Textile fibres
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
445
Active companies
289
Formed in latest 12 months
28
Median active-company age
15.5 years
Revenue known
7
Importers
78
Exporters
69
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 445 |
| Active companies | 289 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 28 |
| Importers | 78 |
| Exporters | 69 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 7 known, 282 unknown (2.4%).
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 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 0 | 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 | 248 |
| Dissolved | 142 |
| Dormant | 41 |
| Liquidation | 12 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| West Yorkshire | 54 |
| Inner London - West | 22 |
| Greater Manchester | 18 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 16 |
| Inner London - East | 15 |
| West Midlands | 11 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Highlands and Islands | 9 |
| Lancashire | 9 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 8 |
Geography coverage: 285 known, 4 unknown (98.6%).
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 | 126 |
| 1m-15m | 64 |
| 15m-54m | 5 |
| 54m+ | 8 |
Revenue-range coverage: 203 known, 86 unknown (70.2%).
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 | 112 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 15 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 41 |
Company-size coverage: 244 known, 45 unknown (84.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 51 |
| 1–9 | 96 |
| 10–49 | 33 |
| 50–249 | 6 |
Employee coverage: 186 known, 103 unknown (64.4%).
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 | 26 |
| 1–3 years | 35 |
| 3–5 years | 32 |
| 5–10 years | 32 |
| 10–20 years | 37 |
| 20+ years | 127 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 289 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 |
|---|---|
| 13100 | 289 |
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 | 17 |
| Exporter only | 8 |
| Both | 61 |
| Neither | 203 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 43 | £6,821,197,860 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 31 | £5,381,524,397 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 30 | £108,835,548 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 51 — Wool and animal hair products | 27 | £86,117,052 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 27 | £56,865,253 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 26 | £542,993,996 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 60 — Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 24 | £39,810,962 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 23 | £41,385,215 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 21 | £29,896,836 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 21 | £113,785,692 | 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 | 32 | £1,816,971,673 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 51 — Wool and animal hair products | 29 | £153,791,911 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 25 | £1,522,479,564 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 23 | £377,979,910 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 22 | £11,041,129 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 21 | £27,921,069 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 21 | £41,543,681 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 21 | £22,148,360 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 20 | £84,083,427 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 20 | £291,991,164 | 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 | 33 | 217 | 72 | 75.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 217 | 72 | 75.1% |
| Solo founder | 105 | 217 | 72 | 75.1% |
| Ecommerce | 16 | 57 | 232 | 19.7% |
| Website | 69 | 75 | 214 | 26.0% |
| 45 | 75 | 214 | 26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Standard Wool Uk (holdings) Limited | £32,279,142 |
| Hexcel Reinforcements Uk Limited | £18,975,200 |
| Calder Textiles Limited | £13,018,953 |
| Speciality Fibres And Materials Limited | £5,977,000 |
| Cloverbrook Limited | £1,183,950 |
| A&e Gütermann (uk) Limited | £624,634 |
| Morvan & Noel Ltd | £127,724 |
Revenue coverage: 7 known, 282 unknown (2.4%).
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 |
| Other technial and industrial textiles | 448 |
| Weaving of textiles | 415 |
| Knitted and crocheted fabrics | 392 |
| 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 13100 — Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
Includes
preparatory operations on textile fibres:, reeling and washing of silk, degreasing and carbonising of wool and dyeing of wool fleece, carding and combing of all kinds of animal, vegetable and man-made fibres, spinning and manufacture of yarn or thread for weaving or sewing, for the trade or for further processing, scutching of flax, texturising, twisting, folding, cabling and dipping of synthetic or artificial filament yarns, manufacture of paper yarn
Excludes
preparatory operations carried out in combination with agriculture, see division ##01, retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibres (jute, flax, coir etc.), see ##01.16, cotton ginning, see ##01.63, manufacture of synthetic or artificial fibres and tows, manufacture of single yarns (including high-tenacity yarn and yarn for carpets) of synthetic or artificial fibres, see ##20.60, manufacture of glass fibres, see ##23.14
Details
This class includes weaving of textiles. This can be done from varying raw materials, such as silk, wool,other animal, vegetable or man-made fibres, paper or glass etc.