Other: shopping carts, donkey-carts etc
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
1415
Active companies
985
Formed in latest 12 months
86
Median active-company age
12.1 years
Revenue known
31
Importers
236
Exporters
215
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,415 |
| Active companies | 985 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 86 |
| Importers | 236 |
| Exporters | 215 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 31 known, 954 unknown (3.1%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025-12 | 3 | 13 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 7 | 13 |
| 2026-04 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026-06 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 16 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Active | 985 |
| Dissolved | 394 |
| Liquidation | 31 |
| In Administration | 3 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 61 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 56 |
| Greater Manchester | 46 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 41 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 38 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 37 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 35 |
| West Yorkshire | 35 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 32 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 31 |
Geography coverage: 976 known, 9 unknown (99.1%).
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 | 465 |
| 1m-15m | 222 |
| 15m-54m | 17 |
| 54m+ | 33 |
Revenue-range coverage: 737 known, 248 unknown (74.8%).
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 | 264 |
| Small | 402 |
| Medium | 9 |
| Large | 50 |
| Holding | 8 |
| Dormant | 115 |
Company-size coverage: 848 known, 137 unknown (86.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 171 |
| 1–9 | 386 |
| 10–49 | 102 |
| 50–249 | 24 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 684 known, 301 unknown (69.4%).
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 | 83 |
| 1–3 years | 92 |
| 3–5 years | 72 |
| 5–10 years | 172 |
| 10–20 years | 245 |
| 20+ years | 321 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 985 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 |
|---|---|
| 30990 | 985 |
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 | 63 |
| Exporter only | 42 |
| Both | 173 |
| Neither | 707 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 151 | £60,576,826,830 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 151 | £19,200,822,398 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 145 | £41,125,627,017 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 109 | £7,945,045,216 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 94 | £5,451,400,191 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 63 | £1,412,354,925 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 61 | £4,826,262,270 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 58 | £1,804,347,781 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 50 | £5,460,535,471 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 38 | £677,477,858 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 149 | £7,685,074,929 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 124 | £20,036,929,587 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 114 | £17,103,343,988 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 85 | £7,097,947,211 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 62 | £2,604,806,791 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 49 | £419,638,199 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 47 | £1,334,125,122 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 37 | £2,434,562,952 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 35 | £398,288,961 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 30 | £107,865,655 | 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 | 130 | 764 | 221 | 77.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 764 | 221 | 77.6% |
| Solo founder | 320 | 764 | 221 | 77.6% |
| Ecommerce | 31 | 191 | 794 | 19.4% |
| Website | 235 | 241 | 744 | 24.5% |
| 187 | 241 | 744 | 24.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Aerial Exposure Ltd | £73,512,617 |
| Al-ko Kober Limited | £60,067,000 |
| Dhollandia U.k. Limited | £53,671,393 |
| Knott-avonride Limited | £27,775,541 |
| Cpd Bodies Limited | £26,307,207 |
| Coolkit Limited | £24,584,582 |
| Redrock Machinery Limited | £23,779,063 |
| Scorpion Automotive Limited | £20,301,807 |
| Maypole Limited | £18,387,506 |
| Wilker U.k. Limited | £16,659,327 |
Revenue coverage: 31 known, 954 unknown (3.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Parts and accessories | 2,790 |
| Motor vehicles | 1,303 |
| Bodies, outfitting | 1,011 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment | 634 |
| Bicycles and invalid carriages | 375 |
| Trailers & semi-trailers | 317 |
| Caravans | 316 |
| Motorcycles | 186 |
| Military | 42 |
SIC classification
SIC 30990 — Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.
Includes
manufacture of hand-propelled vehicles: luggage trucks, handcarts, sledges, shopping carts etc., manufacture of vehicles drawn by animals: sulkies, donkey-carts, hearses etc.
Excludes
works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including hand trucks and wheelbarrows), see ##28.22, decorative restaurant carts, such as a dessert cart, food wagons, see ##31.01
Details
This class includes the manufacture of furniture of any kind (other than domestic), of any material (except stone, concrete or ceramic) for any place and for various purposes.