Technical and other glassware
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
520
Active companies
373
Formed in latest 12 months
28
Median active-company age
9.0 years
Revenue known
12
Importers
89
Exporters
74
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 520 |
| Active companies | 373 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 28 |
| Importers | 89 |
| Exporters | 74 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 12 known, 361 unknown (3.2%).
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 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 335 |
| Dissolved | 127 |
| Dormant | 38 |
| Liquidation | 19 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 26 |
| Inner London - West | 23 |
| Greater Manchester | 16 |
| Inner London - East | 15 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 15 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 14 |
| Outer London - South | 14 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 13 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 12 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 12 |
Geography coverage: 370 known, 3 unknown (99.2%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 199 |
| 1m-15m | 69 |
| 15m-54m | 10 |
| 54m+ | 4 |
Revenue-range coverage: 282 known, 91 unknown (75.6%).
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 | 106 |
| Small | 149 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 17 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 38 |
Company-size coverage: 319 known, 54 unknown (85.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 56 |
| 1–9 | 162 |
| 10–49 | 39 |
| 50–249 | 8 |
Employee coverage: 265 known, 108 unknown (71.0%).
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 | 28 |
| 1–3 years | 52 |
| 3–5 years | 44 |
| 5–10 years | 79 |
| 10–20 years | 65 |
| 20+ years | 105 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 373 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 |
|---|---|
| 23190 | 373 |
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 | 26 |
| Exporter only | 11 |
| Both | 63 |
| Neither | 273 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 55 | £704,759,224 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 55 | £9,792,213,053 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 46 | £5,503,326,020 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 40 | £9,144,881,290 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 28 | £2,783,703,187 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 27 | £1,845,928,520 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 23 | £820,730,812 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 23 | £147,475,716 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 21 | £326,969,718 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 20 | £106,437,781 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 59 | £238,785,069 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 37 | £5,603,015,258 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 35 | £1,054,951,618 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 35 | £5,677,508,902 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 30 | £3,064,687,723 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 18 | £50,003,289 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 18 | £173,817,348 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 17 | £1,447,246,694 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 14 | £444,804,470 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 13 | £82,830,018 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
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 | 50 | 310 | 63 | 83.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 310 | 63 | 83.1% |
| Solo founder | 145 | 310 | 63 | 83.1% |
| Ecommerce | 19 | 76 | 297 | 20.4% |
| Website | 88 | 91 | 282 | 24.4% |
| 60 | 91 | 282 | 24.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Tuff X Processed Glass Limited | £23,408,204 |
| Dwk Life Sciences Limited | £20,984,000 |
| Pure Table Top Ltd | £13,976,852 |
| Specialist Glass Products Limited | £10,548,516 |
| R.b. Radley & Company Limited | £9,968,671 |
| Martec Limited | £9,951,455 |
| John Artis Limited | £9,806,060 |
| Quartztec Europe Limited | £9,013,326 |
| Tyrone Crafted Glass Cic | £15,510 |
| Luminorum Limited | £7,171 |
Revenue coverage: 12 known, 361 unknown (3.2%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Mirrors, laminated glass, glazing units, etc | 391 |
| Flat glass | 184 |
| Glass fibres | 142 |
| Bottles, drinking glasses, containers etc | 43 |
SIC classification
SIC 23190 — Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware
Includes
manufacture of laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, manufacture of clock or watch glasses, optical glass and optical elements not optically worked, manufacture of glassware used in imitation jewellery, manufacture of glass insulators and glass insulating fittings, manufacture of glass envelopes for lamps, manufacture of glass figurines, manufacture of glass paving blocks, manufacture of glass in rods or tubes
Excludes
manufacture of optical elements optically worked, see ##26.70, manufacture of syringes and other medical laboratory equipment, see ##32.50
Details
This class includes the manufacture of intermediate products from mined or quarried non-metallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone or clay.