Waste and scrap
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
3506
Active companies
2277
Formed in latest 12 months
395
Median active-company age
4.3 years
Revenue known
70
Importers
103
Exporters
198
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 3,506 |
| Active companies | 2,277 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 395 |
| Importers | 103 |
| Exporters | 198 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 70 known, 2207 unknown (3.1%).
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 | 24 | 35 |
| 2026-01 | 34 | 29 |
| 2026-02 | 37 | 25 |
| 2026-03 | 28 | 42 |
| 2026-04 | 19 | 30 |
| 2026-05 | 41 | 37 |
| 2026-06 | 34 | 21 |
| 2026-07 | 43 | 57 |
| 2026-08 | 30 | 34 |
| 2026-09 | 20 | 19 |
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 | 2,043 |
| Dissolved | 1,183 |
| Dormant | 234 |
| Liquidation | 41 |
| In Administration | 3 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| 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 | 179 |
| Inner London - East | 156 |
| Greater Manchester | 135 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 124 |
| Inner London - West | 121 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 116 |
| West Yorkshire | 87 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 76 |
| Essex | 71 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 68 |
Geography coverage: 2239 known, 38 unknown (98.3%).
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 | 921 |
| 1m-15m | 393 |
| 15m-54m | 56 |
| 54m+ | 22 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1392 known, 885 unknown (61.1%).
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 | 607 |
| Small | 687 |
| Medium | 21 |
| Large | 38 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 234 |
Company-size coverage: 1597 known, 680 unknown (70.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 372 |
| 1–9 | 818 |
| 10–49 | 130 |
| 50–249 | 21 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 1342 known, 935 unknown (58.9%).
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 | 392 |
| 1–3 years | 538 |
| 3–5 years | 310 |
| 5–10 years | 479 |
| 10–20 years | 281 |
| 20+ years | 277 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2277 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 | 2,277 |
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 | 45 |
| Exporter only | 140 |
| Both | 58 |
| Neither | 2,034 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 40 | £2,432,952,151 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 25 | £2,738,105,946 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 20 | £783,381,708 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 17 | £785,578,567 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 16 | £228,960,380 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 14 | £67,666,132 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 14 | £239,397,733 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 12 | £131,505,835 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 81 — Various base metals and cermets | 12 | £163,374,564 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 75 — Nickel and nickel products | 10 | £174,053,939 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 69 | £2,301,576,268 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 63 | £5,064,518,865 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 72 — Iron and Steel | 58 | £3,787,193,340 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 44 | £2,052,087,996 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 42 | £4,386,542,400 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 38 | £1,509,409,883 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 35 | £1,472,718,279 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 47 — Wood pulp or other plant-based fiber materials | 32 | £771,458,214 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 78 — Lead and products made from lead | 26 | £139,783,112 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 81 — Various base metals and cermets | 16 | £220,106,902 | 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 | 208 | 2,030 | 247 | 89.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,030 | 247 | 89.2% |
| Solo founder | 1,252 | 2,030 | 247 | 89.2% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 148 | 2,129 | 6.5% |
| Website | 180 | 187 | 2,090 | 8.2% |
| 95 | 187 | 2,090 | 8.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Ashvin Metals Ltd | £103,119,829 |
| Gerrards (precious Metals) Limited | £84,094,335 |
| Gsmt Ltd | £74,005,383 |
| Winfibre (u.k.) Company Limited | £56,642,972 |
| Charles Trent Limited | £43,523,492 |
| Advanced Alloy Services Limited | £41,873,250 |
| Flexdart Limited | £41,113,000 |
| Morris & Co. (handlers) Limited | £39,123,102 |
| Redcorn Limited | £37,770,812 |
| Ar Trading Services Ltd | £35,890,230 |
Revenue coverage: 70 known, 2207 unknown (3.1%).
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 | 47,440 |
| Food | 17,444 |
| Clothing and footwear | 17,314 |
| Perfume and cosmetics | 9,747 |
| Agricultural products | 8,214 |
| Household goods n.e.c. | 7,703 |
| Electronic & telecom equipment | 7,489 |
| Beverages | 7,201 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 7,063 |
| Food, beverages and tobacco | 7,006 |
| Other equipment n.e.c. | 6,624 |
| Textiles | 5,293 |
| Computers & peripherals, software | 5,023 |
| Pharma products | 4,522 |
| Building Materials & Sanitary | 4,381 |
| Hardware, plumbing & heating goods | 4,333 |
| Other intermediates products | 4,294 |
| Furniture, carpets and lighting equipment | 3,793 |
| Watches and jewellery | 3,600 |
| Chemical products | 2,834 |
| Other | 14,952 |
SIC classification
SIC 46770 — Wholesale of waste and scrap
Includes
wholesale of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and materials for recycling, including collecting, sorting, separating, stripping of used goods such as cars in order to obtain reusable parts, packing and repacking, storage and delivery, but without a real transformation process. Additionally, the purchased and sold waste has a remaining value., dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment to obtain and re-sell usable parts
Excludes
collection of household and industrial waste, see ##38.1, treatment of waste, not for a further use in an industrial manufacturing process, but with the aim of disposal, see ##38.2, processing of waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw material when a real transformation process is required (the resulting secondary raw material is fit for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process, but is not a final product), see ##38.3, dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment for materials recovery, see ##38.31, ship-breaking, see ##38.31, shredding of cars by means of a mechanical process, see ##38.32, retail sale of second-hand goods, see ##47.79