Raw meats
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
1256
Active companies
772
Formed in latest 12 months
84
Median active-company age
8.8 years
Revenue known
36
Importers
102
Exporters
55
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,256 |
| Active companies | 772 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 84 |
| Importers | 102 |
| Exporters | 55 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 36 known, 736 unknown (4.7%).
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 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026-03 | 13 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 11 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026-07 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 701 |
| Dissolved | 452 |
| Dormant | 71 |
| Liquidation | 30 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 53 |
| West Midlands | 47 |
| Greater Manchester | 38 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 32 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 29 |
| Inner London - East | 28 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 28 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 27 |
| Inner London - West | 27 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 24 |
Geography coverage: 765 known, 7 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 304 |
| 1m-15m | 177 |
| 15m-54m | 45 |
| 54m+ | 40 |
Revenue-range coverage: 566 known, 206 unknown (73.3%).
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 | 197 |
| Small | 272 |
| Medium | 11 |
| Large | 69 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 71 |
Company-size coverage: 630 known, 142 unknown (81.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 132 |
| 1–9 | 236 |
| 10–49 | 106 |
| 50–249 | 34 |
| 250+ | 4 |
Employee coverage: 512 known, 260 unknown (66.3%).
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 | 83 |
| 1–3 years | 115 |
| 3–5 years | 68 |
| 5–10 years | 154 |
| 10–20 years | 179 |
| 20+ years | 173 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 772 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 |
|---|---|
| 10110 | 772 |
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 | 62 |
| Exporter only | 15 |
| Both | 40 |
| Neither | 655 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 — Meat and edible meat offal | 64 | £3,290,394,662 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 64 | £13,621,905,455 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 42 | £3,929,640,257 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 36 | £8,671,016,051 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 16 — Meat, fish, and seafood preparations | 32 | £1,328,351,197 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 27 | £2,701,956,473 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 26 | £2,045,560,119 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 20 | £628,030,861 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 19 | £99,929,366 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £1,157,812,384 | 2019-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 — Meat and edible meat offal | 33 | £1,015,562,042 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 16 — Meat, fish, and seafood preparations | 30 | £95,481,725 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £1,474,094,660 | 2018-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 05 — Animal-based products not listed elsewhere | 14 | £27,795,824 | 2020-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 13 | £193,325,235 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 12 | £607,006,777 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 15 — Fats, Oils, and Waxes from Animals, Plants, or Microbes | 10 | £60,411,635 | 2020-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 10 | £374,247,721 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 9 | £9,529,442 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 9 | £188,051,826 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
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 | 103 | 615 | 157 | 79.7% |
| Holding company | 1 | 615 | 157 | 79.7% |
| Solo founder | 263 | 615 | 157 | 79.7% |
| Ecommerce | 19 | 82 | 690 | 10.6% |
| Website | 94 | 99 | 673 | 12.8% |
| 74 | 99 | 673 | 12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Kepak Group Limited | £648,378,395 |
| Vine Meats Ltd | £184,132,000 |
| Direct Table Foods Limited | £141,640,118 |
| Pickstock Foods Ltd | £97,315,165 |
| M J Birtwistle & Co Limited | £79,136,412 |
| Woolley Bros. (wholesale Meats) Limited | £72,188,433 |
| Mhp Food Uk Limited | £65,731,642 |
| A.k. Stoddart Limited | £61,472,044 |
| H G Walter Limited | £55,618,011 |
| Doherty & Gray Limited | £54,039,838 |
Revenue coverage: 36 known, 736 unknown (4.7%).
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 (not elswhere classified) | 7,036 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,762 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,871 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,348 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,067 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,065 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 962 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 948 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 935 |
| Ice cream | 826 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 677 |
| Juices | 665 |
| Sugar confectionery | 543 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Tea | 469 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 347 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 303 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 297 |
| Raw poultry | 273 |
| Other | 683 |
SIC classification
SIC 10110 — Processing and preserving of meat
Includes
operation of slaughterhouses engaged in killing, dressing or packing meat: beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, mutton, camel, etc., production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in carcasses, production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in cuts, slaughtering and processing of whales on land or on specialised vessels, production of hides and skins originating from slaughterhouses, including fellmongery, rendering of lard and other edible fats of animal origin, processing of animal offal, production of pulled wool
Excludes
rendering of edible poultry fats, see ##10.12, packaging of meat, see ##82.92