Treatment
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
909
Active companies
700
Formed in latest 12 months
105
Median active-company age
7.4 years
Revenue known
25
Importers
51
Exporters
52
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 909 |
| Active companies | 700 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 105 |
| Importers | 51 |
| Exporters | 52 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 25 known, 675 unknown (3.6%).
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 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 12 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 19 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 9 | 9 |
| 2026-05 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 13 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 700 |
| Dissolved | 192 |
| Liquidation | 17 |
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 | 42 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 38 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 37 |
| West Midlands | 36 |
| Inner London - West | 34 |
| Greater Manchester | 32 |
| Essex | 31 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 23 |
| West Central Scotland | 22 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 21 |
Geography coverage: 690 known, 10 unknown (98.6%).
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 | 239 |
| 1m-15m | 167 |
| 15m-54m | 24 |
| 54m+ | 41 |
Revenue-range coverage: 471 known, 229 unknown (67.3%).
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 | 108 |
| Small | 283 |
| Medium | 9 |
| Large | 59 |
| Holding | 7 |
| Dormant | 76 |
Company-size coverage: 542 known, 158 unknown (77.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 95 |
| 1–9 | 204 |
| 10–49 | 85 |
| 50–249 | 18 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 403 known, 297 unknown (57.6%).
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 | 104 |
| 1–3 years | 102 |
| 3–5 years | 70 |
| 5–10 years | 136 |
| 10–20 years | 132 |
| 20+ years | 156 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 700 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 |
|---|---|
| 38220 | 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 | 16 |
| Exporter only | 17 |
| Both | 35 |
| Neither | 632 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 38 | £9,530,642,628 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 27 | £5,570,487,360 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 27 | £1,516,502,662 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 24 | £1,556,922,734 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 12 | £1,316,491,181 | 2020-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 9 | £178,269,135 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 9 | £210,938,091 | 2019-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 8 | £34,089,537 | 2017-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 7 | £98,786,345 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 7 | £15,216,905 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 33 | £2,569,793,786 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 24 | £1,271,977,356 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 15 | £512,423,525 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 13 | £1,147,838,333 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 9 | £56,547,262 | 2019-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 9 | £150,907,558 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 9 | £755,429,472 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 8 | £294,422,912 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 47 — Wood pulp or other plant-based fiber materials | 6 | £123,963,645 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 6 | £134,276,471 | 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 | 70 | 495 | 205 | 70.7% |
| Holding company | 1 | 495 | 205 | 70.7% |
| Solo founder | 248 | 495 | 205 | 70.7% |
| Ecommerce | 7 | 46 | 654 | 6.6% |
| Website | 55 | 57 | 643 | 8.1% |
| 45 | 57 | 643 | 8.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Cemcor Ltd | £49,915,440 |
| M.d.j. Light Brothers (scrap Processers) Limited | £31,638,649 |
| Grist Environmental Limited | £28,170,122 |
| Cory Barking Operations Limited | £27,805,937 |
| Darlow Lloyd & Sons Limited | £24,487,211 |
| Bulk Transfer Ltd | £21,971,782 |
| Ph Hull & Sons Limited | £18,173,795 |
| Irish Waste Services Limited | £17,774,280 |
| Enva E-waste England Limited | £15,268,004 |
| Mss Environmental Ltd | £14,726,459 |
Revenue coverage: 25 known, 675 unknown (3.6%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Collection | 857 |
SIC classification
SIC 38220 — Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
Includes
operation of facilities for treatment of hazardous waste, treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste, incineration of hazardous waste, disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste, treatment, disposal and storage of radioactive nuclear waste including:, treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste, i.e. decaying within the period of transport, from hospitals, encapsulation, preparation and other treatment of nuclear waste for storage
Excludes
reprocessing of nuclear fuels, see ##20.13, incineration of non-hazardous waste, see ##38.21, decontamination, clean up of land, water; toxic material abatement, see ##39.00
Details
This class includes dismantling of wrecks of any type (automobiles, ships, computers, televisions and other equipment) for materials recovery.