Who owns UK companies in Manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment?

143 of the 482 companies registered under SIC 26309 (Manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 632 individual shareholders and 196 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 11% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 5 times the national rate.
• 47% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 20% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 2 times the national rate.
• The median company is 15.0 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 38 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 15.0 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Manufacture of electronic components SIC 26110 · 550 companies · 32% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control SIC 26511 · 537 companies · 36% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of consumer electronics SIC 26400 · 430 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment SIC 26512 · 389 companies · 32% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment SIC 26200 · 331 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of loaded electronic boards SIC 26120 · 170 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of optical precision instruments SIC 26701 · 119 companies · 25% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment SIC 26600 · 78 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 188 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 26309, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 2 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 2 April 2021 and 9 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.