Footwear
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
1163
Active companies
615
Formed in latest 12 months
106
Median active-company age
4.6 years
Revenue known
15
Importers
94
Exporters
70
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,163 |
| Active companies | 615 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 106 |
| Importers | 94 |
| Exporters | 70 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 15 known, 600 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 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025-12 | 4 | 15 |
| 2026-01 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 14 |
| 2026-06 | 12 | 16 |
| 2026-07 | 7 | 18 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 6 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 542 |
| Active | 498 |
| Dormant | 117 |
| Liquidation | 5 |
| In Administration | 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 | 103 |
| Inner London - West | 94 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 44 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 29 |
| West Midlands | 28 |
| Greater Manchester | 25 |
| Outer London - South | 22 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 22 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 18 |
| South East Wales | 18 |
Geography coverage: 607 known, 8 unknown (98.7%).
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 | 250 |
| 1m-15m | 71 |
| 15m-54m | 6 |
| 54m+ | 7 |
Revenue-range coverage: 334 known, 281 unknown (54.3%).
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 | 166 |
| Small | 137 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 15 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 117 |
Company-size coverage: 441 known, 174 unknown (71.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 108 |
| 1–9 | 176 |
| 10–49 | 23 |
| 50–249 | 6 |
Employee coverage: 313 known, 302 unknown (50.9%).
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 | 105 |
| 1–3 years | 132 |
| 3–5 years | 90 |
| 5–10 years | 124 |
| 10–20 years | 77 |
| 20+ years | 87 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 615 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 | 615 |
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 | 35 |
| Exporter only | 11 |
| Both | 59 |
| Neither | 510 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 — Footwear and related items | 82 | £5,309,477,325 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 34 | £2,314,631,672 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 28 | £1,159,855,627 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 28 | £1,736,815,739 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 41 — Raw hides and skins (not fur) and leather | 26 | £69,161,667 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 26 | £1,199,209,455 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 24 | £2,700,546,552 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 24 | £274,786,575 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 24 | £2,141,331,508 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 23 | £703,529,956 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 — Footwear and related items | 64 | £1,655,117,040 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 26 | £414,465,541 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 22 | £385,359,468 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 22 | £940,133,979 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 20 | £315,185,286 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 17 | £19,936,011 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £1,297,237,205 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 15 | £225,641,537 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 65 — Headgear and accessories | 14 | £27,300,666 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 14 | £19,980,433 | 2016-03-01 – 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 | 43 | 559 | 56 | 90.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 559 | 56 | 90.9% |
| Solo founder | 343 | 559 | 56 | 90.9% |
| Ecommerce | 38 | 73 | 542 | 11.9% |
| Website | 90 | 92 | 523 | 15.0% |
| 57 | 92 | 523 | 15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| W.i.p (work In Progress) Limited | £48,912,796 |
| Dragonfly Venture (trading) Limited | £25,709,255 |
| Rockfall Uk Limited | £21,643,953 |
| Feridax (1957) Limited | £12,923,496 |
| Gina Shoes Limited | £12,487,871 |
| Cheaney Shoes Limited | £9,017,130 |
| Eca Footwear 21 Ltd | £2,858,443 |
| Elegant Shoes Limited | £2,223,169 |
| Crossover 3 (uk) Limited | £179,414 |
| Katee Ltd | £66,265 |
Revenue coverage: 15 known, 600 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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,074 |
| Foods | 24,455 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,697 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 12,009 |
| Printing | 11,874 |
| Furniture | 10,688 |
| Apparel | 10,562 |
| Machinery | 10,295 |
| Chemical products | 9,027 |
| Vehicles | 7,378 |
| Textiles | 7,340 |
| Beverages | 7,080 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,921 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,557 |
| Jewellery | 4,487 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,361 |
| Paper products | 3,119 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,750 |
| Sports goods | 2,371 |
| Games and toys | 2,355 |
| Other | 24,312 |
SIC classification
SIC 15200 — Manufacture of footwear
Includes
manufacture of footwear for all purposes, of any material, by any process, including moulding (see below for exceptions), manufacture of leather parts of footwear: manufacture of uppers and parts of uppers, outer and inner soles, heels etc., manufacture of gaiters, leggings and similar articles
Excludes
manufacture of footwear of textile material without applied soles, see ##14.19, manufacture of wooden shoe parts (e.g. heels and lasts), see ##16.29, manufacture of rubber boot and shoe heels and soles and other rubber footwear parts, see ##22.19, manufacture of plastic footwear parts, see ##22.29, manufacture of ski boots, see ##32.30, manufacture of orthopaedic shoes, see ##32.50