Industrial engineering
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
17004
Active companies
12765
Formed in latest 12 months
1641
Median active-company age
5.5 years
Revenue known
239
Importers
730
Exporters
592
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 17,004 |
| Active companies | 12,765 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,641 |
| Importers | 730 |
| Exporters | 592 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 239 known, 12526 unknown (1.9%).
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 | 120 | 129 |
| 2025-12 | 122 | 155 |
| 2026-01 | 153 | 130 |
| 2026-02 | 125 | 162 |
| 2026-03 | 129 | 134 |
| 2026-04 | 131 | 123 |
| 2026-05 | 129 | 134 |
| 2026-06 | 145 | 104 |
| 2026-07 | 146 | 200 |
| 2026-08 | 25 | 82 |
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 | 12,765 |
| Dissolved | 4,035 |
| Liquidation | 188 |
| In Administration | 13 |
| Converted / Closed | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 980 |
| Inner London - East | 801 |
| Greater Manchester | 536 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 515 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 495 |
| West Midlands | 464 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 414 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 409 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 368 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 368 |
Geography coverage: 12640 known, 125 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 | 7,994 |
| 1m-15m | 991 |
| 15m-54m | 56 |
| 54m+ | 90 |
Revenue-range coverage: 9131 known, 3634 unknown (71.5%).
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 | 5,141 |
| Small | 3,579 |
| Medium | 22 |
| Large | 144 |
| Holding | 31 |
| Dormant | 1,240 |
Company-size coverage: 10157 known, 2608 unknown (79.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,009 |
| 1–9 | 6,352 |
| 10–49 | 322 |
| 50–249 | 55 |
| 250+ | 6 |
Employee coverage: 8744 known, 4021 unknown (68.5%).
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 | 1,622 |
| 1–3 years | 2,584 |
| 3–5 years | 1,786 |
| 5–10 years | 3,501 |
| 10–20 years | 2,288 |
| 20+ years | 984 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 12765 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 | 12,765 |
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 | 313 |
| Exporter only | 175 |
| Both | 417 |
| Neither | 11,860 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 467 | £87,870,042,089 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 463 | £95,484,042,737 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 386 | £21,075,411,181 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 179 | £9,403,945,246 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 123 | £9,860,263,255 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 120 | £13,653,990,185 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 113 | £2,872,089,334 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 109 | £5,788,267,698 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 85 | £770,151,667 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 79 | £1,706,422,109 | 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 | 374 | £55,830,824,792 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 344 | £38,222,299,392 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 278 | £20,475,640,748 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 148 | £5,498,262,703 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 114 | £5,360,654,402 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 86 | £1,535,954,971 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 82 | £427,466,953 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 76 | £5,312,472,168 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 73 | £878,541,341 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 67 | £801,786,608 | 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 | 1,475 | 11,714 | 1,051 | 91.8% |
| Holding company | 3 | 11,714 | 1,051 | 91.8% |
| Solo founder | 6,867 | 11,714 | 1,051 | 91.8% |
| Ecommerce | 46 | 615 | 12,150 | 4.8% |
| Website | 746 | 761 | 12,004 | 6.0% |
| 624 | 761 | 12,004 | 6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hayley Group Limited | £232,828,000 |
| Creagh Concrete Products Limited | £135,615,333 |
| B.h.c. Limited | £96,036,270 |
| Burns & Mcdonnell Europe (uk) Limited | £46,942,186 |
| Power Electrics (bristol) Limited | £46,432,550 |
| Solarport Systems Limited | £44,308,974 |
| Asgard Hi-tech Solutions Limited | £43,470,612 |
| Framatome Limited | £39,692,978 |
| Mel Aviation Components Limited | £34,428,122 |
| Grey Technology Limited | £34,364,754 |
Revenue coverage: 239 known, 12526 unknown (1.9%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Management consluting | 286,445 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,933 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,812 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,053 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,261 |
| Non-trading company | 41,548 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,806 |
| Geospatial services | 35,859 |
| Head office services | 31,142 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,802 |
| Financial management | 22,826 |
| Architechts | 21,399 |
| Public relations | 16,728 |
| Media sales | 14,641 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 13,965 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,954 |
| Tax consulting | 13,400 |
| Solicitors | 12,513 |
| Copyright agents | 10,424 |
| Specialist photography | 9,219 |
| Other | 64,080 |
SIC classification
SIC 71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Includes
drawing up of preliminary drafts, project development, specification of plans of execution or exact specifications on behalf of the contracting authority for the construction of industrial process and production
Excludes
industrial design, see ##74.10
Details
This subclass comprises the provision of surveying and mapping services and the like.