Metal forming machinery
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
271
Active companies
187
Formed in latest 12 months
17
Median active-company age
9.7 years
Revenue known
2
Importers
47
Exporters
46
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 271 |
| Active companies | 187 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 17 |
| Importers | 47 |
| Exporters | 46 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 2 known, 185 unknown (1.1%).
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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 5 |
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 | 153 |
| Dissolved | 76 |
| Dormant | 34 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
| 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 | 18 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 12 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 11 |
| Outer London - South | 10 |
| Inner London - East | 9 |
| Inner London - West | 9 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 8 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 8 |
| West Yorkshire | 8 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 7 |
Geography coverage: 184 known, 3 unknown (98.4%).
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 | 75 |
| 1m-15m | 47 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 2 |
Revenue-range coverage: 125 known, 62 unknown (66.8%).
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 | 43 |
| Small | 79 |
| Large | 3 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 34 |
Company-size coverage: 160 known, 27 unknown (85.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 29 |
| 1–9 | 61 |
| 10–49 | 24 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 115 known, 72 unknown (61.5%).
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 | 15 |
| 1–3 years | 28 |
| 3–5 years | 22 |
| 5–10 years | 30 |
| 10–20 years | 29 |
| 20+ years | 63 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 187 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 |
|---|---|
| 28410 | 187 |
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 | 11 |
| Both | 35 |
| Neither | 129 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 37 | £9,600,069,723 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 25 | £5,779,924,282 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 25 | £1,575,567,665 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 18 | £194,523,060 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £877,480,591 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 11 | £1,208,451,210 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 7 | £164,530,739 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 7 | £531,546,220 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 6 | £706,167,101 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 6 | £58,774,162 | 2018-08-01 – 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 | 44 | £6,098,126,158 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 32 | £3,381,334,212 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 25 | £1,857,798,492 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 19 | £82,361,414 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 16 | £903,278,794 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £305,196,978 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 9 | £55,632,329 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 6 | £155,008,675 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 5 | £3,647,480 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £76,603,628 | 2018-09-01 – 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 | 28 | 154 | 33 | 82.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 154 | 33 | 82.4% |
| Solo founder | 80 | 154 | 33 | 82.4% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 39 | 148 | 20.9% |
| Website | 50 | 52 | 135 | 27.8% |
| 34 | 52 | 135 | 27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Bentley Drivers Club Spares Schemes Limited | £43,813 |
| A. A .gausu Ltd Ltd | £25,063 |
Revenue coverage: 2 known, 185 unknown (1.1%).
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. | 3,381 |
| Other n.e.c. | 1,269 |
| Lifting equipment | 913 |
| Other machine tools | 613 |
| Industrial cooling and ventilation | 589 |
| Pumps | 466 |
| Agricultural and forestry machinery (not tractors) | 449 |
| Engines & turbines | 445 |
| Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing | 429 |
| Taps & valves | 376 |
| Bearings, gears, drivers | 345 |
| Fluid power equipment | 267 |
| Plastics and rubber machinery | 197 |
| Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production | 166 |
| Ovens, furnaces, burners | 165 |
| Mining equipment | 129 |
| Compressors | 106 |
| Machinery for paper and paperboard production | 89 |
| Power tools | 89 |
| Concrete crushing and roadwork equipment | 88 |
| Other | 235 |
SIC classification
SIC 28410 — Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Includes
manufacture of machine tools for working metals, including those using a laser beam, ultrasonic waves, plasma arc, magnetic pulse etc., manufacture of machine tools for turning, drilling, milling, shaping, planing, boring, grinding etc., manufacture of stamping or pressing machine tools, manufacture of punch presses, hydraulic presses, hydraulic brakes, drop hammers, forging machines etc., manufacture of draw-benches, thread rollers or machines for working wires
Excludes
manufacture of interchangeable tools, see ##25.73, manufacture of electrical welding and soldering machines, see ##27.90