Hardware, plumbing & heating goods
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
6094
Active companies
4327
Formed in latest 12 months
560
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
109
Importers
819
Exporters
436
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 6,094 |
| Active companies | 4,327 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 560 |
| Importers | 819 |
| Exporters | 436 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 109 known, 4218 unknown (2.5%).
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 | 39 | 41 |
| 2026-01 | 42 | 24 |
| 2026-02 | 46 | 54 |
| 2026-03 | 54 | 52 |
| 2026-04 | 49 | 55 |
| 2026-05 | 29 | 49 |
| 2026-06 | 49 | 32 |
| 2026-07 | 41 | 82 |
| 2026-08 | 52 | 48 |
| 2026-09 | 45 | 61 |
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 | 3,738 |
| Dissolved | 1,659 |
| Dormant | 589 |
| Liquidation | 104 |
| In Administration | 4 |
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 | 311 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 267 |
| Greater Manchester | 232 |
| Inner London - West | 223 |
| Inner London - East | 216 |
| West Yorkshire | 182 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 164 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 159 |
| Kent | 157 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 153 |
Geography coverage: 4277 known, 50 unknown (98.8%).
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 | 1,902 |
| 1m-15m | 822 |
| 15m-54m | 69 |
| 54m+ | 65 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2858 known, 1469 unknown (66.1%).
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 | 1,073 |
| Small | 1,552 |
| Medium | 32 |
| Large | 128 |
| Holding | 28 |
| Dormant | 589 |
Company-size coverage: 3402 known, 925 unknown (78.6%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 724 |
| 1–9 | 1,601 |
| 10–49 | 329 |
| 50–249 | 53 |
| 250+ | 7 |
Employee coverage: 2714 known, 1613 unknown (62.7%).
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 | 551 |
| 1–3 years | 831 |
| 3–5 years | 550 |
| 5–10 years | 829 |
| 10–20 years | 755 |
| 20+ years | 811 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4327 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 | 4,327 |
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 | 443 |
| Exporter only | 60 |
| Both | 376 |
| Neither | 3,448 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 517 | £62,904,832,947 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 433 | £16,308,102,791 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 379 | £58,289,100,933 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 289 | £18,280,926,308 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 287 | £10,898,350,926 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 278 | £5,001,358,737 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 273 | £16,264,730,614 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 221 | £1,326,406,228 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 217 | £4,813,519,100 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 206 | £1,844,614,917 | 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 | 271 | £23,397,449,930 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 218 | £14,591,245,792 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 181 | £5,239,180,931 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 146 | £9,007,816,452 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 128 | £5,477,648,746 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 128 | £1,176,336,953 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 91 | £460,203,893 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 88 | £1,421,022,728 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 84 | £378,464,766 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 73 | £525,704,372 | 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 | 488 | 3,652 | 675 | 84.4% |
| Holding company | 2 | 3,652 | 675 | 84.4% |
| Solo founder | 1,850 | 3,652 | 675 | 84.4% |
| Ecommerce | 188 | 630 | 3,697 | 14.6% |
| Website | 757 | 774 | 3,553 | 17.9% |
| 522 | 774 | 3,553 | 17.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Primaflow Limited | £309,254,000 |
| Cubico (uk) Limited | £110,309,271 |
| Lbs Builders Merchants Limited | £88,930,996 |
| A.e.spink Limited | £71,624,113 |
| C & W Berry Limited | £66,687,106 |
| Robert Pochin Limited | £61,352,560 |
| Robert Pochin Holdings Limited | £61,352,560 |
| Walter Tipperlimited | £50,970,000 |
| Boys & Boden Limited | £46,409,712 |
| Triple Solar Ltd | £43,656,737 |
Revenue coverage: 109 known, 4218 unknown (2.5%).
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 | 47,433 |
| Food | 17,473 |
| Clothing and footwear | 17,281 |
| Perfume and cosmetics | 9,733 |
| Agricultural products | 8,203 |
| Household goods n.e.c. | 7,707 |
| Electronic & telecom equipment | 7,498 |
| Beverages | 7,185 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 7,047 |
| Food, beverages and tobacco | 7,011 |
| Other equipment n.e.c. | 6,644 |
| Textiles | 5,284 |
| Computers & peripherals, software | 5,019 |
| Pharma products | 4,510 |
| Building Materials & Sanitary | 4,374 |
| Other intermediates products | 4,284 |
| Furniture, carpets and lighting equipment | 3,789 |
| Watches and jewellery | 3,595 |
| Chemical products | 2,836 |
| Metals and metal ores | 2,461 |
| Other | 14,754 |
SIC classification
SIC 46740 — Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
Includes
wholesale of hardware and locks, wholesale of fittings and fixtures, wholesale of hot water heaters, wholesale of sanitary installation equipment: tubes, pipes, fittings, taps, T-pieces, connections, rubber pipes etc., wholesale of tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers and other hand tools