Bread, pastry, cakes
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
8072
Active companies
5736
Formed in latest 12 months
1060
Median active-company age
4.3 years
Revenue known
139
Importers
318
Exporters
114
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 8,072 |
| Active companies | 5,736 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,060 |
| Importers | 318 |
| Exporters | 114 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 139 known, 5597 unknown (2.4%).
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 | 74 | 75 |
| 2025-12 | 46 | 77 |
| 2026-01 | 78 | 70 |
| 2026-02 | 88 | 72 |
| 2026-03 | 109 | 70 |
| 2026-04 | 102 | 55 |
| 2026-05 | 89 | 49 |
| 2026-06 | 95 | 55 |
| 2026-07 | 80 | 100 |
| 2026-08 | 22 | 45 |
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 | 5,736 |
| Dissolved | 2,200 |
| Liquidation | 127 |
| In Administration | 6 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
| Receiver Action | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 - East | 518 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 354 |
| Greater Manchester | 315 |
| West Midlands | 282 |
| Inner London - West | 278 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 262 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 209 |
| West Yorkshire | 209 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 204 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 162 |
Geography coverage: 5679 known, 57 unknown (99.0%).
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 | 2,953 |
| 1m-15m | 521 |
| 15m-54m | 38 |
| 54m+ | 55 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3567 known, 2169 unknown (62.2%).
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 | 1,798 |
| Small | 1,531 |
| Medium | 22 |
| Large | 91 |
| Holding | 24 |
| Dormant | 548 |
Company-size coverage: 4014 known, 1722 unknown (70.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 816 |
| 1–9 | 1,811 |
| 10–49 | 633 |
| 50–249 | 122 |
| 250+ | 17 |
Employee coverage: 3399 known, 2337 unknown (59.3%).
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 | 1,028 |
| 1–3 years | 1,427 |
| 3–5 years | 646 |
| 5–10 years | 1,330 |
| 10–20 years | 809 |
| 20+ years | 496 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 5736 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 |
|---|---|
| 10710 | 5,736 |
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 | 222 |
| Exporter only | 18 |
| Both | 96 |
| Neither | 5,400 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 201 | £27,853,649,604 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 113 | £20,937,345,250 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 102 | £8,044,201,441 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 100 | £5,182,095,477 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 97 | £2,484,241,300 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 89 | £4,806,276,298 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 85 | £684,482,478 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 69 | £3,607,786,270 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 58 | £4,114,266,987 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 56 | £2,115,333,033 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 84 | £2,077,597,641 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 56 | £2,523,560,209 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 39 | £1,925,556,476 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 31 | £2,153,825,423 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 27 | £57,962,965 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 23 | £330,617,662 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 22 | £847,009,946 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £238,280,949 | 2020-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 13 | £137,437,382 | 2018-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £579,755,925 | 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 | 669 | 5,248 | 488 | 91.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 5,248 | 488 | 91.5% |
| Solo founder | 3,014 | 5,248 | 488 | 91.5% |
| Ecommerce | 65 | 222 | 5,514 | 3.9% |
| Website | 278 | 288 | 5,448 | 5.0% |
| 161 | 288 | 5,448 | 5.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Fine Lady Bakeries Limited | £163,877,195 |
| David Wood Baking Limited | £94,736,599 |
| Emmi Desserts Uk Limited | £72,169,238 |
| Crust & Crumb Breads Ltd | £53,443,602 |
| Coopland & Son (scarborough) Limited | £52,199,350 |
| Scotts Bakery Limited | £39,889,620 |
| G.h. Sheldon Wholesale Bakers Limited | £37,031,841 |
| Emmi Desserts Taunton Limited | £30,438,996 |
| Cakesmiths Group Limited | £29,562,000 |
| W.c. Rowe (falmouth) Limited | £27,837,614 |
Revenue coverage: 139 known, 5597 unknown (2.4%).
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 (not elswhere classified) | 7,000 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,870 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,332 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,065 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,058 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 951 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 949 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 931 |
| Ice cream | 824 |
| Raw meats | 773 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 694 |
| Juices | 669 |
| Sugar confectionery | 539 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Tea | 468 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 353 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 305 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 293 |
| Raw poultry | 266 |
| Other | 690 |
SIC classification
SIC 10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Includes
manufacture of bakery products such as:, bread and rolls, pastry, cakes, pies, tarts, pancakes, waffles, etc.
Excludes
manufacture of dry bakery products, see ##10.72, manufacture of pastas, see ##10.73, heating up of bakery items for immediate consumption, see division ##56