Media equipment
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
4004
Active companies
2710
Formed in latest 12 months
433
Median active-company age
3.8 years
Revenue known
58
Importers
179
Exporters
88
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,004 |
| Active companies | 2,710 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 433 |
| Importers | 179 |
| Exporters | 88 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 58 known, 2652 unknown (2.1%).
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 | 17 | 36 |
| 2026-01 | 45 | 26 |
| 2026-02 | 35 | 34 |
| 2026-03 | 43 | 47 |
| 2026-04 | 34 | 34 |
| 2026-05 | 32 | 80 |
| 2026-06 | 35 | 37 |
| 2026-07 | 34 | 53 |
| 2026-08 | 36 | 32 |
| 2026-09 | 25 | 20 |
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 | 2,474 |
| Dissolved | 1,261 |
| Dormant | 236 |
| Liquidation | 31 |
| In Administration | 2 |
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 | 318 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 164 |
| Inner London - West | 163 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 146 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 138 |
| West Midlands | 134 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 117 |
| Greater Manchester | 102 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 84 |
| Essex | 79 |
Geography coverage: 2691 known, 19 unknown (99.3%).
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 | 1,570 |
| 1m-15m | 146 |
| 15m-54m | 8 |
| 54m+ | 9 |
Revenue-range coverage: 1733 known, 977 unknown (63.9%).
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 | 994 |
| Small | 661 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 17 |
| Holding | 8 |
| Dormant | 236 |
Company-size coverage: 1919 known, 791 unknown (70.8%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 533 |
| 1–9 | 1,056 |
| 10–49 | 56 |
| 50–249 | 12 |
Employee coverage: 1657 known, 1053 unknown (61.1%).
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 | 426 |
| 1–3 years | 736 |
| 3–5 years | 413 |
| 5–10 years | 624 |
| 10–20 years | 343 |
| 20+ years | 168 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 2710 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 | 2,710 |
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 | 108 |
| Exporter only | 17 |
| Both | 71 |
| Neither | 2,514 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 141 | £36,191,801,737 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 69 | £2,643,671,396 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 43 | £1,148,426,601 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 39 | £12,977,166,840 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 31 | £1,122,326,070 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 29 | £1,252,037,285 | 2018-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 26 | £500,416,636 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 21 | £1,530,327,490 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 16 | £42,807,123 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 14 | £226,613,454 | 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 | 69 | £8,067,559,125 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 30 | £572,629,491 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 22 | £847,984,167 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 21 | £3,404,202,009 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 13 | £180,926,244 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 12 | £45,529,018 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 10 | £522,083,688 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 9 | £24,877,269 | 2019-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 8 | £55,279,234 | 2019-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £179,405,245 | 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 | 215 | 2,534 | 176 | 93.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 2,534 | 176 | 93.5% |
| Solo founder | 1,544 | 2,534 | 176 | 93.5% |
| Ecommerce | 10 | 128 | 2,582 | 4.7% |
| Website | 155 | 158 | 2,552 | 5.8% |
| 110 | 158 | 2,552 | 5.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mbs Lighting Uk Limited | £68,051,083 |
| Hawthorn Theatrical Limited | £18,021,000 |
| Mediashare Ltd | £16,699,432 |
| Brilliant Stages Limited | £16,636,990 |
| Avc Live Limited | £16,354,000 |
| Vss Limited | £12,667,823 |
| Blackout Limited | £8,602,945 |
| Lease4less Ltd | £1,618,242 |
| Clearglow Media Ltd | £1,355,550 |
| Pressure Wave Audio Ltd | £458,102 |
Revenue coverage: 58 known, 2652 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Cars & light vehicles | 11,948 |
| Other equipment and goods n.e.c. | 8,292 |
| Construction equipment | 5,605 |
| Recreational & sports goods | 1,887 |
| Trucks & heavy vehicles | 1,807 |
| Personal & household goods | 1,172 |
| Agricultural equipment | 814 |
| Office equipment (including computers) | 783 |
| Passenger aircraft | 490 |
| Passenger boats/ships | 461 |
| Freight vessels | 189 |
| Cargo aircraft | 80 |
SIC classification
SIC 77291 — Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
Includes
renting of radios, televisions, video recorders, DVD players and the like
Excludes
renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc., see ##77.22, renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc. by libraries see ##91.01