Finishing of textiles
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
1995
Active companies
1267
Formed in latest 12 months
144
Median active-company age
7.6 years
Revenue known
26
Importers
199
Exporters
137
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,995 |
| Active companies | 1,267 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 144 |
| Importers | 199 |
| Exporters | 137 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 26 known, 1241 unknown (2.1%).
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 | 21 |
| 2026-01 | 16 | 19 |
| 2026-02 | 8 | 19 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 20 |
| 2026-04 | 12 | 21 |
| 2026-05 | 10 | 36 |
| 2026-06 | 9 | 17 |
| 2026-07 | 7 | 27 |
| 2026-08 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026-09 | 7 | 15 |
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 | 1,128 |
| Dissolved | 677 |
| Dormant | 139 |
| Liquidation | 49 |
| In Administration | 2 |
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 - East | 112 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 105 |
| Greater Manchester | 84 |
| Inner London - West | 60 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 59 |
| West Yorkshire | 57 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 53 |
| Lancashire | 50 |
| West Midlands | 43 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 40 |
Geography coverage: 1257 known, 10 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 762 |
| 1m-15m | 130 |
| 15m-54m | 9 |
| 54m+ | 13 |
Revenue-range coverage: 914 known, 353 unknown (72.1%).
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 | 469 |
| Small | 402 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 21 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 139 |
Company-size coverage: 1040 known, 227 unknown (82.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 213 |
| 1–9 | 535 |
| 10–49 | 102 |
| 50–249 | 16 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 867 known, 400 unknown (68.4%).
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 | 140 |
| 1–3 years | 200 |
| 3–5 years | 125 |
| 5–10 years | 303 |
| 10–20 years | 261 |
| 20+ years | 238 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1267 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 |
|---|---|
| 13300 | 1,267 |
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 | 88 |
| Exporter only | 26 |
| Both | 111 |
| Neither | 1,042 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 77 | £5,211,536,568 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 72 | £9,063,017,448 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 72 | £5,509,368,420 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 59 | £2,574,946,922 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 49 | £174,322,798 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 49 | £103,549,906 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 45 | £60,111,511 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 41 | £3,665,341,821 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 37 | £2,701,863,776 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 37 | £667,230,667 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 55 | £478,061,759 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 55 | £326,890,131 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 49 | £237,766,087 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 49 | £1,797,473,979 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 47 | £50,059,605 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 47 | £750,487,450 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 42 | £170,309,414 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 41 | £55,753,841 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 40 | £35,312,666 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 60 — Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 37 | £48,244,020 | 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 | 155 | 1,152 | 115 | 90.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,152 | 115 | 90.9% |
| Solo founder | 601 | 1,152 | 115 | 90.9% |
| Ecommerce | 38 | 138 | 1,129 | 10.9% |
| Website | 177 | 185 | 1,082 | 14.6% |
| 106 | 185 | 1,082 | 14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Kitlocker.com Limited | £23,217,873 |
| Mobus Fabrics Limited | £20,116,466 |
| Fothergill Polycom Limited | £16,916,980 |
| Halley Stevensons Ltd | £14,144,660 |
| Baltic Works Ltd | £14,144,660 |
| Slick Stitch Embroidery Company Limited | £12,669,128 |
| Clarkson Coatings Limited | £7,171,814 |
| Concord Fabrics (uk) Limited | £3,465,958 |
| Homegrace Co. Ltd | £1,310,576 |
| Declic Textiles Ltd | £861,063 |
Revenue coverage: 26 known, 1241 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other textiles (not elsewhere classified) | 1,762 |
| Soft furnishings | 1,656 |
| Household textiles | 887 |
| Other technial and industrial textiles | 448 |
| Weaving of textiles | 415 |
| Knitted and crocheted fabrics | 392 |
| Textile fibres | 289 |
| Felt, other non-woven products | 197 |
| Canvas goods, sacks, etc | 191 |
| Woven/tufted carpets and rugs | 166 |
| Jute and knotted carpets, mats and the like | 160 |
| Ropes, nets, other cordage | 101 |
SIC classification
SIC 13300 — Finishing of textiles
Includes
bleaching and dyeing of textile fibres, yarns, fabrics and textile articles, including wearing apparel, dressing, drying, steaming, shrinking, mending, sanforising, mercerising of textiles and textile articles, including wearing apparel, bleaching of jeans, pleating and similar work on textiles, waterproofing, coating, rubberising, or impregnating purchased garments, silk screen-printing on textiles and wearing apparel
Excludes
manufacture of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, where rubber is the chief constituent, see ##22.19