Specialist 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
13148
Active companies
9203
Formed in latest 12 months
1381
Median active-company age
4.4 years
Revenue known
163
Importers
67
Exporters
34
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 13,148 |
| Active companies | 9,203 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,381 |
| Importers | 67 |
| Exporters | 34 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 163 known, 9040 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 | 88 | 136 |
| 2026-01 | 144 | 122 |
| 2026-02 | 120 | 108 |
| 2026-03 | 136 | 142 |
| 2026-04 | 118 | 113 |
| 2026-05 | 103 | 110 |
| 2026-06 | 103 | 103 |
| 2026-07 | 109 | 172 |
| 2026-08 | 101 | 133 |
| 2026-09 | 66 | 90 |
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 | 8,426 |
| Dissolved | 3,883 |
| Dormant | 777 |
| Liquidation | 59 |
| Converted / Closed | 1 |
| In Administration | 1 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 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 | 1,104 |
| Inner London - West | 769 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 465 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 432 |
| Greater Manchester | 371 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 355 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 343 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 301 |
| West Midlands | 300 |
| Essex | 263 |
Geography coverage: 9109 known, 94 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 | 5,929 |
| 1m-15m | 200 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 1 |
Revenue-range coverage: 6131 known, 3072 unknown (66.6%).
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 | 3,978 |
| Small | 2,005 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 2 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 777 |
Company-size coverage: 6765 known, 2438 unknown (73.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,634 |
| 1–9 | 4,283 |
| 10–49 | 36 |
| 50–249 | 3 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 5957 known, 3246 unknown (64.7%).
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 | 1,357 |
| 1–3 years | 2,265 |
| 3–5 years | 1,418 |
| 5–10 years | 2,303 |
| 10–20 years | 1,461 |
| 20+ years | 399 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 9203 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 | 9,203 |
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 | 44 |
| Exporter only | 11 |
| Both | 23 |
| Neither | 9,125 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 27 | £284,590,590 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 23 | £4,383,319,855 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £1,756,025,475 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 11 | £965,164,657 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 9 | £158,461,413 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 9 | £29,538,177 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 7 | £227,053,004 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 6 | £816,294,258 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 6 | £83,362,599 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6 | £47,279,128 | 2016-07-01 – 2025-12-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 14 | £728,195,510 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £325,261,021 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 9 | £486,890,193 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 9 | £1,451,440,173 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £913,011,458 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 5 | £2,482,887 | 2016-03-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 5 | £38,461,552 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £93,754,510 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 5 | £10,214,503 | 2020-01-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £72,160,193 | 2020-09-01 – 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 | 794 | 9,009 | 194 | 97.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 9,009 | 194 | 97.9% |
| Solo founder | 6,022 | 9,009 | 194 | 97.9% |
| Ecommerce | 16 | 68 | 9,135 | 0.7% |
| Website | 81 | 87 | 9,116 | 0.9% |
| 43 | 87 | 9,116 | 0.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| David Yarrow Photography Limited | £20,035,932 |
| Visaura Ltd | £1,796,491 |
| Sanderson And Associates Ltd | £229,417 |
| Classicrallypress Limited | £223,736 |
| Bristol Photo Festival Community Interest Company | £204,535 |
| Mod Films Ltd | £136,764 |
| Simon Lyle Photography Ltd | £132,432 |
| Accoutrement Studio Ltd | £131,928 |
| Jost Explore Ltd | £113,932 |
| Cjdreams Limited | £99,196 |
Revenue coverage: 163 known, 9040 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 |
|---|---|
| Management consluting | 288,927 |
| Professional services n.e.c. | 85,114 |
| Advertising agencies | 56,601 |
| Creative and Industrial Design | 52,454 |
| Accounting and audit | 45,260 |
| Non-trading company | 41,316 |
| Non-industrial engineering | 41,049 |
| Geospatial services | 36,314 |
| Head office services | 31,152 |
| Bookkeeping | 25,875 |
| Financial management | 22,830 |
| Architechts | 21,374 |
| Public relations | 16,798 |
| Media sales | 14,524 |
| Scientific and technical R&D | 14,279 |
| Environmental consulting | 13,976 |
| Tax consulting | 13,406 |
| Industrial engineering | 12,829 |
| Solicitors | 12,492 |
| Copyright agents | 10,540 |
| Other | 64,377 |
SIC classification
SIC 74202 — Other specialist photography
Includes
aerial photography, photographing of persons, objects or scenery using special apparatus and techniques e.g., underwater photography, medical and biological photography, photomicrography, microfilming of documents
Excludes
cartographic and spatial information activities, see ##71.12