Fibre optic cables
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
171
Active companies
98
Formed in latest 12 months
17
Median active-company age
3.5 years
Revenue known
6
Importers
20
Exporters
17
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 171 |
| Active companies | 98 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 17 |
| Importers | 20 |
| Exporters | 17 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 6 known, 92 unknown (6.1%).
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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 98 |
| Dissolved | 72 |
| 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 | 12 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 9 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 6 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 6 |
| Essex | 5 |
| Inner London - East | 5 |
| Outer London - South | 5 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 4 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 4 |
Geography coverage: 98 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 36 |
| 1m-15m | 14 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 4 |
Revenue-range coverage: 55 known, 43 unknown (56.1%).
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 | 17 |
| Small | 30 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 4 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 21 |
Company-size coverage: 74 known, 24 unknown (75.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 8 |
| 1–9 | 30 |
| 10–49 | 7 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
Employee coverage: 47 known, 51 unknown (48.0%).
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 | 16 |
| 1–3 years | 24 |
| 3–5 years | 17 |
| 5–10 years | 18 |
| 10–20 years | 7 |
| 20+ years | 16 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 98 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 |
|---|---|
| 27310 | 98 |
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 | 4 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 16 |
| Neither | 77 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 18 | £10,025,922,050 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 17 | £1,421,107,998 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 11 | £4,028,845,589 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £347,172,381 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 7 | £1,439,550,127 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 6 | £362,833,530 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 6 | £102,371,043 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 6 | £79,509,773 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 5 | £16,135,508 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 5 | £67,105,261 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £4,101,396,548 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £1,113,804,713 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 11 | £1,489,474,660 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £146,350,170 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £263,494,656 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 7 | £38,843,659 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 6 | £77,722,965 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £35,818,779 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 4 | £179,635,666 | 2019-05-01 – 2023-10-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £564,137,663 | 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 | 7 | 81 | 17 | 82.7% |
| Holding company | 0 | 81 | 17 | 82.7% |
| Solo founder | 55 | 81 | 17 | 82.7% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 14 | 84 | 14.3% |
| Website | 17 | 17 | 81 | 17.3% |
| 14 | 17 | 81 | 17.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Tratos Cavi Uk Ltd. | £13,620,815 |
| Aws Fibre Ltd | £90,543 |
| The Stehouwer Family Secure Ltd | £87,478 |
| Titanium Micro-fasteners Limited | £31,912 |
| Ctpowerline Ltd | £15,000 |
| Ritchfield Network Solutions Uk Ltd | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 6 known, 92 unknown (6.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other electrical equipment | 3,053 |
| Electric lighting | 1,219 |
| Electricity distribution equipment | 827 |
| Electric motors, generators & transformers | 622 |
| Electric home appliances | 573 |
| Electronic and electric wires and cables | 540 |
| Batteries and accumulators | 369 |
| Non-electric home appliances | 164 |
| Wiring devices | 119 |
SIC classification
SIC 27310 — Manufacture of fibre optic cables
Includes
manufacture of fibre optic cable for data transmission or live transmission of images
Excludes
manufacture of glass fibres or strand, see ##23.14, manufacture of optical cable sets or assemblies with connectors or other attachments, see depending on application, e.g. ##26.11