Electronic industrial process controllers
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
1462
Active companies
1163
Formed in latest 12 months
100
Median active-company age
10.9 years
Revenue known
28
Importers
360
Exporters
360
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,462 |
| Active companies | 1,163 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 100 |
| Importers | 360 |
| Exporters | 360 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 28 known, 1135 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 13 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026-06 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 15 |
| 2026-08 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 8 | 16 |
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 | 972 |
| Dissolved | 274 |
| Dormant | 191 |
| Liquidation | 23 |
| In Administration | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 |
|---|---|
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 74 |
| West Midlands | 66 |
| Inner London - West | 62 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 62 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 51 |
| Greater Manchester | 48 |
| Outer London - South | 43 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 42 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 41 |
| West Yorkshire | 41 |
Geography coverage: 1153 known, 10 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 542 |
| 1m-15m | 252 |
| 15m-54m | 14 |
| 54m+ | 31 |
Revenue-range coverage: 839 known, 324 unknown (72.1%).
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 | 266 |
| Small | 478 |
| Medium | 10 |
| Large | 54 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 191 |
Company-size coverage: 1009 known, 154 unknown (86.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 229 |
| 1–9 | 410 |
| 10–49 | 121 |
| 50–249 | 19 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 781 known, 382 unknown (67.2%).
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 | 100 |
| 1–3 years | 166 |
| 3–5 years | 111 |
| 5–10 years | 186 |
| 10–20 years | 166 |
| 20+ years | 434 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1163 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 |
|---|---|
| 26512 | 1,163 |
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 | 56 |
| Exporter only | 56 |
| Both | 304 |
| Neither | 747 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 293 | £93,430,961,171 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 287 | £23,417,642,639 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 238 | £70,541,252,275 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 90 | £5,828,279,680 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 84 | £4,262,811,938 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 68 | £7,083,305,187 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 62 | £6,670,010,445 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 56 | £1,836,193,689 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 53 | £983,561,160 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 44 | £330,837,539 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 303 | £43,646,328,441 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 290 | £30,617,367,292 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 216 | £39,280,710,500 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 82 | £3,539,521,331 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 74 | £2,912,097,120 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 65 | £1,050,683,143 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 48 | £3,413,915,835 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 44 | £469,332,759 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 36 | £603,920,897 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 35 | £139,090,813 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 134 | 897 | 266 | 77.1% |
| Holding company | 2 | 897 | 266 | 77.1% |
| Solo founder | 412 | 897 | 266 | 77.1% |
| Ecommerce | 29 | 297 | 866 | 25.5% |
| Website | 368 | 376 | 787 | 32.3% |
| 327 | 376 | 787 | 32.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Nidec Control Techniques Limited | £129,963,092 |
| Yokogawa United Kingdom Limited | £41,042,394 |
| Ajt Engineering Limited | £21,486,900 |
| Pepperl+fuchs Gb Ltd | £17,499,958 |
| Impulse Embedded Limited | £16,503,005 |
| Beckhoff Automation Limited | £15,217,754 |
| Clyde Associated Engineers Limited | £11,589,594 |
| Tensor Systems Limited | £11,426,492 |
| Aber Instruments Limited | £10,160,807 |
| Resource Data Management Limited | £9,554,832 |
Revenue coverage: 28 known, 1135 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 |
|---|---|
| Electronic measuring instruments | 1,575 |
| Non-electronic measuring instruments | 116 |
| Non-electronic industrial process controllers | 111 |
SIC classification
SIC 26512 — Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment
Includes
manufacture of components for electronic industrial continuous process control systems (also for automated production plants consisting of various machines, handling devices and centralised controlling apparatus)