Books and n.e.c.
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
12476
Active companies
9369
Formed in latest 12 months
996
Median active-company age
8.9 years
Revenue known
172
Importers
745
Exporters
726
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 12,476 |
| Active companies | 9,369 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 996 |
| Importers | 745 |
| Exporters | 726 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 172 known, 9197 unknown (1.8%).
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 | 55 | 100 |
| 2026-01 | 109 | 86 |
| 2026-02 | 72 | 86 |
| 2026-03 | 87 | 117 |
| 2026-04 | 73 | 92 |
| 2026-05 | 87 | 84 |
| 2026-06 | 77 | 56 |
| 2026-07 | 92 | 139 |
| 2026-08 | 67 | 88 |
| 2026-09 | 51 | 96 |
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 | 8,688 |
| Dissolved | 2,742 |
| Dormant | 681 |
| Liquidation | 338 |
| In Administration | 21 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 3 |
| Converted / Closed | 2 |
| 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 | 601 |
| Greater Manchester | 443 |
| West Midlands | 436 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 425 |
| Inner London - West | 376 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 373 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 362 |
| Essex | 362 |
| West Yorkshire | 360 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 333 |
Geography coverage: 9251 known, 118 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 | 6,035 |
| 1m-15m | 999 |
| 15m-54m | 48 |
| 54m+ | 58 |
Revenue-range coverage: 7140 known, 2229 unknown (76.2%).
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 | 3,506 |
| Small | 3,345 |
| Medium | 33 |
| Large | 114 |
| Holding | 37 |
| Dormant | 681 |
Company-size coverage: 7716 known, 1653 unknown (82.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,665 |
| 1–9 | 4,535 |
| 10–49 | 583 |
| 50–249 | 88 |
| 250+ | 3 |
Employee coverage: 6874 known, 2495 unknown (73.4%).
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 | 974 |
| 1–3 years | 1,406 |
| 3–5 years | 871 |
| 5–10 years | 1,709 |
| 10–20 years | 2,015 |
| 20+ years | 2,394 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 9369 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 |
|---|---|
| 18129 | 9,369 |
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 | 325 |
| Exporter only | 306 |
| Both | 420 |
| Neither | 8,318 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 397 | £46,944,842,441 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 294 | £43,574,481,078 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 283 | £6,354,564,807 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 211 | £15,192,172,757 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 185 | £4,734,645,903 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 175 | £6,592,137,848 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 136 | £7,900,299,989 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 134 | £5,789,853,813 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 119 | £689,778,774 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 118 | £3,681,712,298 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 379 | £12,723,724,726 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 276 | £13,305,124,156 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 266 | £1,990,989,163 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 211 | £10,845,209,053 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 147 | £6,666,444,132 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 129 | £159,922,736 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 122 | £4,107,211,979 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 109 | £1,514,995,979 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 105 | £1,072,282,152 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 92 | £223,820,809 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
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 | 1,280 | 8,297 | 1,072 | 88.6% |
| Holding company | 1 | 8,297 | 1,072 | 88.6% |
| Solo founder | 3,960 | 8,297 | 1,072 | 88.6% |
| Ecommerce | 164 | 719 | 8,650 | 7.7% |
| Website | 856 | 883 | 8,486 | 9.4% |
| 663 | 883 | 8,486 | 9.4% |
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
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| East Sussex Press Limited | £72,919,425 |
| Pureprint Group Limited | £55,732,461 |
| Walstead Bicester Limited | £41,901,000 |
| Micom Technologies Ltd | £37,037,757 |
| Aga Print Ltd. | £35,766,318 |
| Walstead Roche Limited | £35,279,000 |
| Warners (midlands)public Limited Company | £34,341,376 |
| Dimension Development Limited | £29,378,700 |
| Walstead Peterborough Limited | £28,683,000 |
| Psl Print Management Ltd | £26,924,665 |
Revenue coverage: 172 known, 9197 unknown (1.8%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Pre-press/media services | 1,641 |
| Labels | 766 |
| Binding and related services | 385 |
| Periodicals | 140 |
SIC classification
SIC 18129 — Printing n.e.c.
Includes
printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week, printing of books and brochures, music and music manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising, postage stamps, taxation stamps, documents of title, cheques and other security papers, smart cards, albums, diaries, calendars and other commercial printed matter, personal stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic, screen printing and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing, printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics (except silk-screen printing on textiles and wearing apparel)
Excludes
silk screen-printing on textiles and wearing apparel, see ##13.30, manufacture of stationery (notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms etc.), when the printed information is not the main characteristic, see ##17.23, publishing of printed matter, see ##58.1