Building Materials & Sanitary
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
6423
Active companies
4369
Formed in latest 12 months
835
Median active-company age
4.4 years
Revenue known
96
Importers
764
Exporters
255
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 6,423 |
| Active companies | 4,369 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 835 |
| Importers | 764 |
| Exporters | 255 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 96 known, 4273 unknown (2.2%).
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 | 49 | 62 |
| 2026-01 | 64 | 38 |
| 2026-02 | 75 | 52 |
| 2026-03 | 69 | 71 |
| 2026-04 | 43 | 50 |
| 2026-05 | 67 | 63 |
| 2026-06 | 72 | 35 |
| 2026-07 | 69 | 99 |
| 2026-08 | 68 | 65 |
| 2026-09 | 44 | 69 |
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 | 3,832 |
| Dissolved | 1,927 |
| Dormant | 537 |
| Liquidation | 117 |
| In Administration | 5 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 3 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 2 |
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 | 315 |
| Inner London - East | 313 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 304 |
| Greater Manchester | 264 |
| West Midlands | 228 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 191 |
| Outer London - South | 156 |
| Essex | 147 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 146 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 144 |
Geography coverage: 4327 known, 42 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 | 1,652 |
| 1m-15m | 794 |
| 15m-54m | 67 |
| 54m+ | 73 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2586 known, 1783 unknown (59.2%).
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 | 1,013 |
| Small | 1,334 |
| Medium | 23 |
| Large | 119 |
| Holding | 18 |
| Dormant | 537 |
Company-size coverage: 3044 known, 1325 unknown (69.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 734 |
| 1–9 | 1,383 |
| 10–49 | 283 |
| 50–249 | 35 |
| 250+ | 8 |
Employee coverage: 2443 known, 1926 unknown (55.9%).
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 | 814 |
| 1–3 years | 981 |
| 3–5 years | 518 |
| 5–10 years | 841 |
| 10–20 years | 601 |
| 20+ years | 614 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4369 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 | 4,369 |
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 | 546 |
| Exporter only | 37 |
| Both | 218 |
| Neither | 3,568 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 328 | £9,612,946,479 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 245 | £10,033,018,964 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 226 | £23,328,321,889 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 209 | £12,509,477,111 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 205 | £11,212,987,577 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 196 | £1,826,640,316 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 163 | £2,489,953,661 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 163 | £4,163,622,702 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 127 | £18,511,276,715 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 104 | £822,684,657 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 90 | £264,742,309 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 78 | £2,689,779,149 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 76 | £4,197,991,172 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 73 | £3,789,085,465 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 47 | £454,861,013 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 46 | £641,806,760 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 45 | £2,122,699,884 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 40 | £171,154,901 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 37 | £311,261,187 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 35 | £105,131,229 | 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 | 417 | 3,747 | 622 | 85.8% |
| Holding company | 4 | 3,747 | 622 | 85.8% |
| Solo founder | 2,141 | 3,747 | 622 | 85.8% |
| Ecommerce | 166 | 551 | 3,818 | 12.6% |
| Website | 648 | 666 | 3,703 | 15.2% |
| 412 | 666 | 3,703 | 15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| E H Smith (builders Merchants) Limited | £165,906,985 |
| Sodra Wood Limited | £125,269,000 |
| Lawsons (whetstone) Limited | £117,265,232 |
| Lbs Builders Merchants Limited | £88,930,996 |
| Precon Products Ltd | £81,065,839 |
| Epd Insulation Group Ltd | £72,713,756 |
| A.e.spink Limited | £71,624,113 |
| C & W Berry Limited | £66,687,106 |
| Hanson Plywood Limited | £59,367,568 |
| The Mosaic Tile Company Limited | £54,933,664 |
Revenue coverage: 96 known, 4273 unknown (2.2%).
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-specialised | 47,337 |
| Food | 17,436 |
| Clothing and footwear | 17,252 |
| Perfume and cosmetics | 9,720 |
| Agricultural products | 8,188 |
| Household goods n.e.c. | 7,695 |
| Electronic & telecom equipment | 7,486 |
| Beverages | 7,179 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 7,041 |
| Food, beverages and tobacco | 7,004 |
| Other equipment n.e.c. | 6,630 |
| Textiles | 5,280 |
| Computers & peripherals, software | 5,007 |
| Pharma products | 4,507 |
| Hardware, plumbing & heating goods | 4,326 |
| Other intermediates products | 4,283 |
| Furniture, carpets and lighting equipment | 3,789 |
| Watches and jewellery | 3,593 |
| Chemical products | 2,831 |
| Metals and metal ores | 2,459 |
| Other | 14,733 |
SIC classification
SIC 46730 — Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Includes
wholesale of wood in the rough, wholesale of products of primary processing of wood, wholesale of paint and varnish, wholesale of construction materials:, sand, gravel, wholesale of wallpaper and floor coverings, wholesale of flat glass, wholesale of sanitary equipment:, baths, washbasins, toilets and other sanitary porcelain, wholesale of prefabricated buildings