Electronic components
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
2556
Active companies
1766
Formed in latest 12 months
212
Median active-company age
8.4 years
Revenue known
49
Importers
598
Exporters
537
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 2,556 |
| Active companies | 1,766 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 212 |
| Importers | 598 |
| Exporters | 537 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 49 known, 1717 unknown (2.8%).
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 | 10 | 17 |
| 2025-12 | 19 | 19 |
| 2026-01 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-02 | 17 | 24 |
| 2026-03 | 21 | 15 |
| 2026-04 | 22 | 23 |
| 2026-05 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026-06 | 12 | 20 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 49 |
| 2026-08 | 5 | 14 |
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 | 1,766 |
| Dissolved | 753 |
| Liquidation | 35 |
| 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 - West | 136 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 111 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 100 |
| Inner London - East | 93 |
| West Midlands | 81 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 76 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 69 |
| Greater Manchester | 62 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 62 |
| Outer London - South | 60 |
Geography coverage: 1758 known, 8 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 660 |
| 1m-15m | 372 |
| 15m-54m | 36 |
| 54m+ | 78 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1146 known, 620 unknown (64.9%).
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 | 367 |
| Small | 617 |
| Medium | 16 |
| Large | 119 |
| Holding | 19 |
| Dormant | 313 |
Company-size coverage: 1451 known, 315 unknown (82.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 286 |
| 1–9 | 502 |
| 10–49 | 171 |
| 50–249 | 43 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 1007 known, 759 unknown (57.0%).
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 | 204 |
| 1–3 years | 268 |
| 3–5 years | 181 |
| 5–10 years | 291 |
| 10–20 years | 274 |
| 20+ years | 548 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1766 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 |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 1,766 |
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 | 121 |
| Exporter only | 60 |
| Both | 477 |
| Neither | 1,108 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 553 | £153,975,592,741 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 410 | £30,693,216,168 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 338 | £97,846,172,966 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 167 | £9,403,443,325 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 165 | £6,925,413,001 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 160 | £16,177,847,846 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 141 | £4,128,166,528 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 136 | £15,409,710,889 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 118 | £1,925,970,851 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 111 | £966,683,919 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 488 | £67,247,466,424 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 364 | £33,981,274,832 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 276 | £44,217,584,733 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 140 | £2,041,968,502 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 121 | £5,484,842,870 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 110 | £6,930,359,073 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 105 | £3,755,670,274 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 82 | £764,923,201 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 76 | £868,458,659 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 76 | £38,925,599,797 | 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 | 163 | 1,305 | 461 | 73.9% |
| Holding company | 4 | 1,305 | 461 | 73.9% |
| Solo founder | 661 | 1,305 | 461 | 73.9% |
| Ecommerce | 51 | 433 | 1,333 | 24.5% |
| Website | 544 | 569 | 1,197 | 32.2% |
| 470 | 569 | 1,197 | 32.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company | £109,447,991 |
| Huber + Suhner (uk) Limited | £76,291,000 |
| Micross Components Limited | £41,505,217 |
| Inno Touch Uk Limited | £37,303,554 |
| Albright International Limited | £35,404,164 |
| Tdk-lambda Uk Limited | £35,287,000 |
| Amphenol Limited | £31,933,000 |
| Computionics Limited | £24,577,348 |
| Cornelius Electronics Limited | £19,732,816 |
| Design Go Limited | £19,634,207 |
Revenue coverage: 49 known, 1717 unknown (2.8%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,066 |
| Foods | 24,430 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,689 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 12,005 |
| Printing | 11,867 |
| Furniture | 10,684 |
| Apparel | 10,554 |
| Machinery | 10,285 |
| Chemical products | 9,009 |
| Vehicles | 7,370 |
| Textiles | 7,356 |
| Beverages | 7,076 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,912 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,545 |
| Jewellery | 4,488 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,355 |
| Paper products | 3,111 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,745 |
| Sports goods | 2,370 |
| Games and toys | 2,343 |
| Other | 23,164 |
SIC classification
SIC 26110 — Manufacture of electronic components
Includes
manufacture of capacitors, electronic, manufacture of resistors, electronic, manufacture of microprocessors, manufacture of electron tubes, manufacture of electronic connectors, manufacture of bare printed circuit boards, manufacture of integrated circuits (analogue, digital or hybrid), manufacture of diodes, transistors, and related discrete devices, manufacture of inductors (e.g. chokes, coils, transformers), electronic component type, manufacture of electronic crystals and crystal assemblies, manufacture of solenoids, switches, and transducers for electronic applications, manufacture of dice or wafers, semiconductor, finished or semi-finished, manufacture of display components (plasma, polymer, LCD), manufacture of light emitting diodes (LED), manufacture of printer cables, monitor cables, USB cables, connectors etc.
Excludes
printing of smart cards, see ##18.12, manufacture of computer and television displays, see ##26.20, ##26.40, manufacture of modems (carrier equipment), see ##26.30, manufacture of X-ray tubes and similar irradiation devices, see ##26.60, manufacture of optical equipment and instruments, see ##26.70, manufacture of similar devices for electrical applications, see division ##27, manufacture of fluorescent ballasts, see ##27.11, manufacture of electrical relays, see ##27.12, manufacture of electrical wiring devices, see ##27.33, manufacture of complete equipment is classified elsewhere based on complete equipment classification