Phones, routers, alarms 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
298
Active companies
203
Formed in latest 12 months
11
Median active-company age
22.6 years
Revenue known
6
Importers
67
Exporters
57
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 298 |
| Active companies | 203 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 11 |
| Importers | 67 |
| Exporters | 57 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 6 known, 197 unknown (3.0%).
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 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 1 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 203 |
| Dissolved | 89 |
| Liquidation | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 18 |
| Inner London - East | 17 |
| West Midlands | 14 |
| Inner London - West | 13 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 12 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 9 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 8 |
| Essex | 7 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 7 |
| Lancashire | 6 |
Geography coverage: 201 known, 2 unknown (99.0%).
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 | 81 |
| 1m-15m | 52 |
| 15m-54m | 6 |
| 54m+ | 14 |
Revenue-range coverage: 153 known, 50 unknown (75.4%).
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 | 37 |
| Small | 91 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 20 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 28 |
Company-size coverage: 180 known, 23 unknown (88.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 40 |
| 1–9 | 63 |
| 10–49 | 17 |
| 50–249 | 8 |
Employee coverage: 128 known, 75 unknown (63.1%).
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 | 11 |
| 1–3 years | 21 |
| 3–5 years | 11 |
| 5–10 years | 20 |
| 10–20 years | 29 |
| 20+ years | 111 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 203 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 | 203 |
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 | 14 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 53 |
| Neither | 132 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 65 | £37,755,122,334 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 46 | £5,355,298,888 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 38 | £18,230,349,767 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 25 | £1,354,049,756 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £2,024,267,645 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 18 | £2,497,339,701 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 18 | £631,981,202 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 17 | £291,964,054 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 13 | £124,623,565 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 12 | £291,750,407 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 51 | £13,402,875,651 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 38 | £6,704,652,277 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 29 | £5,071,063,222 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 17 | £319,886,618 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 15 | £597,282,886 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 13 | £965,630,295 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 12 | £489,926,816 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 11 | £198,260,510 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 11 | £70,519,732 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 11 | £87,948,195 | 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 | 17 | 134 | 69 | 66.0% |
| Holding company | 0 | 134 | 69 | 66.0% |
| Solo founder | 62 | 134 | 69 | 66.0% |
| Ecommerce | 6 | 50 | 153 | 24.6% |
| Website | 64 | 65 | 138 | 32.0% |
| 52 | 65 | 138 | 32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Aumovio Trading Uk Limited | £35,594,000 |
| Agd Systems Limited | £11,676,750 |
| Jcm Europe (uk) Limited | £2,602,875 |
| Mendels Limited | £78,771 |
| Alex Rae Mechatronics Limited | £41,278 |
| Aumovio Uk Limited | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 6 known, 197 unknown (3.0%).
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 | 25,063 |
| Foods | 24,412 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,681 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 12,003 |
| Printing | 11,865 |
| Furniture | 10,675 |
| Apparel | 10,545 |
| Machinery | 10,279 |
| Chemical products | 9,003 |
| Vehicles | 7,366 |
| Textiles | 7,352 |
| Beverages | 7,075 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,908 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,544 |
| Jewellery | 4,484 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,355 |
| Paper products | 3,109 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,742 |
| Sports goods | 2,368 |
| Games and toys | 2,342 |
| Other | 24,726 |
SIC classification
SIC 26301 — Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
Includes
manufacture of central office switching equipment, manufacture of cordless telephones, manufacture of private branch exchange (PBX) equipment, manufacture of telephone and facsimile equipment, including telephone answering machines, manufacture of data communications equipment, such as bridges, routers, and gateways, manufacture of pagers, manufacture of cellular phones, manufacture of mobile communication equipment, manufacture of modems, carrier equipment, manufacture of burglar and fire alarm systems, sending signals to a control station, manufacture of communication devices using infrared signal (e.g. remote controls)
Excludes
manufacture of electronic components and subassemblies used in communications equipment, including internal/external computer modems, see ##26.1, manufacture of loaded electronic boards, see ##26.12, manufacture of computers and computer peripheral equipment, see ##26.20, manufacture of consumer audio and video equipment, see ##26.40, manufacture of GPS devices, see ##26.51, manufacture of electronic scoreboards, see ##27.90, manufacture of traffic lights, see ##27.90