Media reproduction

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

3588

Active companies

2295

Formed in latest 12 months

435

Median active-company age

4.1 years

Revenue known

61

Importers

46

Exporters

34

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 3,588
Active companies 2,295
Formed in latest 12 months 435
Importers 46
Exporters 34

Revenue coverage among active companies: 61 known, 2234 unknown (2.7%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-112421
2025-121533
2026-011431
2026-021533
2026-035449
2026-044630
2026-053840
2026-065737
2026-076852
2026-081324

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

StatusCompanies
Active 2,295
Dissolved 1,280
Liquidation 13

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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 374
Inner London - West 215
Outer London - West and North West 157
Outer London - East and North East 113
Greater Manchester 103
Surrey, East and West Sussex 100
West Midlands 94
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71
Outer London - South 69

Geography coverage: 2280 known, 15 unknown (99.3%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 1,167
1m-15m 122
15m-54m 5
54m+ 6

Revenue-range coverage: 1300 known, 995 unknown (56.6%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 790
Small 459
Large 9
Holding 1
Dormant 380

Company-size coverage: 1639 known, 656 unknown (71.4%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 425
1–9 782
10–49 21
50–249 3

Employee coverage: 1231 known, 1064 unknown (53.6%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 424
1–3 years 509
3–5 years 361
5–10 years 552
10–20 years 264
20+ years 185

Incorporation-date coverage: 2295 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

ClassificationCompanies
Sound records 1,134
Computer media 769
Video records 596

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 25
Exporter only 13
Both 21
Neither 2,236

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment28£3,914,866,6252016-02-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts12£1,996,602,2682016-05-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment9£205,607,5092016-03-01 – 2025-11-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices6£56,839,4562016-01-01 – 2025-11-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures5£179,098,4612017-04-01 – 2025-09-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting5£284,485,6702017-11-01 – 2026-04-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products4£20,777,7012022-02-01 – 2025-11-01
92 — Musical Instruments and Parts3£1,332,8022022-04-01 – 2026-05-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings3£163,055,9642022-07-01 – 2026-05-01
96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods3£1,600,6262017-07-01 – 2025-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment27£1,975,175,1892016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts12£1,011,461,6182017-11-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices7£209,469,9402016-03-01 – 2026-01-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment4£42,837,6402016-08-01 – 2026-01-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures3£170,248,8592016-01-01 – 2025-12-01
87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams)3£141,172,3852021-04-01 – 2022-08-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings3£4,693,2472021-11-01 – 2025-11-01
39 — Plastics and plastic products2£598,8532018-04-01 – 2025-10-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products2£2,950,7422024-07-01 – 2026-01-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting2£63,070,5742021-04-01 – 2025-12-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 100 2,144 151 93.4%
Holding company 0 2,144 151 93.4%
Solo founder 1,394 2,144 151 93.4%
Ecommerce 8 48 2,247 2.1%
Website 53 56 2,239 2.4%
LinkedIn 28 56 2,239 2.4%

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

CompanyRevenue
Acast Stories Limited £40,362,395
Red Star Enterprises Limited £830,250
Archipelago Online Ltd £290,903
The View Magazine Cic £272,400
Seefront Productions Ltd £201,214
Furness Broadcast Media Cic £146,640
Dynaavs Ltd £81,244
Cleary. Tv Ltd. £77,656
Fmb Radio Cic £75,000
Septagrama Limited £71,630

Revenue coverage: 61 known, 2234 unknown (2.7%).

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

ClassificationCompanies
Metal products 25,063
Foods 24,412
Other manufacturing n.e.c. 19,681
Wood products (ex furniture) 12,003
Printing 11,865
Furniture 10,675
Apparel 10,545
Machinery 10,279
Chemical products 9,003
Vehicles 7,366
Textiles 7,352
Beverages 7,075
Electrical equipment 6,908
Rubber & plastic products 6,544
Jewellery 4,484
Medical and dental instruments & supplies 3,355
Paper products 3,109
Measuring and testing equipment 2,742
Sports goods 2,368
Games and toys 2,342
Other 22,634

Subsegments

Computer media (1320 companies)
Sound records (1644 companies)
Video records (984 companies)