Bearings, gears, drivers
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
481
Active companies
345
Formed in latest 12 months
53
Median active-company age
7.6 years
Revenue known
12
Importers
78
Exporters
84
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 481 |
| Active companies | 345 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 53 |
| Importers | 78 |
| Exporters | 84 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 12 known, 333 unknown (3.5%).
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 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Active | 253 |
| Dissolved | 120 |
| Dormant | 92 |
| Liquidation | 15 |
| 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 | 37 |
| Outer London - South | 33 |
| West Yorkshire | 22 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 18 |
| Kent | 18 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 17 |
| Inner London - West | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | 15 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 15 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 12 |
Geography coverage: 337 known, 8 unknown (97.7%).
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 | 92 |
| 1m-15m | 69 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 22 |
Revenue-range coverage: 187 known, 158 unknown (54.2%).
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 | 49 |
| Small | 102 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 30 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 92 |
Company-size coverage: 278 known, 67 unknown (80.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 30 |
| 1–9 | 77 |
| 10–49 | 40 |
| 50–249 | 7 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 156 known, 189 unknown (45.2%).
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 | 53 |
| 1–3 years | 49 |
| 3–5 years | 46 |
| 5–10 years | 42 |
| 10–20 years | 50 |
| 20+ years | 105 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 345 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 |
|---|---|
| 28150 | 345 |
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 | 12 |
| Exporter only | 18 |
| Both | 66 |
| Neither | 249 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 75 | £30,916,904,320 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 51 | £22,388,372,412 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 47 | £5,029,978,034 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 45 | £3,257,943,939 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 43 | £11,262,452,107 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 29 | £335,639,022 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 27 | £147,732,805 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 26 | £1,143,169,618 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 25 | £144,455,123 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 24 | £462,784,127 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 73 | £19,601,663,186 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 59 | £6,155,898,958 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 54 | £6,603,033,217 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 44 | £4,199,515,886 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 37 | £1,508,743,307 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 24 | £108,969,158 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 22 | £17,493,071,976 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 18 | £51,290,190 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 16 | £398,535,014 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 16 | £310,041,822 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 32 | 265 | 80 | 76.8% |
| Holding company | 1 | 265 | 80 | 76.8% |
| Solo founder | 167 | 265 | 80 | 76.8% |
| Ecommerce | 7 | 69 | 276 | 20.0% |
| Website | 84 | 86 | 259 | 24.9% |
| 66 | 86 | 259 | 24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Schaeffler (uk) Limited | £91,625,000 |
| Xtrac Limited | £45,880,000 |
| Cramlington Precision Forge Limited | £12,687,060 |
| Hindle Gears Holdings Limited | £12,523,890 |
| Allison Industrial Uk Limited | £12,178,311 |
| Ewellix Uk Limited | £6,199,636 |
| Triark Pumps Limited | £1,128,235 |
| Powertrain Services Uk Limited | £113,442 |
| Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde Uk Ltd. | £10,235 |
| Yellow Box Engineering Ltd | £9,880 |
Revenue coverage: 12 known, 333 unknown (3.5%).
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 special purpose machinery n.e.c. | 3,379 |
| Other n.e.c. | 1,268 |
| Lifting equipment | 913 |
| Other machine tools | 613 |
| Industrial cooling and ventilation | 589 |
| Pumps | 465 |
| Agricultural and forestry machinery (not tractors) | 448 |
| Engines & turbines | 444 |
| Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing | 429 |
| Taps & valves | 374 |
| Fluid power equipment | 265 |
| Plastics and rubber machinery | 197 |
| Metal forming machinery | 186 |
| Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production | 166 |
| Ovens, furnaces, burners | 165 |
| Mining equipment | 128 |
| Compressors | 106 |
| Machinery for paper and paperboard production | 89 |
| Concrete crushing and roadwork equipment | 88 |
| Power tools | 88 |
| Other | 234 |
SIC classification
SIC 28150 — Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements
Includes
manufacture of ball and roller bearings and parts thereof, manufacture of mechanical power transmission equipment:, transmission shafts and cranks: camshafts, crankshafts, cranks etc., bearing housings and plain shaft bearings, manufacture of gears, gearing and gear boxes and other speed changers, manufacture of clutches and shaft couplings, manufacture of flywheels and pulleys, manufacture of articulated link chain, manufacture of power transmission chain
Excludes
manufacture of other chain, see ##25.93, manufacture of hydraulic transmission equipment, see ##28.12, manufacture of hydrostatic transmissions, see ##28.12, manufacture of (electromagnetic) clutches, see ##29.31, manufacture of sub-assemblies of power transmission equipment identifiable as parts of vehicles or aircraft, see divisions ##29 and ##30