Post-production
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
11346
Active companies
8612
Formed in latest 12 months
1161
Median active-company age
5.2 years
Revenue known
132
Importers
82
Exporters
47
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 11,346 |
| Active companies | 8,612 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,161 |
| Importers | 82 |
| Exporters | 47 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 132 known, 8480 unknown (1.5%).
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 | 61 | 109 |
| 2026-01 | 116 | 81 |
| 2026-02 | 85 | 80 |
| 2026-03 | 90 | 101 |
| 2026-04 | 103 | 71 |
| 2026-05 | 98 | 87 |
| 2026-06 | 104 | 78 |
| 2026-07 | 96 | 107 |
| 2026-08 | 91 | 82 |
| 2026-09 | 80 | 83 |
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 | 7,651 |
| Dissolved | 2,633 |
| Dormant | 961 |
| Liquidation | 88 |
| In Administration | 12 |
| 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 - East | 1,462 |
| Inner London - West | 1,275 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 721 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 485 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 465 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 398 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 346 |
| Outer London - South | 300 |
| Greater Manchester | 253 |
| Kent | 217 |
Geography coverage: 8569 known, 43 unknown (99.5%).
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 | 5,465 |
| 1m-15m | 421 |
| 15m-54m | 20 |
| 54m+ | 18 |
Revenue-range coverage: 5924 known, 2688 unknown (68.8%).
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 | 3,598 |
| Small | 2,114 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 31 |
| Holding | 15 |
| Dormant | 961 |
Company-size coverage: 6720 known, 1892 unknown (78.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,621 |
| 1–9 | 4,037 |
| 10–49 | 72 |
| 50–249 | 13 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 5744 known, 2868 unknown (66.7%).
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 | 1,144 |
| 1–3 years | 1,741 |
| 3–5 years | 1,321 |
| 5–10 years | 2,264 |
| 10–20 years | 1,674 |
| 20+ years | 468 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 8612 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 | 8,612 |
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 | 55 |
| Exporter only | 20 |
| Both | 27 |
| Neither | 8,510 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 47 | £12,910,268,881 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 26 | £4,609,606,452 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 26 | £643,716,602 | 2018-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 20 | £859,192,019 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £442,040,852 | 2019-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 9 | £498,688,809 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 6 | £46,159,019 | 2020-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 6 | £142,744,797 | 2021-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 6 | £7,743,332 | 2019-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £652,624,525 | 2018-01-01 – 2025-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 26 | £3,373,778,277 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 22 | £1,349,642,990 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £184,933,006 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 9 | £53,127,766 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £3,006,616 | 2019-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 3 | £4,855,826 | 2025-04-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 2 | £6,262,682 | 2021-09-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £2,735,070 | 2017-08-01 – 2024-04-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 2 | £284,785,789 | 2021-07-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £2,063,859 | 2021-12-01 – 2021-12-01 |
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 | 481 | 8,075 | 537 | 93.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 8,075 | 537 | 93.8% |
| Solo founder | 5,070 | 8,075 | 537 | 93.8% |
| Ecommerce | 5 | 68 | 8,544 | 0.8% |
| Website | 81 | 83 | 8,529 | 1.0% |
| 61 | 83 | 8,529 | 1.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Films At 59 Limited | £12,234,946 |
| Coffee And Tv Limited | £6,106,696 |
| Affixxius Limited | £1,856,850 |
| Blackbird Plc | £1,384,542 |
| Trinity Productions Limited | £756,913 |
| Track Access Productions Limited | £390,933 |
| 442oons Limited | £264,825 |
| Intimate Creations Limited | £167,941 |
| Mod Films Ltd | £136,764 |
| Sports Media Services Ltd | £113,469 |
Revenue coverage: 132 known, 8480 unknown (1.5%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Video production | 28,723 |
| Film production | 22,227 |
| TV production | 15,859 |
| Video distribution | 1,914 |
| Film distribution | 1,737 |
| TV distribution | 852 |
| Cinemas | 809 |
SIC classification
SIC 59120 — Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Includes
the activities of stock footage film libraries, etc.
Excludes
film duplicating (except reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution) as well as audio and video tape, CD or DVD reproduction from master copies, see ##18.20, wholesale of recorded video tapes, CD-s, DVD-s, see ##46.43, wholesale of blank video tapes, CD-s, see ##46.52, retail trade of video tapes, CD-s, DVD-s, see ##47.63, film processing other than for the motion picture industry, see ##74.20, renting of video tapes, DVD-s to the general public, see ##77.22, activities of own account actors, cartoonists, directors, stage designers and technical specialists, see ##90.0