Media & Publishing companies in the UK

On the register

Share of these companies on the live register, by status.

• Active 84%
• Proposal to strike off 15%
• In insolvency or administration <1%

New registrations

Companies registered each month, October 2025 – September 2026, that are still on the register. See registrations by month across all companies.

Company age

How long the active companies have been registered.

• Under 1 year 19%
• 1–3 years 20%
• 3–5 years 12%
• 5–10 years 21%
• 10–20 years 19%
• 20 years or more 9%

SIC codes in this industry

Active companies under each SIC code. Codes with fewer than 250 active companies don't have a page of their own.

• 59112 – Video production activities 27,100
• 59111 – Motion picture production activities 20,800
• 59200 – Sound recording and music publishing activities 19,800
• 58290 – Other software publishing 19,400
• 58190 – Other publishing activities 15,400
• 59113 – Television programme production activities 15,100
• 58110 – Book publishing 11,200
• 59120 – Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities 8,060
• 58210 – Publishing of computer games 4,820
• 60200 – Television programming and broadcasting activities 3,850
• 58142 – Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals 3,130
• 60100 – Radio broadcasting 2,500
• 59132 – Video distribution activities 1,760
• 59131 – Motion picture distribution activities 1,610
• 63910 – News agency activities 1,330
• 58141 – Publishing of learned journals 950
• 58130 – Publishing of newspapers 893
• 59133 – Television programme distribution activities 799
• 59140 – Motion picture projection activities 775
• 58120 – Publishing of directories and mailing lists 577

Where they're registered

Active companies by postcode area of their registered office.

• West London (W) 9,790
• East Central London (EC) 9,310
• West Central London (WC) 9,220
• North London (N) 6,260
• East London (E) 5,710
• South East London (SE) 4,070
• South West London (SW) 3,680
• North West London (NW) 2,850
• Manchester (M) 2,640
• Brighton (BN) 2,620

Recently registered companies

Active media & publishing companies registered recently.

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