Ships & floating tructures
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
727
Active companies
512
Formed in latest 12 months
38
Median active-company age
7.4 years
Revenue known
9
Importers
69
Exporters
53
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 727 |
| Active companies | 512 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 38 |
| Importers | 69 |
| Exporters | 53 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 9 known, 503 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 425 |
| Dissolved | 207 |
| Dormant | 87 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 58 |
| Inner London - West | 39 |
| Inner London - East | 34 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 33 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 22 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 19 |
| Devon | 18 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 17 |
| West Central Scotland | 17 |
| North Eastern Scotland | 16 |
Geography coverage: 511 known, 1 unknown (99.8%).
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 | 246 |
| 1m-15m | 93 |
| 15m-54m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 13 |
Revenue-range coverage: 359 known, 153 unknown (70.1%).
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 | 132 |
| Small | 190 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 20 |
| Holding | 5 |
| Dormant | 87 |
Company-size coverage: 437 known, 75 unknown (85.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 102 |
| 1–9 | 176 |
| 10–49 | 42 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 325 known, 187 unknown (63.5%).
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 | 38 |
| 1–3 years | 91 |
| 3–5 years | 58 |
| 5–10 years | 121 |
| 10–20 years | 91 |
| 20+ years | 113 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 512 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 |
|---|---|
| 30110 | 512 |
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 | 25 |
| Exporter only | 9 |
| Both | 44 |
| Neither | 434 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 52 | £28,877,042,457 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 42 | £27,322,941,052 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 38 | £3,848,367,446 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 32 | £3,670,866,939 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 30 | £1,438,708,568 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 26 | £2,655,074,230 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 25 | £2,924,730,631 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 24 | £606,735,112 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 89 — Ships, Boats, and Floating Structures | 24 | £132,479,956 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 22 | £2,902,501,354 | 2016-06-01 – 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 | 41 | £12,340,514,253 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 41 | £9,021,795,294 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 35 | £3,866,364,542 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 34 | £2,018,120,951 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 89 — Ships, Boats, and Floating Structures | 25 | £799,232,614 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 23 | £335,330,808 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 23 | £1,148,808,642 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 22 | £378,345,549 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 21 | £111,166,264 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 19 | £499,060,107 | 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 | 48 | 412 | 100 | 80.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 412 | 100 | 80.5% |
| Solo founder | 225 | 412 | 100 | 80.5% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 50 | 462 | 9.8% |
| Website | 62 | 67 | 445 | 13.1% |
| 51 | 67 | 445 | 13.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Uk Docks Marine Services North Limited | £38,753,091 |
| Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd | £13,678,839 |
| Uk Docks Marine Services Teesside Limited | £13,551,056 |
| Holyhead Marine Services Limited | £7,741,724 |
| Barnes Marine Units Limited | £5,710,473 |
| The Hoveraid Trust | £399,017 |
| Consulting Engineering Bureau - Universal Ltd | £157,731 |
| Pod Boats Limited | £2,304 |
| Sanitek Uk Ltd | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 9 known, 503 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 |
|---|---|
| Pleasure & sport boats | 824 |
SIC classification
SIC 30110 — Building of ships and floating structures
Includes
building of commercial vessels: passenger vessels, ferry-boats, cargo ships, tankers, tugs etc., building of warships, building of fishing boats and fish-processing factory vessels, building of hovercraft (except recreation-type hovercraft), construction of drilling platforms, floating or submersible, construction of floating structures: floating docks, pontoons, coffer-dams, floating landing stages, buoys, floating tanks, barges, lighters, floating cranes, non-recreational inflatable rafts etc., manufacture of sections for ships and floating structures
Excludes
manufacture of parts of vessels, other than major hull assemblies:, manufacture of sails, see ##13.92, manufacture of ships' propellers, see ##25.99, manufacture of iron or steel anchors, see ##25.99, manufacture of marine engines, see ##28.11, manufacture of navigational instruments, see ##26.51, manufacture of lighting equipment for ships, see ##27.40, manufacture of amphibious motor vehicles, see ##29.10, manufacture of inflatable boats or rafts for recreation, see ##30.12, specialised repair and maintenance of ships and floating structures, see ##33.15, ship-breaking, see ##38.31, interior installation of boats, see ##43.3