Newspapers
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
1499
Active companies
994
Formed in latest 12 months
117
Median active-company age
7.4 years
Revenue known
36
Importers
16
Exporters
17
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,499 |
| Active companies | 994 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 117 |
| Importers | 16 |
| Exporters | 17 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 36 known, 958 unknown (3.6%).
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 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025-12 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 11 | 24 |
| 2026-04 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026-05 | 7 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 12 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 15 | 29 |
| 2026-08 | 7 | 14 |
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 | 818 |
| Dissolved | 490 |
| Dormant | 176 |
| Liquidation | 15 |
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 | 175 |
| Inner London - East | 173 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 63 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 35 |
| Outer London - South | 33 |
| West Midlands | 33 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 30 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 26 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 25 |
Geography coverage: 986 known, 8 unknown (99.2%).
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 | 552 |
| 1m-15m | 90 |
| 15m-54m | 5 |
| 54m+ | 25 |
Revenue-range coverage: 672 known, 322 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 | 309 |
| Small | 293 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 32 |
| Holding | 6 |
| Dormant | 176 |
Company-size coverage: 818 known, 176 unknown (82.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 217 |
| 1–9 | 323 |
| 10–49 | 42 |
| 50–249 | 8 |
Employee coverage: 590 known, 404 unknown (59.4%).
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 | 114 |
| 1–3 years | 152 |
| 3–5 years | 109 |
| 5–10 years | 226 |
| 10–20 years | 197 |
| 20+ years | 196 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 994 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 | 994 |
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 | 5 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 11 |
| Neither | 972 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £6,745,219,311 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 10 | £6,897,972,463 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 7 | £325,980,542 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 5 | £373,467,699 | 2022-02-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £582,328,669 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £288,608,698 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 5 | £13,503,171 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £546,182,078 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 4 | £73,328,301 | 2020-03-01 – 2025-06-01 |
| 56 — Textile padding, felt, and nonwoven fabrics; special yarns; ropes and cables | 4 | £13,790,744 | 2022-02-01 – 2024-12-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 10 | £1,097,809,112 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £2,816,783,030 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £1,718,662,719 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £23,930,074 | 2016-06-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4 | £12,154,373 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 3 | £6,351,941 | 2019-08-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 3 | £11,005,785 | 2016-12-01 – 2024-02-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £159,210,956 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 3 | £762,120,568 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-04-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £29,209,955 | 2020-02-01 – 2024-01-01 |
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 | 43 | 799 | 195 | 80.4% |
| Holding company | 3 | 799 | 195 | 80.4% |
| Solo founder | 435 | 799 | 195 | 80.4% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 13 | 981 | 1.3% |
| Website | 19 | 19 | 975 | 1.9% |
| 18 | 19 | 975 | 1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| New York Times Limited | £35,793,788 |
| H.h. Saudi Research And Marketing (uk) Limited | £17,863,509 |
| Media Zoo Limited | £8,754,101 |
| Chartr Limited | £1,267,826 |
| Social Spider Community Interest Company | £378,395 |
| Hartlepool Life Media Cic | £357,240 |
| Left Publications Ltd | £219,445 |
| Effective Publishing Cic | £188,285 |
| Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company | £171,276 |
| Carmarthenshire Herald Limited | £132,746 |
Revenue coverage: 36 known, 958 unknown (3.6%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Other print | 16,560 |
| Books | 11,709 |
| Consumer & business magasines | 3,305 |
| Academic journals | 1,005 |
| Directories | 647 |
SIC classification
SIC 58130 — Publishing of newspapers
Excludes
news agency activities, see ##63.91
Details
This subclass includes the activities of publishing journals reporting or discussing the results of scholarly research and intended for an academic and research-based readership; they are normally peer-reviewed and the primary source of revenue is not the sale of advertisement space, but subscription. They appear less than four times a week and can be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet.