Tools
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
1475
Active companies
1004
Formed in latest 12 months
87
Median active-company age
12.1 years
Revenue known
22
Importers
243
Exporters
265
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,475 |
| Active companies | 1,004 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 87 |
| Importers | 243 |
| Exporters | 265 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 22 known, 982 unknown (2.2%).
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 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026-03 | 13 | 20 |
| 2026-04 | 4 | 13 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 3 | 6 |
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 | 873 |
| Dissolved | 440 |
| Dormant | 131 |
| Liquidation | 28 |
| In Administration | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 109 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 61 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 54 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 44 |
| Inner London - West | 43 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 39 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 38 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 37 |
| Inner London - East | 35 |
| Greater Manchester | 32 |
Geography coverage: 962 known, 42 unknown (95.8%).
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 | 549 |
| 1m-15m | 188 |
| 15m-54m | 11 |
| 54m+ | 16 |
Revenue-range coverage: 764 known, 240 unknown (76.1%).
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 | 288 |
| Small | 412 |
| Medium | 11 |
| Large | 30 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 131 |
Company-size coverage: 876 known, 128 unknown (87.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 200 |
| 1–9 | 377 |
| 10–49 | 121 |
| 50–249 | 14 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 713 known, 291 unknown (71.0%).
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 | 85 |
| 1–3 years | 125 |
| 3–5 years | 97 |
| 5–10 years | 157 |
| 10–20 years | 161 |
| 20+ years | 379 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1004 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 |
|---|---|
| 25730 | 1,004 |
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 | 50 |
| Exporter only | 72 |
| Both | 193 |
| Neither | 689 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 184 | £30,590,700,430 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 141 | £1,800,040,243 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 125 | £23,831,676,742 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 114 | £6,798,230,973 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 99 | £4,888,492,739 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 62 | £6,428,419,371 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 55 | £699,162,054 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 51 | £2,472,664,318 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 49 | £1,158,240,193 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 47 | £4,852,307,104 | 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 | 193 | £17,349,129,791 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 169 | £1,116,924,162 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 133 | £7,177,984,333 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 114 | £7,675,615,187 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 77 | £2,613,648,586 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 75 | £2,867,343,859 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 60 | £379,714,353 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 40 | £2,814,985,665 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 37 | £714,424,820 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 30 | £280,513,055 | 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 | 173 | 813 | 191 | 81.0% |
| Holding company | 1 | 813 | 191 | 81.0% |
| Solo founder | 367 | 813 | 191 | 81.0% |
| Ecommerce | 35 | 210 | 794 | 20.9% |
| Website | 268 | 274 | 730 | 27.3% |
| 201 | 274 | 730 | 27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Norbar Torque Tools Limited | £41,433,809 |
| Technicut Limited | £27,949,297 |
| Guhring Limited | £22,438,049 |
| Leo's Import Export And Trading Ltd | £21,675,458 |
| Marrill Limited | £15,537,318 |
| Preconomy Limited | £13,047,138 |
| Mcmenon Engineering Services Limited | £11,671,952 |
| Dakin-flathers Limited | £11,008,035 |
| Midland Tool And Design Limited | £7,221,428 |
| Precision Tooling Services Limited | £5,569,845 |
Revenue coverage: 22 known, 982 unknown (2.2%).
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 products n.e.c. | 9,168 |
| Metal structures | 5,211 |
| Machined products | 3,080 |
| Metal doors & windows | 1,811 |
| Treated & coated products | 1,296 |
| Tubes, pipes, hollow profiles, fittings | 791 |
| Iron, steel, ferro-alloys | 780 |
| Forged, pressed, stamped products | 496 |
| Locks and hinges | 363 |
| Fasteners | 358 |
| Precious metals | 344 |
| Wire products, chain & spring | 343 |
| Chrome, manganese, nickel & their wire | 311 |
| Tanks & reservoirs | 276 |
| Aluminium products | 229 |
| Central heating radiators and boilers | 229 |
| Non-ferrous castings | 221 |
| Steel castings | 193 |
| Light metal castings | 167 |
| Rolled/pressed/ribbed sheets, sandwich panels | 153 |
| Other | 821 |
SIC classification
SIC 25730 — Manufacture of tools
Includes
manufacture of knives and cutting blades for machines or for mechanical appliances, manufacture of hand tools such as pliers, screwdrivers etc., manufacture of non-power-driven agricultural hand tools, manufacture of saws and saw blades, including circular saw blades and chainsaw blades, manufacture of interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machime tools: drills, punches, milling cutters etc., manufacture of press tools, manufacture of blacksmiths' tools: forges, anvils etc., manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), manufacture of vices, clamps
Excludes
manufacture of power-driven hand tools, see ##28.24, manufacture of ingot moulds, see ##28.91