Hazardous
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
1862
Active companies
1376
Formed in latest 12 months
216
Median active-company age
6.7 years
Revenue known
41
Importers
78
Exporters
78
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,862 |
| Active companies | 1,376 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 216 |
| Importers | 78 |
| Exporters | 78 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 41 known, 1335 unknown (3.0%).
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 | 19 | 12 |
| 2025-12 | 12 | 10 |
| 2026-01 | 19 | 10 |
| 2026-02 | 15 | 19 |
| 2026-03 | 29 | 15 |
| 2026-04 | 14 | 22 |
| 2026-05 | 19 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 23 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 18 | 24 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 11 |
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 | 1,376 |
| Dissolved | 458 |
| Liquidation | 27 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 - East | 77 |
| West Midlands | 68 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 63 |
| Inner London - West | 61 |
| Essex | 60 |
| Greater Manchester | 60 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 58 |
| Kent | 49 |
| West Yorkshire | 49 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 48 |
Geography coverage: 1363 known, 13 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 | 507 |
| 1m-15m | 306 |
| 15m-54m | 37 |
| 54m+ | 57 |
Revenue-range coverage: 907 known, 469 unknown (65.9%).
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 | 280 |
| Small | 505 |
| Medium | 16 |
| Large | 85 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 140 |
Company-size coverage: 1036 known, 340 unknown (75.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 185 |
| 1–9 | 426 |
| 10–49 | 156 |
| 50–249 | 28 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 798 known, 578 unknown (58.0%).
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 | 213 |
| 1–3 years | 220 |
| 3–5 years | 151 |
| 5–10 years | 254 |
| 10–20 years | 267 |
| 20+ years | 271 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1376 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 |
|---|---|
| Collection | 857 |
| Treatment | 700 |
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 | 31 |
| Exporter only | 31 |
| Both | 47 |
| Neither | 1,267 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 55 | £11,936,052,402 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 35 | £6,764,311,572 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 34 | £1,836,555,961 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 28 | £1,815,667,348 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 18 | £1,960,918,298 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 14 | £455,842,148 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 13 | £115,200,066 | 2017-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 11 | £163,663,245 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 11 | £217,256,410 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 10 | £21,201,314 | 2018-08-01 – 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 | 45 | £3,727,684,354 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 32 | £1,856,458,928 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 23 | £1,001,838,905 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 17 | £1,430,050,472 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 15 | £98,972,318 | 2018-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 13 | £250,136,928 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 13 | £920,489,933 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 12 | £588,814,418 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 9 | £479,425,273 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 9 | £150,668,403 | 2016-02-01 – 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 | 172 | 1,059 | 317 | 77.0% |
| Holding company | 1 | 1,059 | 317 | 77.0% |
| Solo founder | 518 | 1,059 | 317 | 77.0% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 73 | 1,303 | 5.3% |
| Website | 87 | 90 | 1,286 | 6.5% |
| 74 | 90 | 1,286 | 6.5% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Clarity Environmental Limited | £86,905,998 |
| Powerday Plc | £75,649,549 |
| Cemcor Ltd | £49,915,440 |
| Transwaste Recycling And Aggregates Limited | £38,002,636 |
| M.d.j. Light Brothers (scrap Processers) Limited | £31,638,649 |
| Avon Specialty Metals Limited | £30,257,941 |
| Grist Environmental Limited | £28,170,122 |
| Cory Barking Operations Limited | £27,805,937 |
| Papilo Limited | £25,480,364 |
| Darlow Lloyd & Sons Limited | £24,487,211 |
Revenue coverage: 41 known, 1335 unknown (3.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Non-hazardous | 9,212 |
| Remediation | 4,027 |
| Material recovery | 2,848 |
| Wrecks | 230 |