Trailers & semi-trailers
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
399
Active companies
320
Formed in latest 12 months
20
Median active-company age
9.3 years
Revenue known
9
Importers
65
Exporters
47
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 399 |
| Active companies | 320 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 20 |
| Importers | 65 |
| Exporters | 47 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 9 known, 311 unknown (2.8%).
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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 273 |
| Dissolved | 67 |
| Dormant | 47 |
| Liquidation | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 43 |
| Lancashire | 18 |
| Greater Manchester | 14 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 11 |
| Lincolnshire | 11 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 11 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 10 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 9 |
| Mid and South West Wales | 9 |
| Norfolk | 9 |
Geography coverage: 312 known, 8 unknown (97.5%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 136 |
| 1m-15m | 58 |
| 15m-54m | 24 |
| 54m+ | 15 |
Revenue-range coverage: 233 known, 87 unknown (72.8%).
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 | 72 |
| Small | 116 |
| Medium | 6 |
| Large | 32 |
| Holding | 4 |
| Dormant | 47 |
Company-size coverage: 277 known, 43 unknown (86.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 69 |
| 1–9 | 111 |
| 10–49 | 27 |
| 50–249 | 10 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 218 known, 102 unknown (68.1%).
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 | 18 |
| 1–3 years | 41 |
| 3–5 years | 28 |
| 5–10 years | 81 |
| 10–20 years | 68 |
| 20+ years | 84 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 320 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 |
|---|---|
| 29202 | 320 |
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 | 26 |
| Exporter only | 8 |
| Both | 39 |
| Neither | 247 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 54 | £5,854,854,977 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 39 | £7,891,479,886 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 38 | £12,578,873,598 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 28 | £1,469,166,917 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 23 | £1,180,264,252 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 19 | £921,287,267 | 2016-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 16 | £137,124,027 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 14 | £580,303,911 | 2017-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 12 | £1,784,722,670 | 2021-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 11 | £250,956,536 | 2018-08-01 – 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) | 42 | £1,970,441,791 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 22 | £2,313,338,214 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 14 | £851,262,111 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £340,916,453 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 10 | £458,593,845 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 8 | £148,107,322 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 5 | £298,720,258 | 2021-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 5 | £98,205,033 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £59,264,238 | 2021-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 4 | £7,282,131 | 2022-03-01 – 2024-10-01 |
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 | 50 | 252 | 68 | 78.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 252 | 68 | 78.8% |
| Solo founder | 104 | 252 | 68 | 78.8% |
| Ecommerce | 6 | 57 | 263 | 17.8% |
| Website | 65 | 66 | 254 | 20.6% |
| 52 | 66 | 254 | 20.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ifor Williams Trailers Limited | £83,518,014 |
| I. W. T. Deeside Limited | £40,032,855 |
| Brian James Trailers Limited | £36,382,967 |
| Crossland Tankers Limited | £25,357,855 |
| Redrock Machinery Limited | £23,779,063 |
| Nugent Trailers Limited | £19,399,020 |
| Wilcox Commercial Vehicles Limited | £13,908,842 |
| King Trailers Limited | £7,437,695 |
| Ch Trailers Ltd | £20,850 |
Revenue coverage: 9 known, 311 unknown (2.8%).
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 | 2,797 |
| Motor vehicles | 1,300 |
| Bodies, outfitting | 1,004 |
| Other: shopping carts, donkey-carts etc | 973 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment | 628 |
| Bicycles and invalid carriages | 372 |
| Caravans | 319 |
| Motorcycles | 189 |
| Military | 40 |
SIC classification
SIC 29202 — Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
Includes
manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers: tankers, removal trailers etc., manufacture of containers for carriage by one or more modes of transport
Excludes
manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers specially designed for use in agriculture, see ##28.30, manufacture of parts and accessories of bodies for motor vehicles, see ##29.32, manufacture of vehicles drawn by animals, see ##30.99