Ovens, furnaces, burners
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
236
Active companies
166
Formed in latest 12 months
11
Median active-company age
14.9 years
Revenue known
5
Importers
61
Exporters
64
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 236 |
| Active companies | 166 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 11 |
| Importers | 61 |
| Exporters | 64 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 5 known, 161 unknown (3.0%).
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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 | 3 |
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 | 144 |
| Dissolved | 62 |
| Dormant | 22 |
| 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 | 20 |
| Lancashire | 12 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 12 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 12 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 11 |
| West Yorkshire | 9 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 8 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 6 |
| Inner London - East | 5 |
| Inner London - West | 5 |
Geography coverage: 161 known, 5 unknown (97.0%).
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 | 61 |
| 1m-15m | 56 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 127 known, 39 unknown (76.5%).
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 | 28 |
| Small | 84 |
| Large | 12 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 22 |
Company-size coverage: 147 known, 19 unknown (88.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 35 |
| 1–9 | 57 |
| 10–49 | 18 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
Employee coverage: 115 known, 51 unknown (69.3%).
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 | 11 |
| 1–3 years | 16 |
| 3–5 years | 9 |
| 5–10 years | 34 |
| 10–20 years | 26 |
| 20+ years | 70 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 166 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 |
|---|---|
| 28210 | 166 |
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 | 10 |
| Exporter only | 13 |
| Both | 51 |
| Neither | 92 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 50 | £10,601,496,677 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 45 | £11,156,205,390 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 39 | £2,875,310,270 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 21 | £1,848,130,173 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 17 | £75,311,220 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 13 | £124,963,816 | 2018-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 11 | £19,051,304 | 2018-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 10 | £180,336,231 | 2018-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 10 | £68,337,927 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 9 | £87,262,512 | 2017-12-01 – 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 | 51 | £10,009,759,780 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 51 | £6,107,526,099 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 41 | £4,411,644,674 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £972,592,408 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 13 | £517,166,574 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 12 | £31,426,337 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 11 | £144,008,568 | 2020-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 11 | £34,110,373 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 10 | £75,787,780 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 10 | £4,879,783 | 2019-08-01 – 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 | 20 | 118 | 48 | 71.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 118 | 48 | 71.1% |
| Solo founder | 54 | 118 | 48 | 71.1% |
| Ecommerce | 10 | 53 | 113 | 31.9% |
| Website | 70 | 70 | 96 | 42.2% |
| 56 | 70 | 96 | 42.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Stolle Machinery Uk Ltd | £58,648,369 |
| Therser (uk) Limited | £12,774,754 |
| Vacuum Furnace Engineering Limited | £8,888,488 |
| Cryonorm Process Combustion Limited | £2,181,527 |
| Burnwell Incinerators Limited | £242,243 |
Revenue coverage: 5 known, 161 unknown (3.0%).
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. | 3,390 |
| Other n.e.c. | 1,276 |
| Lifting equipment | 918 |
| Other machine tools | 614 |
| Industrial cooling and ventilation | 594 |
| Pumps | 470 |
| Agricultural and forestry machinery (not tractors) | 449 |
| Engines & turbines | 445 |
| Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing | 425 |
| Taps & valves | 372 |
| Bearings, gears, drivers | 354 |
| Fluid power equipment | 271 |
| Plastics and rubber machinery | 198 |
| Metal forming machinery | 184 |
| Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production | 162 |
| Mining equipment | 129 |
| Compressors | 106 |
| Machinery for paper and paperboard production | 88 |
| Power tools | 88 |
| Concrete crushing and roadwork equipment | 86 |
| Other | 236 |
SIC classification
SIC 28210 — Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Includes
manufacture of electrical and other industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, manufacture of burners, manufacture of permanently mounted electric space heaters, electric swimming pool heaters, manufacture of permanently mounted non-electric household heating equipment, such as solar heating, steam heating, oil heat and similar furnaces and heating equipment, manufacture of electric household-type furnaces (electric forced air furnaces, heat pumps, etc.), non-electric household forced air furnaces, manufacture of mechanical stokers, grates, ash dischargers etc.
Excludes
manufacture of household ovens, see ##27.51, manufacture of agricultural dryers, see ##28.93, manufacture of bakery ovens, see ##28.93, manufacture of dryers for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard, see ##28.99, manufacture of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers, see ##32.50, manufacture of (dental) laboratory furnaces, see ##32.50