Material recovery
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
3769
Active companies
2878
Formed in latest 12 months
385
Median active-company age
9.1 years
Revenue known
97
Importers
264
Exporters
324
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 3,769 |
| Active companies | 2,878 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 385 |
| Importers | 264 |
| Exporters | 324 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 97 known, 2781 unknown (3.4%).
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 | 17 | 23 |
| 2026-01 | 34 | 17 |
| 2026-02 | 28 | 27 |
| 2026-03 | 45 | 30 |
| 2026-04 | 26 | 17 |
| 2026-05 | 41 | 23 |
| 2026-06 | 34 | 21 |
| 2026-07 | 32 | 35 |
| 2026-08 | 37 | 43 |
| 2026-09 | 24 | 18 |
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 | 2,591 |
| Dissolved | 771 |
| Dormant | 287 |
| Liquidation | 111 |
| In Administration | 5 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 3 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 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 |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 186 |
| Greater Manchester | 164 |
| Inner London - East | 153 |
| Inner London - West | 119 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 117 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 113 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 104 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 94 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 92 |
| Northern Ireland | 91 |
Geography coverage: 2834 known, 44 unknown (98.5%).
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 | 1,171 |
| 1m-15m | 674 |
| 15m-54m | 107 |
| 54m+ | 83 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2035 known, 843 unknown (70.7%).
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 | 626 |
| Small | 1,148 |
| Medium | 25 |
| Large | 159 |
| Holding | 33 |
| Dormant | 287 |
Company-size coverage: 2278 known, 600 unknown (79.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 544 |
| 1–9 | 980 |
| 10–49 | 280 |
| 50–249 | 54 |
| 250+ | 9 |
Employee coverage: 1867 known, 1011 unknown (64.9%).
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 | 379 |
| 1–3 years | 380 |
| 3–5 years | 231 |
| 5–10 years | 518 |
| 10–20 years | 764 |
| 20+ years | 606 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2878 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 | 2,878 |
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 | 101 |
| Exporter only | 161 |
| Both | 163 |
| Neither | 2,453 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 178 | £24,151,496,256 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 117 | £18,290,376,684 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 79 | £4,096,017,016 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 72 | £2,701,238,045 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 60 | £3,635,047,571 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 42 | £118,199,650 | 2019-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 34 | £355,097,282 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 31 | £136,040,444 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 27 | £263,500,571 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 27 | £1,212,730,788 | 2017-12-01 – 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 | 134 | £9,881,315,695 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 107 | £3,349,844,921 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 72 | £5,017,705,813 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 68 | £4,312,817,630 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 64 | £2,207,177,096 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 47 — Wood pulp or other plant-based fiber materials | 61 | £1,253,051,323 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 51 | £2,668,119,047 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 42 | £2,100,955,671 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 39 | £519,973,639 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 36 | £319,554,064 | 2016-03-01 – 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 | 302 | 2,210 | 668 | 76.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,210 | 668 | 76.8% |
| Solo founder | 1,113 | 2,210 | 668 | 76.8% |
| Ecommerce | 23 | 262 | 2,616 | 9.1% |
| Website | 334 | 349 | 2,529 | 12.1% |
| 231 | 349 | 2,529 | 12.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ds Smith Recycling Uk Limited | £265,875,000 |
| F.j. Church & Sons Limited | £106,983,422 |
| Ghl (wickside) Limited | £89,728,285 |
| Clarity Environmental Limited | £86,905,998 |
| Powerday Plc | £75,649,549 |
| N&p Crayford Mrf Limited | £68,368,968 |
| Regen Waste Limited | £66,198,057 |
| Enicor Limited | £57,536,857 |
| Wrap Ltd | £54,608,872 |
| Eurokey Recycling Limited | £52,009,049 |
Revenue coverage: 97 known, 2781 unknown (3.4%).
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 | 9,302 |
| Remediation | 4,024 |
| Hazardous | 1,391 |
| Wrecks | 235 |
SIC classification
SIC 38320 — Recovery of sorted materials
Details
This section includes general construction and specialised construction activities for buildings and civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of a temporary nature. General construction is the construction of entire dwellings, office buildings, stores and other public and utility buildings, farm buildings etc., or the construction of civil engineering works such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, sports facilities etc. This work can be carried out on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted out. A unit that carries the overall responsibility for a construction project is classified here. Also included is the repair of buildings and civil engineering works. This section includes the complete construction of buildings (division ##41), the complete construction of civil engineering works (division ##42), as well as specialised construction activities, if carried out only as a part of the construction process (division ##43). The renting of construction equipment with operator is classified with the specific construction activity carried out with this equipment. This section also includes the development of building projects for buildings or civil engineering works by bringing together financial, technical and physical means to realise the construction projects for later sale. If these activities are carried out not for later sale of the construction projects, but for their operation (e.g. renting of space in these buildings, manufacturing activities in these plants), the unit would not be classified here, but according to its operational activity, i.e. real estate, manufacturing etc.