230 active UK companies are classified under manufacture of watches and clocks (SIC code 26520), a specialised sector. This sector falls under Section C — Manufacturing — of the UK Standard Industrial Classification. The sector is experiencing rapid growth, with 304.8% of active businesses incorporated since 2020 — indicating strong recent demand. 109% of companies were formed after 2010, marking this as a sector with predominantly recent entrants. The average company age in this sector is 6.6 years. London leads with 30% of companies in this sector. The sector's longest-standing company was incorporated in 1893.
Source: Companies House register via UVAGATRON, June 2026
A rapidly growing sector with 304.8% of active companies formed since 2020.
The average active company in this sector is 6.6 years old. Geographic concentration: 30% in LONDON.
There are 230 active companies classified under SIC code 26520 (Manufacture of watches and clocks) in the UK, out of 269 total registered.
SIC code 26520 stands for "Manufacture of watches and clocks". It belongs to Section C — Manufacturing of the UK Standard Industrial Classification.
The largest concentrations are in LONDON (68), BRISTOL (6), READING (6).
The average active manufacture of watches and clocks company in the UK is 6.6 years old, with the oldest registration dating back to 1893.
Our database contains 1,374 data signals across 6 categories for active manufacture of watches and clocks companies. The largest category is Governance with 719 signals from 5 government sources.
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