Portrait photography
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
5989
Active companies
4154
Formed in latest 12 months
725
Median active-company age
4.4 years
Revenue known
82
Importers
31
Exporters
15
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 5,989 |
| Active companies | 4,154 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 725 |
| Importers | 31 |
| Exporters | 15 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 82 known, 4072 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 | 57 | 45 |
| 2025-12 | 43 | 67 |
| 2026-01 | 64 | 54 |
| 2026-02 | 45 | 55 |
| 2026-03 | 71 | 61 |
| 2026-04 | 73 | 50 |
| 2026-05 | 70 | 61 |
| 2026-06 | 55 | 54 |
| 2026-07 | 63 | 71 |
| 2026-08 | 44 | 37 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 | 3,830 |
| Dissolved | 1,800 |
| Dormant | 324 |
| Liquidation | 35 |
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 | 481 |
| Inner London - West | 328 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 238 |
| Greater Manchester | 184 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 179 |
| West Midlands | 176 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 160 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 159 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 153 |
| Essex | 142 |
Geography coverage: 4105 known, 49 unknown (98.8%).
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 | 2,622 |
| 1m-15m | 114 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2737 known, 1417 unknown (65.9%).
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 | 1,744 |
| Small | 919 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 324 |
Company-size coverage: 2989 known, 1165 unknown (72.0%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 753 |
| 1–9 | 1,875 |
| 10–49 | 37 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 2669 known, 1485 unknown (64.3%).
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 | 708 |
| 1–3 years | 961 |
| 3–5 years | 541 |
| 5–10 years | 840 |
| 10–20 years | 748 |
| 20+ years | 356 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4154 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 | 4,154 |
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 | 19 |
| Exporter only | 3 |
| Both | 12 |
| Neither | 4,120 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 10 | £71,173,429 | 2016-11-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £307,985,372 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 7 | £267,554,817 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 7 | £995,952,950 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 6 | £207,451,471 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 5 | £56,452,202 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 5 | £280,372,114 | 2019-09-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 59 — Treated or layered fabrics for industrial use | 4 | £6,468,330 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £140,197,017 | 2022-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £5,467,377 | 2019-03-01 – 2025-09-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £5,804,391 | 2016-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 6 | £804,453,537 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £70,791,208 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 4 | £235,805,622 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £123,607,001 | 2021-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £247,418,090 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 3 | £65,991,071 | 2019-10-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 3 | £1,617,381 | 2019-10-01 – 2024-04-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 2 | £878,190 | 2020-01-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £462,133 | 2018-03-01 – 2023-02-01 |
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 | 420 | 4,052 | 102 | 97.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 4,052 | 102 | 97.5% |
| Solo founder | 2,582 | 4,052 | 102 | 97.5% |
| Ecommerce | 5 | 23 | 4,131 | 0.6% |
| Website | 30 | 30 | 4,124 | 0.7% |
| 19 | 30 | 4,124 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Photo Memories Limited | £94,624 |
| Outsiders Productions Ltd. | £92,577 |
| Realart Photography Limited | £78,058 |
| Cleary. Tv Ltd. | £77,656 |
| Jook Art Ltd | £75,869 |
| Unscripted Portraits Ltd | £67,204 |
| Luke Hassall Photography Ltd | £64,269 |
| Eye Catching Studios Ltd | £57,405 |
| Production By Lorenzo Ltd | £47,810 |
| Aerial Ark Films Ltd | £46,838 |
Revenue coverage: 82 known, 4072 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 | 286,951 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 84,925 |
| Advertising agencies | 55,998 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,168 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,254 |
| Non-trading company | 41,496 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 40,854 |
| Geospatial services | 35,982 |
| Head office services | 31,142 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,811 |
| Financial management | 22,817 |
| Architechts | 21,403 |
| Public relations | 16,734 |
| Media sales | 14,634 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 14,033 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,971 |
| Tax consulting | 13,397 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,788 |
| Solicitors | 12,517 |
| Copyright agents | 10,447 |
| Other | 69,208 |
SIC classification
SIC 74201 — Portrait photographic activities
Includes
portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings etc.
Excludes
operation of coin operated (self-service) photo machines, see ##96.09