Musical instruments
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
738
Active companies
549
Formed in latest 12 months
60
Median active-company age
6.4 years
Revenue known
11
Importers
74
Exporters
83
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 738 |
| Active companies | 549 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 60 |
| Importers | 74 |
| Exporters | 83 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 11 known, 538 unknown (2.0%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 9 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 6 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 | 489 |
| Dissolved | 185 |
| Dormant | 60 |
| Liquidation | 4 |
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 - East | 41 |
| Inner London - West | 34 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 33 |
| Kent | 23 |
| Greater Manchester | 21 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 21 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 20 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 19 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 |
| West Central Scotland | 17 |
Geography coverage: 540 known, 9 unknown (98.4%).
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 | 350 |
| 1m-15m | 36 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 1 |
Revenue-range coverage: 388 known, 161 unknown (70.7%).
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 | 229 |
| Small | 145 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 2 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 60 |
Company-size coverage: 438 known, 111 unknown (79.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 109 |
| 1–9 | 252 |
| 10–49 | 15 |
Employee coverage: 376 known, 173 unknown (68.5%).
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 | 60 |
| 1–3 years | 102 |
| 3–5 years | 69 |
| 5–10 years | 133 |
| 10–20 years | 100 |
| 20+ years | 85 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 549 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 | 549 |
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 | 19 |
| Exporter only | 28 |
| Both | 55 |
| Neither | 447 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 61 | £253,956,282 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 30 | £3,920,514,673 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 18 | £796,120,605 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £572,249,324 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 11 | £225,519,715 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 10 | £220,276,511 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 9 | £37,660,035 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-06-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 8 | £204,793,046 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 6 | £274,659,955 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 6 | £120,297,064 | 2019-01-01 – 2025-10-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 80 | £143,073,080 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 15 | £321,306,333 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 12 | £1,062,137,146 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £268,267,741 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 9 | £24,189,124 | 2016-12-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 7 | £75,663,716 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 6 | £263,549,578 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 5 | £32,516,191 | 2016-11-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5 | £23,041,830 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £5,875,296 | 2021-01-01 – 2023-03-01 |
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 | 49 | 519 | 30 | 94.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 519 | 30 | 94.5% |
| Solo founder | 267 | 519 | 30 | 94.5% |
| Ecommerce | 24 | 74 | 475 | 13.5% |
| Website | 87 | 87 | 462 | 15.8% |
| 35 | 87 | 462 | 15.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| The Bagpipe Refurb Co Ltd | £130,537 |
| Dirty Northern Town Limited | £125,431 |
| Midicake Ltd | £94,201 |
| Jim Fleeting Guitars Limited | £42,357 |
| Flattley Limited | £33,615 |
| Hjkgroup Ltd | £22,138 |
| Mojo Central Ltd | £4,226 |
| Silverwood Instruments Ltd | £1,623 |
| Matt Martin Guitars Ltd | £360 |
| Concert Pitch Music Ltd | £210 |
Revenue coverage: 11 known, 538 unknown (2.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,070 |
| Foods | 24,449 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,696 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 12,012 |
| Printing | 11,870 |
| Furniture | 10,690 |
| Apparel | 10,563 |
| Machinery | 10,295 |
| Chemical products | 9,027 |
| Vehicles | 7,373 |
| Textiles | 7,345 |
| Beverages | 7,084 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,917 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,552 |
| Jewellery | 4,490 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,358 |
| Paper products | 3,116 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,751 |
| Sports goods | 2,369 |
| Games and toys | 2,353 |
| Other | 24,384 |
SIC classification
SIC 32200 — Manufacture of musical instruments
Includes
manufacture of stringed instruments, manufacture of keyboard stringed instruments, including automatic pianos, manufacture of keyboard pipe organs, including harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds, manufacture of accordions and similar instruments, including mouth organs, manufacture of wind instruments, manufacture of percussion musical instruments, manufacture of musical instruments, the sound of which is produced electronically, manufacture of musical boxes, fairground organs, calliopes etc., manufacture of instrument parts and accessories: metronomes, tuning forks, pitch pipes, cards, discs and rolls for automatic mechanical instruments etc., manufacture of whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
Excludes
reproduction of pre-recorded sound and video tapes and discs, see ##18.2, manufacture of microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones and similar components, see ##26.40, manufacture of record players, tape recorders and the like, see ##26.40, manufacture of toy musical instruments, see ##32.40, restoring of organs and other historic musical instruments, see ##33.19, publishing of pre-recorded sound and video tapes and discs, see ##59.20, piano tuning, see ##95.29
Details
This class includes the manufacture of sporting and athletic goods (except apparel and footwear).