Chocolate and cocoa
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
1381
Active companies
947
Formed in latest 12 months
136
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
27
Importers
120
Exporters
93
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,381 |
| Active companies | 947 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 136 |
| Importers | 120 |
| Exporters | 93 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 27 known, 920 unknown (2.9%).
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 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026-01 | 14 | 17 |
| 2026-02 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026-03 | 10 | 19 |
| 2026-04 | 15 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 15 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 10 | 18 |
| 2026-08 | 9 | 15 |
| 2026-09 | 3 | 8 |
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 | 814 |
| Dissolved | 407 |
| Dormant | 133 |
| Liquidation | 24 |
| In Administration | 3 |
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 | 89 |
| Inner London - West | 84 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 47 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 42 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 36 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 31 |
| West Midlands | 30 |
| Greater Manchester | 28 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 27 |
| Kent | 25 |
Geography coverage: 939 known, 8 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 483 |
| 1m-15m | 96 |
| 15m-54m | 8 |
| 54m+ | 28 |
Revenue-range coverage: 615 known, 332 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 | 328 |
| Small | 227 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 38 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 133 |
Company-size coverage: 733 known, 214 unknown (77.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 178 |
| 1–9 | 314 |
| 10–49 | 67 |
| 50–249 | 12 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 574 known, 373 unknown (60.6%).
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 | 135 |
| 1–3 years | 172 |
| 3–5 years | 105 |
| 5–10 years | 261 |
| 10–20 years | 154 |
| 20+ years | 120 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 947 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 |
|---|---|
| 10821 | 947 |
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 | 48 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 72 |
| Neither | 806 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 77 | £4,506,670,487 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 72 | £17,829,948,985 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 57 | £1,810,224,306 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 50 | £5,048,028,708 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 38 | £791,946,901 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 34 | £295,528,202 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 33 | £2,310,620,914 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 33 | £1,858,996,762 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 30 | £2,007,894,558 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 27 | £11,753,830,539 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 75 | £1,378,236,260 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 42 | £903,964,902 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 33 | £3,959,847,645 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 32 | £1,564,281,742 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 31 | £181,340,113 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 23 | £35,155,645 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 22 | £1,213,279,722 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 22 | £357,310,670 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 18 | £2,580,178,627 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £1,250,088,233 | 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 | 112 | 830 | 117 | 87.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 830 | 117 | 87.6% |
| Solo founder | 443 | 830 | 117 | 87.6% |
| Ecommerce | 54 | 98 | 849 | 10.3% |
| Website | 113 | 116 | 831 | 12.2% |
| 82 | 116 | 831 | 12.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Magna Specialist Confectioners Limited | £183,738,509 |
| O.p. Chocolate Limited | £90,016,000 |
| Britannia Superfine Limited | £66,030,422 |
| Kestrel Foods Limited | £35,458,611 |
| Ambala Foods Limited | £14,049,000 |
| Tom Hannah (agencies) Limited | £12,044,653 |
| L'artisan Du Chocolat Limited | £10,318,335 |
| Crilco Confections Limited | £9,760,524 |
| Brodie Melrose Drysdale & Co. Limited | £8,612,542 |
| Zro Group Limited | £3,776,354 |
Revenue coverage: 27 known, 920 unknown (2.9%).
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) | 7,029 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,760 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,869 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,347 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,066 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,065 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 962 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 934 |
| Ice cream | 826 |
| Raw meats | 772 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 676 |
| Juices | 666 |
| Sugar confectionery | 543 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Tea | 468 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 348 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 303 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 297 |
| Raw poultry | 273 |
| Other | 684 |
SIC classification
SIC 10821 — Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Includes
manufacture of cocoa, cocoa butter, cocoa fat, cocoa oil, manufacture of chocolate and chocolate confectionery
Excludes
manufacture of white chocolate, see ##10.82/2