Medical and dental instruments & supplies
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
4533
Active companies
3370
Formed in latest 12 months
455
Median active-company age
5.5 years
Revenue known
72
Importers
672
Exporters
544
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,533 |
| Active companies | 3,370 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 455 |
| Importers | 672 |
| Exporters | 544 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 72 known, 3298 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 28 | 43 |
| 2026-01 | 40 | 38 |
| 2026-02 | 29 | 44 |
| 2026-03 | 37 | 45 |
| 2026-04 | 36 | 32 |
| 2026-05 | 31 | 39 |
| 2026-06 | 36 | 24 |
| 2026-07 | 44 | 51 |
| 2026-08 | 36 | 26 |
| 2026-09 | 18 | 23 |
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 | 2,896 |
| Dissolved | 1,109 |
| Dormant | 474 |
| Liquidation | 49 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 331 |
| Inner London - East | 225 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 182 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 165 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 159 |
| Greater Manchester | 151 |
| West Midlands | 143 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 112 |
| West Yorkshire | 109 |
| Outer London - South | 108 |
Geography coverage: 3275 known, 95 unknown (97.2%).
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 | 1,506 |
| 1m-15m | 491 |
| 15m-54m | 38 |
| 54m+ | 126 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2161 known, 1209 unknown (64.1%).
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 | 833 |
| Small | 1,065 |
| Medium | 10 |
| Large | 180 |
| Holding | 36 |
| Dormant | 474 |
Company-size coverage: 2598 known, 772 unknown (77.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 592 |
| 1–9 | 1,072 |
| 10–49 | 212 |
| 50–249 | 46 |
| 250+ | 8 |
Employee coverage: 1930 known, 1440 unknown (57.3%).
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 | 444 |
| 1–3 years | 697 |
| 3–5 years | 462 |
| 5–10 years | 713 |
| 10–20 years | 522 |
| 20+ years | 532 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 3370 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 |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 3,370 |
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 | 197 |
| Exporter only | 69 |
| Both | 475 |
| Neither | 2,629 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 556 | £51,453,668,512 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 375 | £90,685,502,990 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 358 | £95,997,585,290 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 279 | £24,219,393,509 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 236 | £9,877,796,662 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 189 | £7,985,589,520 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 168 | £4,098,280,945 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 152 | £968,030,893 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 148 | £4,793,714,422 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 127 | £11,004,910,926 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 473 | £42,884,439,717 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 274 | £39,512,522,703 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 250 | £29,938,058,522 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 188 | £2,346,851,911 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 179 | £10,700,024,786 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 127 | £3,223,922,694 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 111 | £1,084,962,209 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 110 | £347,822,245 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 98 | £26,195,836,638 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 97 | £6,753,688,678 | 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 | 270 | 2,553 | 817 | 75.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,553 | 817 | 75.8% |
| Solo founder | 1,367 | 2,553 | 817 | 75.8% |
| Ecommerce | 84 | 506 | 2,864 | 15.0% |
| Website | 631 | 639 | 2,731 | 19.0% |
| 541 | 639 | 2,731 | 19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Livanova Plc | £1,388,053,000 |
| Vascutek Limited | £90,514,000 |
| Karl Storz Endoscopy (uk) Limited | £89,925,874 |
| Cyden Limited | £75,893,805 |
| Unisurge International Limited | £71,892,000 |
| A D Burs Limited | £42,783,088 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare Plc | £35,610,350 |
| Medstrom Ltd | £31,952,542 |
| Breas Medical Limited | £27,826,172 |
| Unigloves (uk) Limited | £27,813,042 |
Revenue coverage: 72 known, 3298 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,097 |
| Foods | 24,502 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,688 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 12,005 |
| Printing | 11,865 |
| Furniture | 10,683 |
| Apparel | 10,543 |
| Machinery | 10,308 |
| Chemical products | 9,051 |
| Vehicles | 7,365 |
| Textiles | 7,294 |
| Beverages | 7,095 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,910 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,544 |
| Jewellery | 4,498 |
| Paper products | 3,158 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,764 |
| Sports goods | 2,389 |
| Games and toys | 2,370 |
| Media reproduction | 2,306 |
| Other | 22,597 |
SIC classification
SIC 32500 — Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Includes
manufacture of surgical drapes and sterile string and tissue, manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesives), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations, manufacture of bone reconstruction cements, manufacture of dental laboratory furnaces, manufacture of laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery, manufacture of laboratory sterilisers, manufacture of laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges, manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, such as:, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs, manufacture of bone plates and screws, syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc., manufacture of dental instruments (including dentists' chairs incorporating dental equipment), manufacture of artificial teeth, bridges, etc., made in dental labs, manufacture of orthopedic and prosthetic devices, manufacture of glass eyes, manufacture of medical thermometers, manufacture of ophthalmic goods, eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses ground to prescription, contact lenses, safety goggles
Excludes
manufacture of denture adhesives, see ##20.42, manufacture of medical impregnated wadding, dressings etc., see ##21.20, manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment, see ##26.60, manufacture of wheelchairs, see ##30.92, activities of opticians, see ##47.78