Industrial gases
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
277
Active companies
194
Formed in latest 12 months
21
Median active-company age
4.1 years
Revenue known
4
Importers
27
Exporters
19
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 277 |
| Active companies | 194 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 21 |
| Importers | 27 |
| Exporters | 19 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 4 known, 190 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 144 |
| Dissolved | 82 |
| Dormant | 50 |
| 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 | 37 |
| Inner London - East | 15 |
| North Yorkshire | 9 |
| East Central Scotland | 8 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 8 |
| North Wales | 8 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 8 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 8 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 7 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 6 |
Geography coverage: 190 known, 4 unknown (97.9%).
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 | 59 |
| 1m-15m | 37 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 14 |
Revenue-range coverage: 112 known, 82 unknown (57.7%).
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 | 28 |
| Small | 56 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 16 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 50 |
Company-size coverage: 153 known, 41 unknown (78.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 48 |
| 1–9 | 33 |
| 10–49 | 10 |
Employee coverage: 91 known, 103 unknown (46.9%).
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 | 20 |
| 1–3 years | 58 |
| 3–5 years | 40 |
| 5–10 years | 34 |
| 10–20 years | 22 |
| 20+ years | 20 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 194 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 |
|---|---|
| 20110 | 194 |
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 | 9 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 18 |
| Neither | 166 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 24 | £8,524,557,270 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £1,532,272,328 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £2,547,184,641 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 13 | £6,324,147,513 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 11 | £202,705,274 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 11 | £231,451,386 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 10 | £1,313,989,347 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 9 | £1,218,483,442 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 7 | £81,086,444 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 6 | £176,239,093 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 15 | £3,810,427,162 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £2,529,038,348 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 12 | £1,830,967,345 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £527,343,134 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 10 | £15,029,970 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 8 | £67,405,193 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 8 | £582,859,035 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 7 | £99,181,338 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £1,921,971,714 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 6 | £30,918,285 | 2016-12-01 – 2025-12-01 |
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 | 6 | 104 | 90 | 53.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 104 | 90 | 53.6% |
| Solo founder | 56 | 104 | 90 | 53.6% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 16 | 178 | 8.2% |
| Website | 23 | 24 | 170 | 12.4% |
| 22 | 24 | 170 | 12.4% |
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.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Progressive Energy Limited | £3,073,429 |
| Gordons Industrial Gases Ltd | £1,279,593 |
| Plug Power Uk Limited | £1,188,903 |
| Clean Power Hydrogen Group Limited | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 4 known, 190 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Perfumes, toiletry & cosmetics | 3,035 |
| Other chemical products n.e.c. | 1,565 |
| Soap and detergents | 1,066 |
| Fertilizers and nitrogen compounds | 847 |
| Paints, coatings, mastics and sealants | 639 |
| Pesticides & other agrochemicals | 564 |
| Cleaning and polishing products | 513 |
| Other organic basic chemicals | 445 |
| Essential oils | 392 |
| Plastics in primary forms | 385 |
| Other inorganic basic chemicals | 368 |
| Dyes and pigments | 152 |
| Printing ink | 114 |
| Glues | 104 |
| Man-made fibres | 71 |
| Synthetic rubber in primary forms | 42 |
| Explosives | 26 |
SIC classification
SIC 20110 — Manufacture of industrial gases
Includes
manufacture of liquefied or compressed inorganic industrial or medical gases:, elemental gases, liquid or compressed air, refrigerant gases, mixed industrial gases, inert gases such as carbon dioxide, isolating gases
Excludes
extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see ##06.20, manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see ##19.20, manufacture of gaseous fuels from coal, waste etc., see ##35.21