Magnetic & optical media
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
78
Active companies
50
Formed in latest 12 months
4
Median active-company age
8.8 years
Revenue known
1
Importers
13
Exporters
10
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 78 |
| Active companies | 50 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 4 |
| Importers | 13 |
| Exporters | 10 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1 known, 49 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 0 |
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 | 44 |
| Dissolved | 28 |
| Dormant | 6 |
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 | 6 |
| West Midlands | 5 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 4 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 3 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 3 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 3 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 |
| Kent | 2 |
| Lancashire | 2 |
Geography coverage: 50 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
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 | 27 |
| 1m-15m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 2 |
Revenue-range coverage: 36 known, 14 unknown (72.0%).
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 | 16 |
| Small | 18 |
| Large | 2 |
| Dormant | 6 |
Company-size coverage: 42 known, 8 unknown (84.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 10 |
| 1–9 | 22 |
| 10–49 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 33 known, 17 unknown (66.0%).
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 | 4 |
| 1–3 years | 10 |
| 3–5 years | 5 |
| 5–10 years | 10 |
| 10–20 years | 10 |
| 20+ years | 11 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 50 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 | 50 |
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 | 5 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 8 |
| Neither | 35 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £1,034,599,405 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 7 | £191,761,246 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £1,019,323,845 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £212,918,322 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 2 | £21,525,312 | 2022-02-01 – 2023-07-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £87,961,818 | 2017-03-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 2 | £71,633,949 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £4,365,091 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £106,397,827 | 2019-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 2 | £52,362,835 | 2017-09-01 – 2019-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £956,722,029 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £178,738,036 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £146,523,153 | 2016-03-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £101,065,157 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 2 | £29,319,590 | 2019-05-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £38,055,737 | 2018-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £3,295,942 | 2021-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 2 | £10,536,167 | 2018-12-01 – 2021-01-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 1 | £763,582 | 2021-04-01 – 2021-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £8,480,684 | 2019-02-01 – 2021-06-01 |
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 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 74.0% |
| Holding company | 0 | 37 | 13 | 74.0% |
| Solo founder | 21 | 37 | 13 | 74.0% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 7 | 43 | 14.0% |
| Website | 11 | 11 | 39 | 22.0% |
| 7 | 11 | 39 | 22.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Reprieve Media Cic | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 1 known, 49 unknown (2.0%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Metal products | 25,076 |
| Foods | 24,480 |
| Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 19,654 |
| Wood products (ex furniture) | 11,992 |
| Printing | 11,851 |
| Furniture | 10,663 |
| Apparel | 10,512 |
| Machinery | 10,310 |
| Chemical products | 9,039 |
| Vehicles | 7,353 |
| Textiles | 7,281 |
| Beverages | 7,088 |
| Electrical equipment | 6,897 |
| Rubber & plastic products | 6,542 |
| Jewellery | 4,492 |
| Medical and dental instruments & supplies | 3,367 |
| Paper products | 3,156 |
| Measuring and testing equipment | 2,766 |
| Sports goods | 2,380 |
| Games and toys | 2,370 |
| Other | 24,827 |
SIC classification
SIC 26800 — Manufacture of magnetic and optical media
Includes
manufacture of blank magnetic audio and video tapes, manufacture of blank magnetic audio and video cassettes, manufacture of blank diskettes, manufacture of blank optical discs, manufacture of hard drive media
Excludes
reproduction of recorded media (computer media, sound, video, etc.), see ##18.2
Details
This class includes manufacture of all electric motors and transformers: AC, DC and AC/DC.