Other photography 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
10410
Active companies
7753
Formed in latest 12 months
962
Median active-company age
5.3 years
Revenue known
154
Importers
133
Exporters
87
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 10,410 |
| Active companies | 7,753 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 962 |
| Importers | 133 |
| Exporters | 87 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 154 known, 7599 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 85 | 68 |
| 2025-12 | 61 | 82 |
| 2026-01 | 71 | 72 |
| 2026-02 | 49 | 84 |
| 2026-03 | 85 | 85 |
| 2026-04 | 104 | 65 |
| 2026-05 | 62 | 95 |
| 2026-06 | 70 | 82 |
| 2026-07 | 73 | 126 |
| 2026-08 | 15 | 37 |
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 | 7,753 |
| Dissolved | 2,591 |
| Liquidation | 64 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| In Administration | 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 | 1,050 |
| Inner London - West | 768 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 470 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 390 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 378 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 308 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 289 |
| Greater Manchester | 282 |
| West Midlands | 244 |
| Essex | 238 |
Geography coverage: 7678 known, 75 unknown (99.0%).
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 | 5,217 |
| 1m-15m | 337 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 3 |
Revenue-range coverage: 5561 known, 2192 unknown (71.7%).
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 | 3,436 |
| Small | 1,992 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 10 |
| Holding | 3 |
| Dormant | 638 |
Company-size coverage: 6080 known, 1673 unknown (78.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,403 |
| 1–9 | 3,906 |
| 10–49 | 67 |
| 50–249 | 9 |
Employee coverage: 5385 known, 2368 unknown (69.5%).
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 | 944 |
| 1–3 years | 1,719 |
| 3–5 years | 1,072 |
| 5–10 years | 1,962 |
| 10–20 years | 1,469 |
| 20+ years | 587 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 7753 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 | 7,753 |
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 | 73 |
| Exporter only | 27 |
| Both | 60 |
| Neither | 7,593 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 56 | £1,331,479,804 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 45 | £9,839,529,654 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 35 | £7,429,091,959 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 31 | £908,265,484 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 20 | £107,894,268 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 18 | £1,068,373,318 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 17 | £461,262,928 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 13 | £1,544,226,729 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 13 | £424,768,354 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13 | £621,925,618 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 36 | £895,413,887 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 29 | £2,208,179,737 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 22 | £1,419,055,496 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 17 | £125,786,892 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 15 | £2,355,945,729 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12 | £149,046,660 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 11 | £667,787,693 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 11 | £17,931,334 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 10 | £292,120,160 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 9 | £22,206,393 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
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 | 643 | 7,461 | 292 | 96.2% |
| Holding company | 1 | 7,461 | 292 | 96.2% |
| Solo founder | 4,725 | 7,461 | 292 | 96.2% |
| Ecommerce | 22 | 131 | 7,622 | 1.7% |
| Website | 150 | 155 | 7,598 | 2.0% |
| 86 | 155 | 7,598 | 2.0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Swains International Limited | £13,922,413 |
| Partner Films Ltd | £13,772,222 |
| Contrado Imaging Ltd. | £12,094,893 |
| Veritek Global Limited | £10,517,000 |
| Equator (gj) Limited | £9,856,958 |
| Rex Features Limited | £9,136,649 |
| Art Partner Productions Limited | £7,636,737 |
| Roost Studio Limited | £253,834 |
| R.j. Parker & Son Limited | £229,059 |
| Bristol Photo Festival Community Interest Company | £204,535 |
Revenue coverage: 154 known, 7599 unknown (2.0%).
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 | 286,408 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,920 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,797 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,046 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,257 |
| Non-trading company | 41,546 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,799 |
| Geospatial services | 35,856 |
| Head office services | 31,141 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,798 |
| Financial management | 22,825 |
| Architechts | 21,395 |
| Public relations | 16,729 |
| Media sales | 14,641 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 13,962 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,954 |
| Tax consulting | 13,399 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,764 |
| Solicitors | 12,512 |
| Copyright agents | 10,423 |
| Other | 65,535 |
SIC classification
SIC 74209 — Photographic activities not elsewhere classified
Includes
photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes, videotaping of events: weddings, meetings etc., activities of photojournalists