Music & Video Stores

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

1904

Active companies

1208

Formed in latest 12 months

177

Median active-company age

4.2 years

Revenue known

38

Importers

36

Exporters

19

Top values shown in the chart

CategoryCompanies
All companies 1,904
Active companies 1,208
Formed in latest 12 months 177
Importers 36
Exporters 19

Revenue coverage among active companies: 38 known, 1170 unknown (3.1%).

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

MonthFormedDissolved
2025-121222
2026-011920
2026-021224
2026-031519
2026-041818
2026-051219
2026-061213
2026-071426
2026-082222
2026-09613

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

StatusCompanies
Active 1,060
Dissolved 691
Dormant 148
Liquidation 5

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 regionCompanies
Inner London - East 186
Inner London - West 110
Outer London - West and North West 56
Greater Manchester 53
Outer London - East and North East 53
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51
West Midlands 49
Essex 37
West Yorkshire 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32

Geography coverage: 1190 known, 18 unknown (98.5%).

Revenue ranges

What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.

Top values shown in the chart

Revenue rangeCompanies
0-1m 688
1m-15m 71
15m-54m 3
54m+ 2

Revenue-range coverage: 764 known, 444 unknown (63.2%).

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 sizeCompanies
Micro 491
Small 247
Medium 1
Large 4
Dormant 148

Company-size coverage: 891 known, 317 unknown (73.8%).

Top values shown in the chart

EmployeesCompanies
0 278
1–9 429
10–49 19
50–249 3

Employee coverage: 729 known, 479 unknown (60.3%).

Active-company age

What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.

Top values shown in the chart

Age bandCompanies
Under 1 year 174
1–3 years 279
3–5 years 227
5–10 years 351
10–20 years 116
20+ years 61

Incorporation-date coverage: 1208 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

ClassificationCompanies
Directly assigned to this segment 1,208

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 participationCompanies
Importer only 22
Exporter only 5
Both 14
Neither 1,167

Top imports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment32£4,284,117,6712016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment14£719,706,5092016-04-01 – 2026-05-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting7£1,108,538,3942018-08-01 – 2026-05-01
92 — Musical Instruments and Parts7£40,172,4412016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
48 — Paper and Paperboard Products6£116,132,3672016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices6£368,067,5192018-04-01 – 2026-02-01
94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings6£241,462,1352022-01-01 – 2026-05-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures4£241,367,0552017-05-01 – 2026-03-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted4£100,834,3172019-12-01 – 2026-02-01
65 — Headgear and accessories4£29,827,4952022-09-01 – 2026-05-01

Top exports HS2 categories

Top values shown in the chart

HS2 categoryCompaniesGBPAvailable dates
85 — Electrical machinery and equipment15£1,241,637,2082016-01-01 – 2026-05-01
92 — Musical Instruments and Parts8£14,478,0222016-07-01 – 2026-05-01
49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures6£256,542,3922021-09-01 – 2026-04-01
61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting6£77,337,3302016-10-01 – 2026-04-01
95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment6£61,248,4822017-10-01 – 2025-11-01
42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses5£11,215,3962017-10-01 – 2025-02-01
90 — Optical and medical tools and devices5£217,465,7382016-02-01 – 2024-04-01
62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted3£21,033,0172016-11-01 – 2026-04-01
71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals3£593,464,7362019-08-01 – 2026-04-01
82 — Basic metal tools and utensils3£5,158,4282020-03-01 – 2025-01-01

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

TraitCompaniesKnownUnknownCoverage
Family business 70 1,146 62 94.9%
Holding company 0 1,146 62 94.9%
Solo founder 702 1,146 62 94.9%
Ecommerce 16 27 1,181 2.2%
Website 36 37 1,171 3.1%
LinkedIn 9 37 1,171 3.1%

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

CompanyRevenue
Juno Media Limited £27,512,058
Earworm Records York Ltd £201,298
Lyster Global Ltd £142,891
Lce Corporation Ltd. £77,067
Sheer Vinyl Attack Ltd £56,276
The Joy Hotel Limited £51,639
Vibesrecords Ltd £51,048
Deuces Records Ltd £30,000
Seahouse Media Cic £22,160
Scuffed Recordings Ltd £19,936

Revenue coverage: 38 known, 1170 unknown (3.1%).

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.

SIC classification

SIC 47630 — Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores

Includes

retail sale of musical records, audio tapes, compact discs and cassettes, retail sale of video tapes and DVDs, retail sale of blank tapes and discs