Watches and clocks
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
478
Active companies
295
Formed in latest 12 months
66
Median active-company age
3.6 years
Revenue known
6
Importers
36
Exporters
25
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 478 |
| Active companies | 295 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 66 |
| Importers | 36 |
| Exporters | 25 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 6 known, 289 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 4 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 | 239 |
| Dissolved | 183 |
| Dormant | 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - East | 40 |
| Inner London - West | 36 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 16 |
| West Midlands | 14 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 13 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 13 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 10 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 10 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 8 |
Geography coverage: 292 known, 3 unknown (99.0%).
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 | 117 |
| 1m-15m | 21 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
Revenue-range coverage: 140 known, 155 unknown (47.5%).
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 | 77 |
| Small | 56 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 56 |
Company-size coverage: 190 known, 105 unknown (64.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 59 |
| 1–9 | 68 |
| 10–49 | 9 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 137 known, 158 unknown (46.4%).
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 | 66 |
| 1–3 years | 73 |
| 3–5 years | 33 |
| 5–10 years | 74 |
| 10–20 years | 31 |
| 20+ years | 18 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 295 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 |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 295 |
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 | 16 |
| Exporter only | 5 |
| Both | 20 |
| Neither | 254 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 33 | £1,244,045,318 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 9 | £1,269,318,909 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 9 | £434,060,037 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 7 | £195,533,413 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £262,136,609 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 5 | £108,255,964 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 5 | £262,045,884 | 2018-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 5 | £44,753,693 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £98,225,929 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 4 | £9,876,458 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-09-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 24 | £626,419,235 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 8 | £212,530,343 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 5 | £477,584,254 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 5 | £198,262,436 | 2017-04-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £77,909,146 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 3 | £386,565,825 | 2016-03-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 3 | £238,267,710 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 3 | £2,848,220 | 2016-05-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 3 | £24,204,704 | 2017-03-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 3 | £43,566,195 | 2023-07-01 – 2025-12-01 |
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 | 19 | 276 | 19 | 93.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 276 | 19 | 93.6% |
| Solo founder | 168 | 276 | 19 | 93.6% |
| Ecommerce | 11 | 27 | 268 | 9.2% |
| Website | 35 | 36 | 259 | 12.2% |
| 19 | 36 | 259 | 12.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Richard Perrett Watchmaker Limited | £71,050 |
| Glen Anthony Watches Ltd | £27,397 |
| Casieblue Group Limited | £22,000 |
| Daedal Designs Limited | £709 |
| Arbre Watches Limited | £0 |
| Increment Labs Ltd | £-72 |
Revenue coverage: 6 known, 289 unknown (2.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,049 |
| Foods | 24,399 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,679 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 11,988 |
| Printing | 11,851 |
| Furniture | 10,674 |
| Apparel | 10,535 |
| Machinery | 10,287 |
| Chemical products | 8,994 |
| Vehicles | 7,361 |
| Textiles | 7,341 |
| Beverages | 7,072 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,912 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,538 |
| Jewellery | 4,481 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,353 |
| Paper products | 3,114 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,748 |
| Sports goods | 2,367 |
| Games and toys | 2,340 |
| Other | 24,595 |
SIC classification
SIC 26520 — Manufacture of watches and clocks
Includes
manufacture of watches and clocks of all kinds, including instrument panel clocks, manufacture of watch and clock cases, including cases of precious metals, manufacture of time-recording equipment and equipment for measuring, recording and otherwise displaying intervals of time with a watch or clock movement or with synchronous motor, such as:, parking meters, time clocks, time/date stamps, process timers, manufacture of time switches and other releases with a watch or clock movement or with synchronous motor: time locks, manufacture of components for clocks and watches:, movements of all kinds for watches and clocks, springs, jewels, dials, hands, plates, bridges and other parts, watch and clock cases and housings of all materials
Excludes
manufacture of non-metal watch bands (textile, leather, plastic), see ##15.12, manufacture of watch bands of precious metal, see ##32.12, manufacture of watch bands of non-precious metal, see ##32.13