Weaving 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
952
Active companies
423
Formed in latest 12 months
51
Median active-company age
6.9 years
Revenue known
10
Importers
95
Exporters
88
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 952 |
| Active companies | 423 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 51 |
| Importers | 95 |
| Exporters | 88 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 10 known, 413 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 6 | 12 |
| 2025-12 | 2 | 13 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026-04 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 3 | 26 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 17 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 1 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 515 |
| Active | 423 |
| Liquidation | 10 |
| In Administration | 4 |
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 | 45 |
| Inner London - West | 34 |
| Inner London - East | 31 |
| Highlands and Islands | 24 |
| Outer London - South | 23 |
| West Midlands | 18 |
| Lancashire | 17 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 |
Geography coverage: 422 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 | 179 |
| 1m-15m | 66 |
| 15m-54m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 9 |
Revenue-range coverage: 261 known, 162 unknown (61.7%).
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 | 99 |
| Small | 130 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Large | 19 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 79 |
Company-size coverage: 338 known, 85 unknown (79.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 70 |
| 1–9 | 127 |
| 10–49 | 28 |
| 50–249 | 13 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 239 known, 184 unknown (56.5%).
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 | 47 |
| 1–3 years | 74 |
| 3–5 years | 47 |
| 5–10 years | 77 |
| 10–20 years | 66 |
| 20+ years | 112 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 423 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 |
|---|---|
| 13200 | 423 |
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 | 21 |
| Exporter only | 14 |
| Both | 74 |
| Neither | 314 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 63 | £6,829,405,189 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 51 | £200,080,828 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 42 | £82,835,191 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 39 | £5,314,066,914 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 36 | £36,198,163 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 35 | £1,238,500,309 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 34 | £75,247,783 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 33 | £53,668,188 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 51 — Wool and animal hair products | 32 | £155,177,200 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 31 | £116,323,926 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 49 | £201,882,159 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 58 — Special woven and decorative fabrics | 48 | £65,065,024 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 44 | £1,937,497,682 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 51 — Wool and animal hair products | 42 | £239,593,111 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 54 — Man-made filaments and related materials | 41 | £192,380,295 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 41 | £275,366,849 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 55 — Man-made staple fibers | 39 | £34,153,435 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 39 | £413,721,593 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38 | £367,493,523 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 52 — Cotton products | 37 | £62,352,649 | 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 | 34 | 343 | 80 | 81.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 343 | 80 | 81.1% |
| Solo founder | 203 | 343 | 80 | 81.1% |
| Ecommerce | 19 | 74 | 349 | 17.5% |
| Website | 87 | 91 | 332 | 21.5% |
| 67 | 91 | 332 | 21.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| James Dewhurst Limited | £25,155,000 |
| Fothergill Engineered Fabrics Limited | £19,064,194 |
| Rykneld Tean Limited | £14,429,262 |
| Bowmer-bond Narrow Fabrics Limited | £10,646,934 |
| Stephen Walters & Sons Limited | £8,479,967 |
| Marton Mills Company Limited | £7,909,387 |
| Morvan & Noel Ltd | £127,724 |
| Tessellates Innovation Limited | £542 |
| Saison International Ltd | £0 |
| Samrefe Limited | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 10 known, 413 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) | 1,780 |
| Soft furnishings | 1,655 |
| Finishing of textiles | 1,275 |
| Household textiles | 900 |
| Other technial and industrial textiles | 450 |
| Knitted and crocheted fabrics | 399 |
| Textile fibres | 294 |
| Felt, other non-woven products | 198 |
| Canvas goods, sacks, etc | 192 |
| Woven/tufted carpets and rugs | 170 |
| Jute and knotted carpets, mats and the like | 164 |
| Ropes, nets, other cordage | 103 |
SIC classification
SIC 13200 — Weaving of textiles
Includes
manufacture of broad woven cotton-type, woollen-type, worsted-type or silk-type fabrics, including from mixtures of artificial or synthetic yarns (polypropylene etc.), manufacture of other broad woven fabrics, using flax, ramie, hemp, jute, bast fibres and special yarns, manufacture of woven pile or chenille fabrics, terry towelling, gauze etc., manufacture of woven fabrics of glass fibres, manufacture of woven carbon and aramid threads, manufacture of imitation fur by weaving
Excludes
manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, see ##13.91, manufacture of textile floor coverings, see ##13.93, manufacture of non-woven fabrics and felts, see ##13.99, manufacture of narrow fabrics, see ##13.96, manufacture of felts, see ##13.99
Details
This class includes finishing of textiles and wearing apparel, i.e. bleaching, dyeing, dressing and similar activities.