Sound records
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
1654
Active companies
1123
Formed in latest 12 months
139
Median active-company age
5.4 years
Revenue known
37
Importers
31
Exporters
23
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,654 |
| Active companies | 1,123 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 139 |
| Importers | 31 |
| Exporters | 23 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 37 known, 1086 unknown (3.3%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026-01 | 9 | 11 |
| 2026-02 | 5 | 19 |
| 2026-03 | 16 | 19 |
| 2026-04 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026-05 | 11 | 22 |
| 2026-06 | 7 | 18 |
| 2026-07 | 13 | 25 |
| 2026-08 | 13 | 24 |
| 2026-09 | 5 | 12 |
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 | 926 |
| Dissolved | 528 |
| Dormant | 197 |
| Liquidation | 3 |
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 | 194 |
| Inner London - West | 121 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 74 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 59 |
| Greater Manchester | 44 |
| West of England | 40 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 37 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 35 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 33 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 33 |
Geography coverage: 1116 known, 7 unknown (99.4%).
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 | 636 |
| 1m-15m | 74 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 4 |
Revenue-range coverage: 717 known, 406 unknown (63.8%).
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 | 436 |
| Small | 254 |
| Large | 5 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 197 |
Company-size coverage: 893 known, 230 unknown (79.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 254 |
| 1–9 | 408 |
| 10–49 | 11 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 674 known, 449 unknown (60.0%).
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 | 135 |
| 1–3 years | 213 |
| 3–5 years | 182 |
| 5–10 years | 300 |
| 10–20 years | 161 |
| 20+ years | 132 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1123 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 |
|---|---|
| 18201 | 1,123 |
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 | 15 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 16 |
| Neither | 1,085 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 24 | £3,772,679,960 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 7 | £1,487,326,047 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 6 | £163,734,541 | 2017-04-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £178,967,257 | 2017-04-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £254,712,635 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £34,844,546 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 3 | £1,600,626 | 2017-07-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £163,222,614 | 2023-01-01 – 2023-09-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £10,020,384 | 2022-03-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 2 | £1,175,135 | 2022-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 22 | £1,637,267,912 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 7 | £831,762,799 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £203,241,882 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £42,837,640 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £598,853 | 2018-04-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 2 | £70,737,029 | 2021-04-01 – 2022-05-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 2 | £1,484,413 | 2016-11-01 – 2022-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £2,383,569 | 2024-07-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £165,532,521 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 1 | £49,976,107 | 2021-04-01 – 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 | 54 | 1,023 | 100 | 91.1% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,023 | 100 | 91.1% |
| Solo founder | 617 | 1,023 | 100 | 91.1% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 30 | 1,093 | 2.7% |
| Website | 33 | 35 | 1,088 | 3.1% |
| 18 | 35 | 1,088 | 3.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Acast Stories Limited | £40,362,395 |
| Red Star Enterprises Limited | £830,250 |
| The View Magazine Cic | £272,400 |
| Furness Broadcast Media Cic | £146,640 |
| Dynaavs Ltd | £81,244 |
| Cleary. Tv Ltd. | £77,656 |
| Fmb Radio Cic | £75,000 |
| Septagrama Limited | £71,630 |
| Sound Gallery Cic | £56,110 |
| Qm Records Limited | £41,530 |
Revenue coverage: 37 known, 1086 unknown (3.3%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Computer media | 797 |
| Video records | 572 |
SIC classification
SIC 18201 — Reproduction of sound recording
Includes
reproduction from master copies of gramophone records, compact discs and tapes with music or other sound recordings
Excludes
reproduction of printed matter, see ##18.11, ##18.12, production of master copies for records or audio material, see ##59.20