Ceramic tiles and flags
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
193
Active companies
88
Formed in latest 12 months
15
Median active-company age
4.1 years
Revenue known
0
Importers
15
Exporters
5
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 193 |
| Active companies | 88 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 15 |
| Importers | 15 |
| Exporters | 5 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 0 known, 88 unknown (0.0%).
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 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 104 |
| Active | 88 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Lancashire | 8 |
| West Midlands | 7 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 6 |
| Greater Manchester | 5 |
| Inner London - East | 5 |
| Inner London - West | 4 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 4 |
| West Yorkshire | 4 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 3 |
Geography coverage: 87 known, 1 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 46 |
| 1m-15m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 2 |
Revenue-range coverage: 55 known, 33 unknown (62.5%).
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 | 30 |
| Small | 21 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 2 |
| Dormant | 12 |
Company-size coverage: 66 known, 22 unknown (75.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 13 |
| 1–9 | 32 |
| 10–49 | 3 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 49 known, 39 unknown (55.7%).
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 | 15 |
| 1–3 years | 21 |
| 3–5 years | 12 |
| 5–10 years | 16 |
| 10–20 years | 13 |
| 20+ years | 11 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 88 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 |
|---|---|
| 23310 | 88 |
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 | 12 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 3 |
| Neither | 71 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 — Ceramic products | 12 | £323,311,260 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £472,599,456 | 2020-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 5 | £647,051,235 | 2019-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 5 | £98,709,469 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £507,315,851 | 2020-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 4 | £152,163,518 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £11,582,068 | 2019-07-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 3 | £9,020,058 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 3 | £6,940,945 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 3 | £134,876,209 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £27,052,172 | 2021-05-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 2 | £18,031,756 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £75,917,875 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 2 | £44,191,680 | 2022-01-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 1 | £207,976 | 2017-09-01 – 2023-06-01 |
| 32 — Tanning and dyeing products | 1 | £3,279,388 | 2021-06-01 – 2024-09-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 1 | £3,341,000 | 2021-05-01 – 2023-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £10,244,505 | 2024-03-01 – 2024-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £2,309,997 | 2016-11-01 – 2022-02-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 1 | £2,826,371 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
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 | 11 | 83 | 5 | 94.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 83 | 5 | 94.3% |
| Solo founder | 47 | 83 | 5 | 94.3% |
| Ecommerce | 6 | 12 | 76 | 13.6% |
| Website | 13 | 13 | 75 | 14.8% |
| 7 | 13 | 75 | 14.8% |
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.
No usable values are available for this chart.
Revenue coverage: 0 known, 88 unknown (0.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay | 291 |
SIC classification
SIC 23310 — Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags
Includes
manufacture of nonrefractory ceramic hearth or wall tiles, mosaic cubes etc., manufacture of nonrefractory ceramic flags and paving
Excludes
manufacture of artificial stone (e.g. cultured marble), see ##22.23, manufacture of refractory ceramic products, see ##23.20, manufacture of ceramic bricks and roofing tiles, see ##23.32