Rubber tyres and tubes
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
495
Active companies
311
Formed in latest 12 months
73
Median active-company age
2.7 years
Revenue known
1
Importers
32
Exporters
20
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 495 |
| Active companies | 311 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 73 |
| Importers | 32 |
| Exporters | 20 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1 known, 310 unknown (0.3%).
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 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 259 |
| Dissolved | 183 |
| Dormant | 52 |
| Liquidation | 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 31 |
| Greater Manchester | 21 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 19 |
| Inner London - East | 17 |
| Outer London - South | 17 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 16 |
| Inner London - West | 12 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 11 |
| Kent | 11 |
| Essex | 10 |
Geography coverage: 308 known, 3 unknown (99.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 102 |
| 1m-15m | 28 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 141 known, 170 unknown (45.3%).
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 | 67 |
| Small | 58 |
| Large | 11 |
| Dormant | 52 |
Company-size coverage: 188 known, 123 unknown (60.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 22 |
| 1–9 | 97 |
| 10–49 | 10 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 130 known, 181 unknown (41.8%).
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 | 72 |
| 1–3 years | 91 |
| 3–5 years | 38 |
| 5–10 years | 50 |
| 10–20 years | 20 |
| 20+ years | 40 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 311 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 |
|---|---|
| 22110 | 311 |
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 | 16 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 16 |
| Neither | 275 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 23 | £1,644,481,054 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 21 | £8,238,599,920 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £7,063,591,125 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 15 | £1,549,322,914 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 13 | £111,174,178 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 12 | £700,270,407 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £1,051,274,893 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 8 | £54,611,809 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 7 | £210,289,071 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 6 | £1,056,343,689 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 15 | £1,393,903,800 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 14 | £345,179,319 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 9 | £1,310,587,832 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 9 | £343,861,770 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 8 | £289,391,659 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £487,298,690 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £256,876,705 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 4 | £76,337,706 | 2021-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 4 | £21,582,519 | 2021-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £277,313,029 | 2021-02-01 – 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 | 16 | 276 | 35 | 88.7% |
| Holding company | 0 | 276 | 35 | 88.7% |
| Solo founder | 197 | 276 | 35 | 88.7% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 22 | 289 | 7.1% |
| Website | 28 | 28 | 283 | 9.0% |
| 17 | 28 | 283 | 9.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hankook Tyre U.k. Limited | £164,272,568 |
Revenue coverage: 1 known, 310 unknown (0.3%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Houseware, fittings, headgear, other n.e.c. | 4,302 |
| Other rubber products | 804 |
| Packing goods | 621 |
| Doors, windows, frames, tanks, floor etc | 402 |
| Plates, sheets, tubes and profiles | 364 |
SIC classification
SIC 22110 — Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
Includes
manufacture of rubber tyres for vehicles, equipment, mobile machinery, aircraft, toy, furniture and other uses: pneumatic tyres, solid or cushion tyres, manufacture of inner tubes for tyres, manufacture of interchangeable tyre treads, tyre flaps, "camelback" strips for retreading tyres etc., tyre rebuilding and retreading
Excludes
manufacture of tube repair materials, see ##22.19, tyre and tube repair, fitting or replacement, see ##45.20