Other technial and industrial 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
833
Active companies
449
Formed in latest 12 months
53
Median active-company age
6.5 years
Revenue known
16
Importers
113
Exporters
105
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 833 |
| Active companies | 449 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 53 |
| Importers | 113 |
| Exporters | 105 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 16 known, 433 unknown (3.6%).
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 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 16 |
| 2026-04 | 10 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 22 |
| 2026-06 | 6 | 12 |
| 2026-07 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 4 | 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 | 382 |
| Dissolved | 372 |
| Dormant | 67 |
| Liquidation | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester | 36 |
| Inner London - East | 34 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 25 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 23 |
| West Midlands | 23 |
| West Yorkshire | 23 |
| Inner London - West | 20 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 20 |
| Lancashire | 16 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 14 |
Geography coverage: 449 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
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 | 182 |
| 1m-15m | 86 |
| 15m-54m | 8 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 286 known, 163 unknown (63.7%).
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 | 104 |
| Small | 150 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 19 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 67 |
Company-size coverage: 352 known, 97 unknown (78.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 101 |
| 1–9 | 121 |
| 10–49 | 42 |
| 50–249 | 9 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 274 known, 175 unknown (61.0%).
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 | 53 |
| 1–3 years | 95 |
| 3–5 years | 44 |
| 5–10 years | 88 |
| 10–20 years | 59 |
| 20+ years | 110 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 449 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 |
|---|---|
| 13960 | 449 |
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 | 19 |
| Exporter only | 11 |
| Both | 94 |
| Neither | 325 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 74 | £12,865,745,222 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 57 | £377,564,768 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 56 | £11,946,519,037 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 53 | £185,601,269 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 50 | £5,704,308,427 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 50 | £2,484,519,187 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 49 | £214,834,734 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 46 | £3,059,019,340 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 41 | £113,082,179 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 38 | £1,160,811,444 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 60 | £5,231,428,037 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 49 | £2,496,961,358 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 47 | £198,927,448 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 45 | £1,374,426,821 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 42 | £2,251,999,287 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 42 | £134,540,753 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 39 | £240,092,768 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 38 | £144,319,546 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 38 | £1,639,687,840 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 33 | £27,532,010 | 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 | 38 | 336 | 113 | 74.8% |
| Holding company | 1 | 336 | 113 | 74.8% |
| Solo founder | 179 | 336 | 113 | 74.8% |
| Ecommerce | 13 | 87 | 362 | 19.4% |
| Website | 112 | 112 | 337 | 24.9% |
| 93 | 112 | 337 | 24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Shd Composite Materials Ltd | £31,115,330 |
| James Dewhurst Limited | £25,155,000 |
| Scott & Fyfe Limited | £21,006,000 |
| Panaz Limited | £20,242,580 |
| Fothergill Engineered Fabrics Limited | £19,064,194 |
| Cunningham Covers Limited | £11,108,369 |
| Evac+chair International Limited | £9,663,646 |
| Airbase Uk Interiors Ltd | £3,998,920 |
| M. Wright & Sons Limited | £3,352,031 |
| Fibretrace Technologies Limited | £1,406,872 |
Revenue coverage: 16 known, 433 unknown (3.6%).
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 |
| Finishing of textiles | 1,267 |
| Household textiles | 886 |
| Weaving of textiles | 414 |
| 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 13960 — Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles
Includes
manufacture of narrow woven fabrics, including fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive, manufacture of labels, badges etc., manufacture of ornamental trimmings: braids, tassels, pompons etc., manufacture of fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, manufacture of metallised yarn or metallised gimped yarn, rubber thread and cord covered with textile material, textile yarn or strip covered, impregnated, coated or sheathed with rubber or plastics, manufacture of tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity man-made yarn, manufacture of other treated or coated fabrics: buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics, fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, manufacture of diverse textile articles: textile wicks, incandescent gas mantles and tubular gas, manufacture of mantle fabric, hosepiping, transmission or conveyor belts or belting (whether or not reinforced with metal or other material), bolting cloth, straining cloth, manufacture of automotive trimmings, manufacture of artists' canvas boards and tracing cloth
Excludes
manufacture of transmission or conveyor belts of textile fabric, yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, where rubber is the chief constituent, see ##22.19, manufacture of plates or sheets of cellular rubber or plastic combined with textiles for reinforcing purposes only, see ##22.19, ##22.21, manufacture of cloth of woven metal wire, see ##25.93