Who owns UK companies in Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals?

908 of the 3,376 companies registered under SIC 58142 (Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 2,705 individual shareholders and 585 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 7.2% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
• 40% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 59% are owned entirely by individuals, compared with 66% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 265 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 13.3 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
• Book publishing SIC 58110 · 1,973 companies · 12% 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 558 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 58142, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 33 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 6 January 2021 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.