Soap and detergents
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
1740
Active companies
1066
Formed in latest 12 months
134
Median active-company age
4.9 years
Revenue known
45
Importers
125
Exporters
115
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,740 |
| Active companies | 1,066 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 134 |
| Importers | 125 |
| Exporters | 115 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 45 known, 1021 unknown (4.2%).
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 | 10 | 29 |
| 2026-01 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026-02 | 13 | 26 |
| 2026-03 | 10 | 25 |
| 2026-04 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026-05 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026-06 | 16 | 17 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 25 |
| 2026-08 | 10 | 23 |
| 2026-09 | 6 | 19 |
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 | 868 |
| Dissolved | 663 |
| Dormant | 198 |
| Liquidation | 9 |
| 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 - East | 92 |
| Inner London - West | 80 |
| Greater Manchester | 45 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 45 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 44 |
| West Yorkshire | 44 |
| West Midlands | 41 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 38 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 37 |
| Outer London - South | 34 |
Geography coverage: 1053 known, 13 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 | 483 |
| 1m-15m | 110 |
| 15m-54m | 18 |
| 54m+ | 20 |
Revenue-range coverage: 631 known, 435 unknown (59.2%).
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 | 347 |
| Small | 218 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 36 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 198 |
Company-size coverage: 809 known, 257 unknown (75.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 218 |
| 1–9 | 303 |
| 10–49 | 42 |
| 50–249 | 13 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 578 known, 488 unknown (54.2%).
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 | 129 |
| 1–3 years | 269 |
| 3–5 years | 145 |
| 5–10 years | 285 |
| 10–20 years | 104 |
| 20+ years | 134 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1066 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 |
|---|---|
| 20411 | 1,066 |
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 | 37 |
| Exporter only | 27 |
| Both | 88 |
| Neither | 914 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 84 | £21,880,058,307 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 75 | £7,966,363,820 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 65 | £2,256,652,583 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 47 | £2,987,748,605 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 47 | £1,368,462,971 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 44 | £16,331,377,200 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 42 | £3,980,604,735 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 40 | £3,638,328,106 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 39 | £1,118,978,537 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 39 | £2,613,452,528 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 90 | £2,985,069,686 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 59 | £2,712,683,739 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 58 | £4,416,026,433 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 56 | £4,043,168,795 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 56 | £6,044,155,951 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 38 | £432,028,621 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 32 | £4,091,840,069 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 28 | £985,611,644 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 26 | £1,798,283,906 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 24 | £144,231,004 | 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 | 117 | 951 | 115 | 89.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 951 | 115 | 89.2% |
| Solo founder | 565 | 951 | 115 | 89.2% |
| Ecommerce | 32 | 106 | 960 | 9.9% |
| Website | 130 | 134 | 932 | 12.6% |
| 102 | 134 | 932 | 12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Coventry Chemicals Limited | £54,280,000 |
| Arch Uk Biocides Limited | £39,676,000 |
| Christeyns Uk Ltd | £35,434,134 |
| Christeyns Food Hygiene Ltd | £31,739,202 |
| Star Brands Limited | £30,850,249 |
| Medik8 Limited | £29,284,765 |
| Lakeland Cosmetics Limited | £19,981,968 |
| Dri-pak Limited | £19,775,045 |
| Revolution Beauty Labs Limited | £13,407,827 |
| Christeyns Professional Hygiene Uk Limited | £12,755,458 |
Revenue coverage: 45 known, 1021 unknown (4.2%).
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 | 3,031 |
| Other chemical products n.e.c. | 1,565 |
| Fertilizers and nitrogen compounds | 843 |
| Paints, coatings, mastics and sealants | 639 |
| Pesticides & other agrochemicals | 561 |
| Cleaning and polishing products | 514 |
| Other organic basic chemicals | 441 |
| Essential oils | 393 |
| Plastics in primary forms | 384 |
| Other inorganic basic chemicals | 369 |
| Industrial gases | 194 |
| Dyes and pigments | 152 |
| Printing ink | 114 |
| Glues | 104 |
| Man-made fibres | 71 |
| Synthetic rubber in primary forms | 42 |
| Explosives | 25 |
SIC classification
SIC 20411 — Manufacture of soap and detergents
Includes
manufacture of organic surface-active agents, manufacture of paper, wadding, felt etc. coated or covered with soap or detergent, manufacture of crude glycerol, manufacture of soap, except cosmetic soap, manufacture of surface-active preparations:, washing powders in solid or liquid form and detergents, dish-washing preparations, textile softeners
Excludes
manufacture of separate, chemically defined compounds, see ##20.13, ##20.14, manufacture of glycerol, synthesised from petroleum products, see ##20.14, manufacture of cosmetic soap, see ##20.42