Electric lighting
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
1779
Active companies
1210
Formed in latest 12 months
102
Median active-company age
8.4 years
Revenue known
20
Importers
397
Exporters
288
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,779 |
| Active companies | 1,210 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 102 |
| Importers | 397 |
| Exporters | 288 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 20 known, 1190 unknown (1.7%).
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 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026-01 | 11 | 16 |
| 2026-02 | 7 | 16 |
| 2026-03 | 12 | 21 |
| 2026-04 | 6 | 14 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 10 | 26 |
| 2026-08 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026-09 | 5 | 18 |
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 | 980 |
| Dissolved | 527 |
| Dormant | 230 |
| Liquidation | 42 |
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 | 91 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 64 |
| Inner London - East | 58 |
| Outer London - South | 56 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 54 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 54 |
| West Midlands | 53 |
| Greater Manchester | 51 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 48 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 48 |
Geography coverage: 1192 known, 18 unknown (98.5%).
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 | 556 |
| 1m-15m | 219 |
| 15m-54m | 16 |
| 54m+ | 30 |
Revenue-range coverage: 821 known, 389 unknown (67.9%).
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 | 285 |
| Small | 447 |
| Medium | 9 |
| Large | 45 |
| Holding | 12 |
| Dormant | 230 |
Company-size coverage: 1028 known, 182 unknown (85.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 235 |
| 1–9 | 405 |
| 10–49 | 91 |
| 50–249 | 17 |
Employee coverage: 748 known, 462 unknown (61.8%).
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 | 100 |
| 1–3 years | 179 |
| 3–5 years | 121 |
| 5–10 years | 285 |
| 10–20 years | 276 |
| 20+ years | 249 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1210 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 |
|---|---|
| 27400 | 1,210 |
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 | 134 |
| Exporter only | 25 |
| Both | 263 |
| Neither | 788 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 351 | £12,159,047,248 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 316 | £76,530,246,718 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 164 | £8,023,710,807 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 134 | £22,846,103,152 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 106 | £3,484,674,590 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 92 | £5,144,026,450 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 77 | £7,077,946,760 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 72 | £1,323,391,108 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 55 | £1,367,247,720 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 48 | £7,117,971,851 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 260 | £3,963,404,369 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 202 | £22,272,079,280 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 97 | £4,427,105,094 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 72 | £6,697,417,180 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 48 | £1,505,982,473 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 44 | £231,955,409 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 40 | £1,463,455,791 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 39 | £393,287,101 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 30 | £236,242,887 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 29 | £1,947,701,138 | 2016-08-01 – 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 | 96 | 938 | 272 | 77.5% |
| Holding company | 1 | 938 | 272 | 77.5% |
| Solo founder | 469 | 938 | 272 | 77.5% |
| Ecommerce | 48 | 303 | 907 | 25.0% |
| Website | 371 | 376 | 834 | 31.1% |
| 292 | 376 | 834 | 31.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trime (uk) Limited | £23,080,867 |
| Kosnic Lighting Limited | £21,358,805 |
| Glamox Limited | £20,313,283 |
| Trilux Lighting Limited | £19,743,640 |
| Atg Airports Limited | £18,570,229 |
| Orluna Led Technologies Limited | £13,464,982 |
| Lucent Lighting Limited | £10,912,136 |
| Avolites Limited | £9,772,321 |
| Elstead Lighting Limited | £9,770,919 |
| Alpha-cure Limited | £9,761,483 |
Revenue coverage: 20 known, 1190 unknown (1.7%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other electrical equipment | 3,058 |
| Electricity distribution equipment | 835 |
| Electric motors, generators & transformers | 617 |
| Electric home appliances | 560 |
| Electronic and electric wires and cables | 538 |
| Batteries and accumulators | 372 |
| Non-electric home appliances | 161 |
| Wiring devices | 118 |
| Fibre optic cables | 96 |
SIC classification
SIC 27400 — Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
Includes
manufacture of discharge, incandescent, fluorescent, ultra-violet, infra-red etc. lamps, fixtures and bulbs, manufacture of ceiling lighting fixtures, manufacture of chandeliers, manufacture of table lamps (i.e. lighting fixture), manufacture of Christmas tree lighting sets, manufacture of electric fireplace logs, manufacture of flashlights, manufacture of electric insect lamps, manufacture of lanterns (e.g. carbide, electric, gas, gasoline, kerosene), manufacture of spotlights, manufacture of street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals), manufacture of lighting equipment for transportation equipment (e.g. for motor vehicles, aircraft, boats), manufacture of non-electrical lighting equipment
Excludes
manufacture of glassware and glass parts for lighting fixtures, see ##23.19, manufacture of current-carrying wiring devices for lighting fixtures, see ##27.33, manufacture of ceiling fans or bath fans with integrated lighting fixtures, see ##27.51, manufacture of electrical signalling equipment such as traffic lights and pedestrian signalling equipment, see ##27.90, manufacture of electrical signs, see ##27.90