Who owns UK companies in Book publishing?

1,973 of the 11,798 companies registered under SIC 58110 (Book publishing) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 5,343 individual shareholders and 765 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 12% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• 49% file micro-entity accounts, compared with 38% of all UK companies.
• 30% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 693 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 8.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other software publishing SIC 58290 · 3,248 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Other publishing activities SIC 58190 · 3,002 companies · 17% majority-owned by a company
• Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals SIC 58142 · 908 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Publishing of computer games SIC 58210 · 784 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Publishing of newspapers SIC 58130 · 215 companies · 30% majority-owned by a company
• Publishing of learned journals SIC 58141 · 186 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Publishing of directories and mailing lists SIC 58120 · 114 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 717 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 58110, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 31 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 5 December 2020 and 17 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.