13 | £472,421,383 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 11 | £285,560,502 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 89 — Ships, Boats, and Floating Structures | 11 | £31,599,685 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 10 | £120,365,110 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 28 | £5,579,978,148 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 26 | £7,301,190,421 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 21 | £3,429,712,901 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 16 | £1,164,199,338 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 14 | £121,562,307 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 10 | £259,438,851 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 10 | £110,607,105 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 9 | £586,901,012 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 8 | £91,321,506 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £96,580,715 | 2017-02-01 – 2025-09-01 |
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 | 44 | 343 | 352 | 49.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 343 | 352 | 49.4% |
| Solo founder | 138 | 343 | 352 | 49.4% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 25 | 670 | 3.6% |
| Website | 31 | 34 | 661 | 4.9% |
| 28 | 34 | 661 | 4.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited | £154,028,000 |
| Woodside Energy (la) Uk Ltd | £27,257,931 |
| Optima Solutions Uk Limited | £7,701,544 |
| Valhalla Oil And Gas Limited | £204,453 |
| Smith Engineering (cumbria) Ltd | £112,487 |
| Quantum Xploration International Limited | £41,706 |
| Onsite Mechanical Engineers Limited | £30,573 |
| Ranger Consultants Limited | £14,556 |
| Navitas Petroleum Limited | £0 |
| Drilling Ltd | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 11 known, 684 unknown (1.6%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Oilfield services | 3,399 |
| Oil extraction | 1,249 |
SIC classification
SIC 06200 — Extraction of natural gas
Includes
production of crude gaseous hydrocarbon (natural gas), extraction of condensates, draining and separation of liquid hydrocarbon fractions, gas desulphurisation, mining of hydrocarbon liquids, obtained through liquefaction or pyrolysis
Excludes
support activities for oil and natural gas extraction, see ##09.10, oil and gas exploration, see ##09.10, recovery of liquefied petroleum gases in the refining of petroleum, see ##19.20, manufacture of industrial gases, see ##20.11, operation of pipelines, see ##49.50