Farm animal feeds
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
540
Active companies
420
Formed in latest 12 months
42
Median active-company age
11.7 years
Revenue known
34
Importers
103
Exporters
75
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 540 |
| Active companies | 420 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 42 |
| Importers | 103 |
| Exporters | 75 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 34 known, 386 unknown (8.1%).
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 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 5 |
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 | 420 |
| Dissolved | 115 |
| Liquidation | 5 |
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 | 42 |
| Inner London - West | 22 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 21 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 20 |
| Cheshire | 14 |
| North Yorkshire | 14 |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | 13 |
| Mid and South West Wales | 13 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 13 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 12 |
Geography coverage: 415 known, 5 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 | 110 |
| 1m-15m | 109 |
| 15m-54m | 32 |
| 54m+ | 60 |
Revenue-range coverage: 311 known, 109 unknown (74.0%).
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 | 69 |
| Small | 146 |
| Medium | 19 |
| Large | 68 |
| Holding | 15 |
| Dormant | 43 |
Company-size coverage: 360 known, 60 unknown (85.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 62 |
| 1–9 | 115 |
| 10–49 | 48 |
| 50–249 | 18 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 245 known, 175 unknown (58.3%).
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 | 41 |
| 1–3 years | 51 |
| 3–5 years | 35 |
| 5–10 years | 67 |
| 10–20 years | 65 |
| 20+ years | 161 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 420 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 |
|---|---|
| 10910 | 420 |
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 | 44 |
| Exporter only | 16 |
| Both | 59 |
| Neither | 301 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 64 | £14,633,994,605 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 23 — Animal feed and food waste | 57 | £1,573,923,790 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 48 | £3,771,544,885 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 39 | £535,863,309 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 39 | £2,478,246,079 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 34 | £2,483,611,058 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 34 | £11,730,074,219 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 23 | £1,518,704,766 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 12 — Oil seeds and fruits used for oil | 21 | £207,123,176 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 21 | £100,409,416 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 — Animal feed and food waste | 56 | £1,193,841,403 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 28 | £1,441,497,683 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 24 | £798,226,490 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 16 | £1,210,959,646 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 16 | £836,466,257 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 12 — Oil seeds and fruits used for oil | 15 | £10,414,000 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 15 | £32,578,513 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 15 | £97,472,023 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 13 | £7,137,022,866 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 13 | £94,215,923 | 2016-01-01 – 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
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 60 | 276 | 144 | 65.7% |
| Holding company | 0 | 276 | 144 | 65.7% |
| Solo founder | 111 | 276 | 144 | 65.7% |
| Ecommerce | 20 | 87 | 333 | 20.7% |
| Website | 107 | 109 | 311 | 26.0% |
| 77 | 109 | 311 | 26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Oakes Millers Limited | £150,263,236 |
| Glw Feeds Limited | £144,777,782 |
| L.j. Fairburn And Son Limited | £116,362,737 |
| Lloyd's (animal) Feeds Limited | £106,072,974 |
| Lloyd's Animal Feeds (western) Limited | £104,697,683 |
| Harper's Home Mix Limited | £79,196,959 |
| Mason's Animal Feeds Ltd | £77,175,231 |
| Factory Services Uk Limited | £76,235,681 |
| Feed Factors Limited | £66,133,074 |
| Sarval Limited | £57,334,068 |
Revenue coverage: 34 known, 386 unknown (8.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Pet food | 864 |
SIC classification
SIC 10910 — Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals
Includes
manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals, including concentrated animal feed and feed supplements, preparation of unmixed (single) feeds for farm animals, treatment of slaughter waste to produce animal feeds
Excludes
production of fishmeal for animal feed, see ##10.20, production of oilseed cake, see ##10.41, activities resulting in by-products usable as animal feed without special treatment, e.g. oilseeds (see ##10.41), grain milling residues (see ##10.61) etc.