Who owns UK companies in Printing n.e.c.?

2,514 of the 9,743 companies registered under SIC 18129 (Printing n.e.c.) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 5,607 individual shareholders and 953 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 4.9% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 5.6% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
• 20% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.
• The median company is 14.9 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 748 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 14.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Pre-press and pre-media services SIC 18130 · 361 companies · 17% majority-owned by a company
• Reproduction of sound recording SIC 18201 · 215 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of printed labels SIC 18121 · 208 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Reproduction of computer media SIC 18203 · 121 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Reproduction of video recording SIC 18202 · 116 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company
• Binding and related services SIC 18140 · 81 companies
• Printing of newspapers SIC 18110 · 26 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 904 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 18129, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 55 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 30 October 2020 and 10 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.