Media sales
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
20773
Active companies
14618
Formed in latest 12 months
2776
Median active-company age
4.1 years
Revenue known
215
Importers
170
Exporters
105
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 20,773 |
| Active companies | 14,618 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 2,776 |
| Importers | 170 |
| Exporters | 105 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 215 known, 14403 unknown (1.5%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 250 | 210 |
| 2025-12 | 219 | 220 |
| 2026-01 | 257 | 203 |
| 2026-02 | 162 | 200 |
| 2026-03 | 195 | 220 |
| 2026-04 | 199 | 194 |
| 2026-05 | 189 | 215 |
| 2026-06 | 196 | 178 |
| 2026-07 | 210 | 277 |
| 2026-08 | 28 | 140 |
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
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 14,618 |
| Dissolved | 5,982 |
| Liquidation | 168 |
| In Administration | 4 |
| Converted / Closed | 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 - West | 2,078 |
| Inner London - East | 1,953 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 915 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 822 |
| Greater Manchester | 614 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 543 |
| West Midlands | 507 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 455 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 448 |
| Outer London - South | 421 |
Geography coverage: 14529 known, 89 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 | 7,894 |
| 1m-15m | 938 |
| 15m-54m | 29 |
| 54m+ | 42 |
Revenue-range coverage: 8903 known, 5715 unknown (60.9%).
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 | 4,985 |
| Small | 3,601 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 60 |
| Holding | 23 |
| Dormant | 1,486 |
Company-size coverage: 10157 known, 4461 unknown (69.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2,463 |
| 1–9 | 5,820 |
| 10–49 | 253 |
| 50–249 | 24 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 8562 known, 6056 unknown (58.6%).
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 | 2,673 |
| 1–3 years | 3,554 |
| 3–5 years | 1,794 |
| 5–10 years | 3,180 |
| 10–20 years | 2,663 |
| 20+ years | 754 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 14618 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 | 14,618 |
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 | 101 |
| Exporter only | 36 |
| Both | 69 |
| Neither | 14,412 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 70 | £15,390,760,486 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 38 | £8,669,378,830 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 35 | £2,333,151,852 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 30 | £1,060,179,047 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 30 | £1,200,985,548 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 28 | £2,386,749,054 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 27 | £589,294,695 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 27 | £909,990,329 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 24 | £162,238,984 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 23 | £635,559,454 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 42 | £3,474,122,341 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 25 | £2,383,145,460 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 24 | £300,513,358 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 22 | £264,458,736 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 21 | £901,370,713 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 20 | £217,303,227 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 17 | £147,892,096 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 15 | £114,794,353 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 15 | £22,464,829 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 13 | £250,626,713 | 2018-03-01 – 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 | 854 | 13,693 | 925 | 93.7% |
| Holding company | 1 | 13,693 | 925 | 93.7% |
| Solo founder | 8,853 | 13,693 | 925 | 93.7% |
| Ecommerce | 26 | 175 | 14,443 | 1.2% |
| Website | 201 | 210 | 14,408 | 1.4% |
| 152 | 210 | 14,408 | 1.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Optimise Media (uk) Limited | £56,816,951 |
| Brand Fuel Limited | £49,361,410 |
| Premier Public Relations Ltd | £28,564,006 |
| Digital Adventures Limited | £24,753,754 |
| Amplifi Global Limited | £18,327,000 |
| Wellcom London Limited | £15,460,315 |
| Mediaco Topco Limited | £13,566,091 |
| Attinger Jack Limited | £13,049,812 |
| Tsc Entertainment Holdings Limited | £12,960,931 |
| Ma Group London Limited | £10,692,320 |
Revenue coverage: 215 known, 14403 unknown (1.5%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Management consluting | 286,064 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,838 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,689 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 51,988 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,235 |
| Non-trading company | 41,549 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,749 |
| Geospatial services | 35,815 |
| Head office services | 31,128 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,788 |
| Financial management | 22,802 |
| Architechts | 21,392 |
| Public relations | 16,720 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,940 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 13,926 |
| Tax consulting | 13,391 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,752 |
| Solicitors | 12,508 |
| Copyright agents | 10,412 |
| Specialist photography | 9,206 |
| Other | 64,004 |
SIC classification
SIC 73120 — Media representation services
Includes
media representation, i.e. sale or re-sale of time and space for various media soliciting advertising
Excludes
sale of advertising time or space directly by owners of the time or space (publishers etc.), see the corresponding activity class, public-relations activities, see ##70.21