Startches and starch products
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
73
Active companies
38
Formed in latest 12 months
7
Median active-company age
3.0 years
Revenue known
2
Importers
7
Exporters
5
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 73 |
| Active companies | 38 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 7 |
| Importers | 7 |
| Exporters | 5 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 2 known, 36 unknown (5.3%).
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 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 38 |
| Dissolved | 35 |
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 | 9 |
| West Midlands | 5 |
| Inner London - West | 4 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 3 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 3 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | 1 |
| Greater Manchester | 1 |
Geography coverage: 38 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
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 | 14 |
| 54m+ | 5 |
Revenue-range coverage: 19 known, 19 unknown (50.0%).
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 | 10 |
| Small | 4 |
| Large | 5 |
| Dormant | 8 |
Company-size coverage: 27 known, 11 unknown (71.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 4 |
| 1–9 | 12 |
Employee coverage: 16 known, 22 unknown (42.1%).
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 | 7 |
| 1–3 years | 12 |
| 3–5 years | 6 |
| 5–10 years | 4 |
| 10–20 years | 5 |
| 20+ years | 4 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 38 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 |
|---|---|
| 10620 | 38 |
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 | 2 |
| Both | 5 |
| Neither | 31 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 7 | £6,327,772,532 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 35 — Natural and modified starches, glues, and enzymes | 6 | £81,542,425 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 5 | £186,237,122 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 5 | £846,381,678 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £757,655,738 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 11 — Milling Products | 4 | £43,954,774 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 4 | £29,683,023 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 4 | £347,294,467 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £142,344,709 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £85,725,533 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £2,228,665,733 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 23 — Animal feed and food waste | 4 | £13,269,404 | 2021-03-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 35 — Natural and modified starches, glues, and enzymes | 4 | £34,288,727 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 4 | £161,280,845 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £39,206,549 | 2021-01-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 4 | £227,036,136 | 2021-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £837,947,425 | 2017-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £638,778,578 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 11 — Milling Products | 3 | £11,808,234 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 3 | £3,293,634 | 2016-09-01 – 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 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 78.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 30 | 8 | 78.9% |
| Solo founder | 20 | 30 | 8 | 78.9% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 4 | 34 | 10.5% |
| Website | 5 | 6 | 32 | 15.8% |
| 3 | 6 | 32 | 15.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Orgagro Limited | £2,099 |
| Discovery Snacks Limited | £29 |
Revenue coverage: 2 known, 36 unknown (5.3%).
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) | 6,992 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,723 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,869 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,329 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,064 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,058 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 951 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 951 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 933 |
| Ice cream | 823 |
| Raw meats | 773 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 691 |
| Juices | 666 |
| Sugar confectionery | 538 |
| Fish & sea products | 475 |
| Tea | 467 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 352 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 305 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 293 |
| Other | 913 |
SIC classification
SIC 10620 — Manufacture of starches and starch products
Includes
manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc., wet corn milling, manufacture of glucose, glucose syrup, maltose, inulin etc, manufacture of gluten, manufacture of tapioca and tapioca substitutes prepared from starch, manufacture of corn oil
Excludes
manufacture of lactose (milk sugar), see ##10.51, production of cane or beet sugar, see ##10.81