Refractory ceramics, mortars, concretes 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
152
Active companies
113
Formed in latest 12 months
11
Median active-company age
6.8 years
Revenue known
3
Importers
28
Exporters
30
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 152 |
| Active companies | 113 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 11 |
| Importers | 28 |
| Exporters | 30 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 3 known, 110 unknown (2.7%).
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 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 113 |
| Dissolved | 35 |
| Liquidation | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Outer London - South | 14 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 8 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 7 |
| Inner London - East | 6 |
| Inner London - West | 6 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 5 |
| Kent | 5 |
| West Midlands | 5 |
| South Yorkshire | 4 |
Geography coverage: 112 known, 1 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 23 |
| 1m-15m | 18 |
| 15m-54m | 5 |
| 54m+ | 7 |
Revenue-range coverage: 53 known, 60 unknown (46.9%).
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 | 10 |
| Small | 30 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 11 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 37 |
Company-size coverage: 91 known, 22 unknown (80.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 13 |
| 1–9 | 23 |
| 10–49 | 8 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
Employee coverage: 48 known, 65 unknown (42.5%).
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 | 11 |
| 1–3 years | 28 |
| 3–5 years | 10 |
| 5–10 years | 13 |
| 10–20 years | 15 |
| 20+ years | 36 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 113 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 |
|---|---|
| 23200 | 113 |
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 | 4 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 24 |
| Neither | 79 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 23 | £3,956,810,831 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 20 | £215,548,317 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 20 | £496,645,667 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 19 | £1,249,421,601 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £1,192,208,053 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 18 | £1,699,986,092 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 18 | £129,134,530 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 17 | £3,636,052,092 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 16 | £138,135,920 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 13 | £34,252,005 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 — Ceramic products | 24 | £109,521,632 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £3,173,850,629 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 16 | £430,349,736 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 16 | £380,979,661 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 14 | £110,117,129 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £717,470,154 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 12 | £101,279,334 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 12 | £748,704,021 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 10 | £29,930,319 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 10 | £18,427,234 | 2016-12-01 – 2025-04-01 |
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 | 5 | 88 | 25 | 77.9% |
| Holding company | 1 | 88 | 25 | 77.9% |
| Solo founder | 44 | 88 | 25 | 77.9% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 24 | 89 | 21.2% |
| Website | 29 | 29 | 84 | 25.7% |
| 24 | 29 | 84 | 25.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Sheffield Refractories Limited | £18,737,195 |
| Rhi Refractories Uk Limited | £12,002,888 |
| Parkinson - Spencer Refractories Limited | £9,042,872 |
Revenue coverage: 3 known, 110 unknown (2.7%).
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.
No usable values are available for this chart.
SIC classification
SIC 23200 — Manufacture of refractory products
Includes
manufacture of refractory mortars, concretes etc., manufacture of refractory ceramic goods:, heat-insulating ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals, refractory bricks, blocks and tiles etc., retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, tubes, pipes etc., manufacture of refractory articles containing magnesite, dolomite or chromite