Pre-press/media services
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
2553
Active companies
1645
Formed in latest 12 months
180
Median active-company age
5.7 years
Revenue known
30
Importers
72
Exporters
66
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 2,553 |
| Active companies | 1,645 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 180 |
| Importers | 72 |
| Exporters | 66 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 30 known, 1615 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 | 10 | 31 |
| 2026-01 | 16 | 24 |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 20 |
| 2026-03 | 18 | 27 |
| 2026-04 | 23 | 17 |
| 2026-05 | 30 | 24 |
| 2026-06 | 7 | 24 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 36 |
| 2026-08 | 11 | 19 |
| 2026-09 | 4 | 23 |
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 | 1,465 |
| Dissolved | 872 |
| Dormant | 180 |
| Liquidation | 34 |
| In Administration | 2 |
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 | 207 |
| Inner London - West | 157 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 96 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 71 |
| Greater Manchester | 70 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 67 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 60 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 55 |
| Essex | 52 |
| West Midlands | 49 |
Geography coverage: 1627 known, 18 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 989 |
| 1m-15m | 112 |
| 54m+ | 11 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1112 known, 533 unknown (67.6%).
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 size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 614 |
| Small | 450 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 14 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 180 |
Company-size coverage: 1266 known, 379 unknown (77.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 324 |
| 1–9 | 661 |
| 10–49 | 64 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
Employee coverage: 1054 known, 591 unknown (64.1%).
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 | 179 |
| 1–3 years | 377 |
| 3–5 years | 204 |
| 5–10 years | 398 |
| 10–20 years | 202 |
| 20+ years | 285 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1645 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 |
|---|---|
| 18130 | 1,645 |
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 | 27 |
| Exporter only | 21 |
| Both | 45 |
| Neither | 1,552 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 45 | £8,379,060,715 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 34 | £7,852,347,601 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 23 | £2,215,340,595 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 19 | £587,605,925 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 19 | £679,499,091 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 17 | £560,596,704 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11 | £339,573,231 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 11 | £37,883,649 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 8 | £195,967,057 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 8 | £260,306,012 | 2017-09-01 – 2025-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 36 | £3,166,936,169 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 32 | £2,270,299,050 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 24 | £195,164,505 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 23 | £2,850,741,272 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 20 | £1,343,432,361 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 18 | £563,437,583 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 15 | £243,127,787 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 13 | £204,018,760 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 10 | £89,098,271 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 10 | £67,024,224 | 2019-11-01 – 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 | 124 | 1,502 | 143 | 91.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 1,502 | 143 | 91.3% |
| Solo founder | 942 | 1,502 | 143 | 91.3% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 56 | 1,589 | 3.4% |
| Website | 73 | 77 | 1,568 | 4.7% |
| 61 | 77 | 1,568 | 4.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| W. & G. Baird Limited | £14,122,278 |
| Bcq Solutions Limited | £9,872,091 |
| Rhapsody Limited | £5,410,000 |
| Tech Set Limited | £625,819 |
| Var X Ltd | £280,862 |
| Listen To The Sandwich Ltd | £115,911 |
| Allways Media Limited | £111,021 |
| Pete Downes Ltd | £83,581 |
| Light On Light Media Ltd | £49,437 |
| Worowski Limited | £46,125 |
Revenue coverage: 30 known, 1615 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 |
|---|---|
| Books and n.e.c. | 9,388 |
| Labels | 768 |
| Binding and related services | 386 |
| Periodicals | 140 |
SIC classification
SIC 18130 — Pre-press and pre-media services
Includes
composing, typesetting, phototypesetting, pre-press data input including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up, preparation of data files for multi-media (printing on paper, CD-ROM, Internet) applications, plate-making services including image setting and plate setting (for letterpress and offset printing processes), cylinder preparation: engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure printing, plate processing: "computer to plate" CTP (also photopolymer plates), preparation of plates and dies for relief stamping or printing, preparation of: , artistic works of a technical character, such as lithographic stones and wood blocks, presentation of media, e.g. overhead foils and other forms of presentation, sketches, layouts, dummies, etc., production of proofs
Excludes
specialised design activities, see ##74.10