Mineral oil refining
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
312
Active companies
171
Formed in latest 12 months
22
Median active-company age
5.2 years
Revenue known
3
Importers
20
Exporters
21
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 312 |
| Active companies | 171 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 22 |
| Importers | 20 |
| Exporters | 21 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 3 known, 168 unknown (1.8%).
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 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 138 |
| Dissolved | 134 |
| Dormant | 33 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
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 | 27 |
| Inner London - East | 18 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 9 |
| West Midlands | 9 |
| Greater Manchester | 8 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 8 |
| Cheshire | 7 |
| West Central Scotland | 7 |
| Outer London - South | 6 |
| Lancashire | 5 |
Geography coverage: 169 known, 2 unknown (98.8%).
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 | 60 |
| 1m-15m | 17 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 21 |
Revenue-range coverage: 101 known, 70 unknown (59.1%).
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 | 46 |
| Small | 28 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 21 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 33 |
Company-size coverage: 133 known, 38 unknown (77.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 21 |
| 1–9 | 43 |
| 10–49 | 7 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
Employee coverage: 73 known, 98 unknown (42.7%).
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 | 20 |
| 1–3 years | 37 |
| 3–5 years | 24 |
| 5–10 years | 41 |
| 10–20 years | 17 |
| 20+ years | 32 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 171 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 |
|---|---|
| 19201 | 171 |
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 | 3 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 17 |
| Neither | 147 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 16 | £19,909,667,490 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 14 | £11,966,659,690 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 13 | £1,734,912,593 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £2,938,904,767 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £2,027,863,755 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 10 | £232,872,444 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 10 | £1,635,749,495 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 10 | £317,419,398 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 9 | £713,565,239 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 8 | £35,400,489 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 14 | £6,238,797,830 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 10 | £318,085,279 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £5,188,011,203 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 10 | £2,162,592,636 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 9 | £99,902,917 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 8 | £113,316,060 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 8 | £349,405,928 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 8 | £495,556,629 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £1,977,473,448 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 4 | £112,907,194 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
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 | 13 | 133 | 38 | 77.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 133 | 38 | 77.8% |
| Solo founder | 90 | 133 | 38 | 77.8% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 16 | 155 | 9.4% |
| Website | 20 | 21 | 150 | 12.3% |
| 16 | 21 | 150 | 12.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Veedol Uk Limited | £34,867,630 |
| Midland Oil Refinery Limited | £12,878,583 |
| Midland Oil Group Limited | £12,878,583 |
Revenue coverage: 3 known, 168 unknown (1.8%).
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 treatment of petroleum products | 191 |
SIC classification
SIC 19201 — Mineral oil refining
Includes
production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene etc., production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases such as ethane, propane, butane etc., manufacture of oil-based lubricating oils or greases, including from waste oil, manufacture of products for the petrochemical industry and for the manufacture of road coverings, manufacture of various products: white spirit, vaseline, paraffin wax, petroleum jelly etc., manufacture of petroleum briquettes, blending of biofuels, i.e. blending of alcohols with petroleum (e.g. gasohol), manufacture of peat briquettes, manufacture of hard-coal and lignite fuel briquettes