Treated & coated products
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
1664
Active companies
1295
Formed in latest 12 months
117
Median active-company age
11.5 years
Revenue known
43
Importers
198
Exporters
158
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,664 |
| Active companies | 1,295 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 117 |
| Importers | 198 |
| Exporters | 158 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 43 known, 1252 unknown (3.3%).
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 | 11 |
| 2026-01 | 14 | 10 |
| 2026-02 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026-03 | 12 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 16 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026-06 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 7 | 24 |
| 2026-08 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026-09 | 8 | 10 |
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 | 1,176 |
| Dissolved | 319 |
| Dormant | 119 |
| Liquidation | 45 |
| In Administration | 5 |
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 | 159 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 64 |
| West Yorkshire | 60 |
| Greater Manchester | 57 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 50 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 47 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 42 |
| Essex | 40 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 37 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 36 |
Geography coverage: 1266 known, 29 unknown (97.8%).
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 | 688 |
| 1m-15m | 286 |
| 15m-54m | 12 |
| 54m+ | 24 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1010 known, 285 unknown (78.0%).
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 | 330 |
| Small | 593 |
| Medium | 13 |
| Large | 52 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 119 |
Company-size coverage: 1117 known, 178 unknown (86.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 231 |
| 1–9 | 510 |
| 10–49 | 173 |
| 50–249 | 41 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 958 known, 337 unknown (74.0%).
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 | 113 |
| 1–3 years | 131 |
| 3–5 years | 124 |
| 5–10 years | 238 |
| 10–20 years | 228 |
| 20+ years | 461 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1295 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 |
|---|---|
| 25610 | 1,295 |
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 | 61 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 137 |
| Neither | 1,076 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 127 | £36,637,439,675 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 97 | £21,271,433,921 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 82 | £5,719,741,126 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 78 | £4,747,432,989 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 52 | £1,901,943,889 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 49 | £5,575,986,832 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 47 | £4,165,666,952 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 40 | £422,087,879 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 40 | £319,088,260 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 40 | £666,237,520 | 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 | 113 | £25,950,032,059 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 85 | £3,185,388,675 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 74 | £7,167,378,236 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 60 | £4,519,553,343 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 54 | £3,137,625,536 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 42 | £775,792,251 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 39 | £318,384,987 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 39 | £18,089,476,586 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 36 | £169,227,556 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 35 | £138,416,889 | 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 | 183 | 999 | 296 | 77.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 999 | 296 | 77.1% |
| Solo founder | 422 | 999 | 296 | 77.1% |
| Ecommerce | 12 | 148 | 1,147 | 11.4% |
| Website | 190 | 195 | 1,100 | 15.1% |
| 150 | 195 | 1,100 | 15.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ifor Williams Trailers Limited | £83,518,014 |
| Unique Window Systems Ltd | £39,565,843 |
| Moyola Precision Engineering Limited | £25,334,927 |
| Maine Surface Finishing Limited | £22,862,840 |
| Poeton Industries Limited | £16,937,774 |
| Batten And Allen Limited | £15,956,997 |
| Knight Strip Metals Limited | £14,620,334 |
| South West Metal Finishing Limited | £12,716,357 |
| Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited | £12,445,873 |
| W. Corbett & Co. (galvanizing) Limited | £12,224,026 |
Revenue coverage: 43 known, 1252 unknown (3.3%).
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. | 9,167 |
| Metal structures | 5,211 |
| Machined products | 3,079 |
| Metal doors & windows | 1,811 |
| Tools | 1,004 |
| 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 25610 — Treatment and coating of metals
Includes
plating, anodising etc. of metals, heat treatment of metals, deburring, sandblasting, tumbling, cleaning of metals, colouring, engraving, of metals, non-metallic coating of metals: plasticising, enamelling, lacquering etc., hardening, buffing of metals
Excludes
activities of farriers, see ##01.62, printing onto metals, see ##18.12, metal coating of plastics, see ##22.29, rolling precious metals onto base metals or other metals, see ##24.41, ##24.42, ##24.43, ##24.44, "while-you-wait" engraving services, see ##95.29