Radio
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
3483
Active companies
2670
Formed in latest 12 months
294
Median active-company age
5.8 years
Revenue known
116
Importers
15
Exporters
9
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 3,483 |
| Active companies | 2,670 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 294 |
| Importers | 15 |
| Exporters | 9 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 116 known, 2554 unknown (4.3%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 21 | 35 |
| 2025-12 | 24 | 28 |
| 2026-01 | 13 | 20 |
| 2026-02 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026-03 | 26 | 36 |
| 2026-04 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026-05 | 16 | 18 |
| 2026-06 | 23 | 21 |
| 2026-07 | 21 | 46 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 10 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 2,670 |
| Dissolved | 790 |
| Liquidation | 22 |
| In Administration | 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 297 |
| Inner London - East | 285 |
| Greater Manchester | 124 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 123 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 117 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 104 |
| West Midlands | 93 |
| South East Wales | 84 |
| Northern Ireland | 72 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 70 |
Geography coverage: 2640 known, 30 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 1,603 |
| 1m-15m | 226 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 8 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1839 known, 831 unknown (68.9%).
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 | 990 |
| Small | 793 |
| Large | 11 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 359 |
Company-size coverage: 2156 known, 514 unknown (80.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 710 |
| 1–9 | 863 |
| 10–49 | 17 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 1591 known, 1079 unknown (59.6%).
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 | 288 |
| 1–3 years | 452 |
| 3–5 years | 375 |
| 5–10 years | 700 |
| 10–20 years | 520 |
| 20+ years | 335 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2670 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 | 2,670 |
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 | 9 |
| Exporter only | 3 |
| Both | 6 |
| Neither | 2,652 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 11 | £5,059,042,031 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 4 | £1,369,408,283 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £211,741,982 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2 | £12,680,006 | 2019-11-01 – 2025-01-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 2 | £3,626,133 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £76,589,593 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 1 | £5,064,888 | 2023-08-01 – 2023-08-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 1 | £79,195,559 | 2022-06-01 – 2025-06-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £3,530,991 | 2023-12-01 – 2023-12-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 1 | £1,386,654 | 2024-09-01 – 2024-09-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 9 | £2,791,020,195 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 4 | £590,666,009 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £196,761,780 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 2 | £874,847,919 | 2017-07-01 – 2023-07-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 1 | £5,767,049 | 2022-02-01 – 2022-02-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 1 | £4,080,216 | 2020-12-01 – 2020-12-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1 | £44,462,624 | 2018-06-01 – 2018-06-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 1 | £183,693 | 2022-05-01 – 2022-05-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 1 | £1,138,142 | 2018-10-01 – 2018-10-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 1 | £2,041,603 | 2022-04-01 – 2022-04-01 |
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 | 111 | 2,125 | 545 | 79.6% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,125 | 545 | 79.6% |
| Solo founder | 1,084 | 2,125 | 545 | 79.6% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 14 | 2,656 | 0.5% |
| Website | 18 | 18 | 2,652 | 0.7% |
| 10 | 18 | 2,652 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Imagine Communications Emea (uk) Ltd. | £42,797,000 |
| Ujima Radio Cic | £152,806 |
| Mix Broadcast Limited | £125,709 |
| Layered Sounds Cic | £114,958 |
| Central Radio Ltd | £110,786 |
| Energy Radio Ltd | £107,368 |
| Platform B Cic | £104,590 |
| Rising Stars Nw Cic | £103,119 |
| Statman Dave Limited | £83,535 |
| Voices Radio Cic | £75,657 |
Revenue coverage: 116 known, 2554 unknown (4.3%).
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 |
|---|---|
| TV | 4,150 |
SIC classification
SIC 60100 — Radio broadcasting
Includes
activities of broadcasting audio signals through radio broadcasting studios and facilities for the transmission of aural programming to the public, to affiliates or to subscribers., activities of radio networks, i.e. assembling and transmitting aural programming to affiliates or subscribers via over-the-air broadcasts, cable or satellite., radio broadcasting activities over the Internet (Internet radio stations), data broadcasting integrated with radio broadcasting.
Excludes
the production of taped radio programming, see ##59.20
Details
This class includes the activities of creating a complete television channel programme, from purchased programme components (e.g. movies, documentaries etc.), self produced programme components (e.g. local news, live reports) or a combination thereof. This complete television programme can be either broadcast by the producing unit or produced for transmission by a third party distributor, such as cable companies or satellite television providers. The programming may be of a general or specialised nature (e.g. limited formats such as news, sports, education or youth oriented programming). This class includes programming that is made freely available to users, as well as programming that is available only on a subscription basis. The programming of video-on-demand channels is also included here. This class also includes data broadcasting integrated with television broadcasting.