Audio-visual 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
763
Active companies
414
Formed in latest 12 months
47
Median active-company age
6.3 years
Revenue known
14
Importers
75
Exporters
66
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 763 |
| Active companies | 414 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 47 |
| Importers | 75 |
| Exporters | 66 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 14 known, 400 unknown (3.4%).
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 | 1 | 13 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 355 |
| Dissolved | 345 |
| Dormant | 59 |
| Liquidation | 4 |
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 | 60 |
| Inner London - West | 32 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 24 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 21 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 19 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 17 |
| Outer London - South | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | 15 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 12 |
| West Midlands | 12 |
Geography coverage: 407 known, 7 unknown (98.3%).
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 | 229 |
| 1m-15m | 50 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 9 |
Revenue-range coverage: 289 known, 125 unknown (69.8%).
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 | 151 |
| Small | 119 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 11 |
| Dormant | 59 |
Company-size coverage: 341 known, 73 unknown (82.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 92 |
| 1–9 | 163 |
| 10–49 | 13 |
| 50–249 | 3 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 272 known, 142 unknown (65.7%).
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 | 45 |
| 1–3 years | 68 |
| 3–5 years | 59 |
| 5–10 years | 116 |
| 10–20 years | 54 |
| 20+ years | 72 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 414 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 | 414 |
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 | 26 |
| Exporter only | 17 |
| Both | 49 |
| Neither | 322 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 68 | £18,456,680,627 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 24 | £4,997,689,487 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 23 | £1,836,708,327 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 18 | £926,586,388 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 17 | £1,408,038,637 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 15 | £162,037,864 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 13 | £29,846,776 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 12 | £213,966,706 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 12 | £985,222,175 | 2018-12-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 12 | £155,991,744 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 65 | £5,387,705,141 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 16 | £518,874,276 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 15 | £328,087,025 | 2017-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £1,718,088,392 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 13 | £10,770,542 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 10 | £328,747,990 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 8 | £594,792,618 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 8 | £836,265,891 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 7 | £120,371,295 | 2016-11-01 – 2024-11-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £328,919,613 | 2016-01-01 – 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 | 36 | 383 | 31 | 92.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 383 | 31 | 92.5% |
| Solo founder | 206 | 383 | 31 | 92.5% |
| Ecommerce | 17 | 75 | 339 | 18.1% |
| Website | 85 | 88 | 326 | 21.3% |
| 40 | 88 | 326 | 21.3% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Anand International Limited | £56,543,467 |
| Polar Audio Limited | £10,391,934 |
| Cargo Records (uk) Limited | £7,626,333 |
| Strummer International Ltd | £827,922 |
| Lce Corporation Ltd. | £77,067 |
| All Day Long (adl) Limited | £37,031 |
| Scuffed Recordings Ltd | £19,936 |
| Horizon Records Limited | £18,804 |
| Rekab Consolidated Limited | £14,699 |
| Devilformetal Records Ltd | £9,126 |
Revenue coverage: 14 known, 400 unknown (3.4%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Non-specialised | 47,440 |
| Food | 17,444 |
| Clothing and footwear | 17,314 |
| Perfume and cosmetics | 9,747 |
| Agricultural products | 8,214 |
| Household goods n.e.c. | 7,703 |
| Electronic & telecom equipment | 7,489 |
| Beverages | 7,201 |
| Vehicle parts and accessories | 7,063 |
| Food, beverages and tobacco | 7,006 |
| Other equipment n.e.c. | 6,624 |
| Textiles | 5,293 |
| Computers & peripherals, software | 5,023 |
| Pharma products | 4,522 |
| Building Materials & Sanitary | 4,381 |
| Hardware, plumbing & heating goods | 4,333 |
| Other intermediates products | 4,294 |
| Furniture, carpets and lighting equipment | 3,793 |
| Watches and jewellery | 3,600 |
| Chemical products | 2,834 |
| Other | 16,815 |
SIC classification
SIC 46431 — Wholesale of audio tapes, records, CDs and video tapes and the equipment on which these are played
Includes
wholesale of recorded audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs and the equipment on which these are played
Excludes
wholesale of blank audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see ##46.52