Vaccines, medicaments, diagnostic substances, biotech etc
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
1185
Active companies
840
Formed in latest 12 months
114
Median active-company age
5.9 years
Revenue known
21
Importers
131
Exporters
116
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,185 |
| Active companies | 840 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 114 |
| Importers | 131 |
| Exporters | 116 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 21 known, 819 unknown (2.5%).
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 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026-01 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 9 | 16 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 9 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 6 | 24 |
| 2026-08 | 9 | 21 |
| 2026-09 | 6 | 14 |
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 | 688 |
| Dissolved | 332 |
| Dormant | 152 |
| Liquidation | 10 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 2 |
| In Administration | 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 | 121 |
| Inner London - East | 90 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 62 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 45 |
| Greater Manchester | 42 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 35 |
| West Midlands | 30 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 28 |
| West Yorkshire | 25 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 21 |
Geography coverage: 836 known, 4 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 308 |
| 1m-15m | 119 |
| 15m-54m | 13 |
| 54m+ | 66 |
Revenue-range coverage: 506 known, 334 unknown (60.2%).
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 | 175 |
| Small | 215 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 85 |
| Holding | 13 |
| Dormant | 152 |
Company-size coverage: 644 known, 196 unknown (76.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 137 |
| 1–9 | 223 |
| 10–49 | 39 |
| 50–249 | 11 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 412 known, 428 unknown (49.0%).
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 | 168 |
| 3–5 years | 96 |
| 5–10 years | 175 |
| 10–20 years | 132 |
| 20+ years | 156 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 840 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 |
|---|---|
| 21200 | 840 |
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 | 37 |
| Exporter only | 22 |
| Both | 94 |
| Neither | 687 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 86 | £32,646,634,229 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 84 | £40,256,746,545 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 82 | £8,838,399,519 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 82 | £11,121,328,827 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 68 | £8,567,424,201 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 62 | £30,014,069,089 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 60 | £6,989,618,793 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 54 | £1,463,099,608 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 46 | £4,523,220,601 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 39 | £268,104,957 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 73 | £42,490,248,475 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 61 | £6,584,049,587 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 51 | £5,804,321,851 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 51 | £8,342,639,690 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 49 | £3,334,397,797 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 45 | £3,204,146,301 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 41 | £2,791,096,541 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 36 | £4,044,134,851 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 31 | £394,377,852 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 22 | £535,771,965 | 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 | 37 | 586 | 254 | 69.8% |
| Holding company | 1 | 586 | 254 | 69.8% |
| Solo founder | 326 | 586 | 254 | 69.8% |
| Ecommerce | 13 | 107 | 733 | 12.7% |
| Website | 136 | 139 | 701 | 16.5% |
| 119 | 139 | 701 | 16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Crescent Pharma Limited | £96,475,385 |
| Dr Reddy's Laboratories (uk) Limited | £94,960,784 |
| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Ltd | £88,685,092 |
| Catalent Cts (edinburgh) Limited | £68,698,390 |
| Neon Healthcare Ltd | £51,171,530 |
| Dermal Laboratories Limited | £45,713,215 |
| Amarox Limited | £40,075,852 |
| Chemidex Pharma Limited | £30,681,464 |
| Mc2 Therapeutics Limited | £18,317,718 |
| Argenta Dundee Limited | £12,977,593 |
Revenue coverage: 21 known, 819 unknown (2.5%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Basic pharma | 1,352 |
SIC classification
SIC 21200 — Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
Includes
manufacture of medicaments:, antisera and other blood fractions, vaccines, diverse medicaments, including homeopathic preparations, manufacture of chemical contraceptive products for external use and hormonal contraceptive medicaments, manufacture of medical diagnostic preparations, including pregnancy tests, manufacture of radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacture of biotech pharmaceuticals, manufacture of medical impregnated wadding, gauze, bandages, dressings, etc., preparation of botanical products (grinding, grading, milling) for pharmaceutical use
Excludes
manufacture of herb infusions (mint, vervain, chamomile etc.), see ##10.83, manufacture of dental fillings and dental cement, see ##32.50, manufacture of bone reconstruction cements, manufacture of surgical drapes, see ##32.50, wholesale of pharmaceuticals, see ##46.46, retail sale of pharmaceuticals, see ##47.73, research and development for pharmaceuticals and biotech pharmaceuticals, see ##72.1, packaging of pharmaceuticals, see ##82.92