TV
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
5646
Active companies
4148
Formed in latest 12 months
381
Median active-company age
6.6 years
Revenue known
69
Importers
77
Exporters
56
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 5,646 |
| Active companies | 4,148 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 381 |
| Importers | 77 |
| Exporters | 56 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 69 known, 4079 unknown (1.7%).
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 | 21 | 51 |
| 2026-01 | 28 | 34 |
| 2026-02 | 27 | 38 |
| 2026-03 | 33 | 44 |
| 2026-04 | 35 | 49 |
| 2026-05 | 35 | 50 |
| 2026-06 | 37 | 30 |
| 2026-07 | 36 | 71 |
| 2026-08 | 29 | 50 |
| 2026-09 | 24 | 35 |
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 | 3,653 |
| Dissolved | 1,437 |
| Dormant | 495 |
| Liquidation | 55 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| Receiver Action | 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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 553 |
| Inner London - East | 491 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 350 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 256 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 204 |
| Greater Manchester | 181 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 169 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 142 |
| Outer London - South | 135 |
| West Midlands | 114 |
Geography coverage: 4094 known, 54 unknown (98.7%).
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 | 2,725 |
| 1m-15m | 263 |
| 15m-54m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 48 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3043 known, 1105 unknown (73.4%).
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 | 1,717 |
| Small | 1,177 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 59 |
| Holding | 10 |
| Dormant | 495 |
Company-size coverage: 3459 known, 689 unknown (83.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 730 |
| 1–9 | 2,033 |
| 10–49 | 41 |
| 50–249 | 3 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 2808 known, 1340 unknown (67.7%).
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 | 374 |
| 1–3 years | 703 |
| 3–5 years | 575 |
| 5–10 years | 1,050 |
| 10–20 years | 1,022 |
| 20+ years | 424 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4148 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 | 4,148 |
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 | 33 |
| Exporter only | 12 |
| Both | 44 |
| Neither | 4,059 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 58 | £31,129,225,460 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 40 | £1,241,709,996 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 29 | £10,974,656,074 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 14 | £867,735,364 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 11 | £435,991,479 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 11 | £26,934,854 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £704,169,892 | 2017-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 8 | £12,407,436 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £338,687,080 | 2016-01-01 – 2024-08-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 6 | £141,111,426 | 2016-01-01 – 2024-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 51 | £10,342,596,902 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 32 | £1,006,518,561 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 25 | £4,093,488,380 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 14 | £206,121,100 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 9 | £6,391,884 | 2017-12-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and their parts | 8 | £6,171,310,676 | 2016-03-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 7 | £119,356,040 | 2017-01-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 5 | £58,023,772 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £6,446,293 | 2017-05-01 – 2022-10-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 4 | £24,363,798 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-01-01 |
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 | 285 | 3,760 | 388 | 90.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 3,760 | 388 | 90.6% |
| Solo founder | 2,258 | 3,760 | 388 | 90.6% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 61 | 4,087 | 1.5% |
| Website | 73 | 76 | 4,072 | 1.8% |
| 57 | 76 | 4,072 | 1.8% |
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 |
| Everyone Tv Devices Limited | £24,233,000 |
| Host Broadcast Services (hbs) Ltd | £14,111,318 |
| Blackwallstreet Records Ltd | £3,324,517 |
| Alaraby Television Network Limited | £3,162,805 |
| Abm Communications Limited | £2,096,751 |
| B4u Network (europe) Limited | £1,888,787 |
| Black Wall Street Tv.com Ltd | £912,068 |
| Sb Social Media Uk Ltd | £653,118 |
| Tofan Group Limited | £620,100 |
Revenue coverage: 69 known, 4079 unknown (1.7%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Radio | 2,670 |
SIC classification
SIC 60200 — Television programming and broadcasting activities
Excludes
the production of television programme elements (movies, documentaries, talk shows, commercials etc.) not associated with broadcasting, see ##59.11, the assembly of a package of channels and distribution of that package, without programming, see division ##61
Details
The transmission facilities that carry out these activities, may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies.