Who owns UK companies in Other software publishing?

3,248 of the 19,741 companies registered under SIC 58290 (Other software publishing) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 14,093 individual shareholders and 3,620 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 9.6% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 4 times the national rate.
• 4.6% have a nominee company among their shareholders, compared with 0.7% of all UK companies — about 6 times the national rate.
• 17% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 1,154 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 5.6 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• 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 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

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 58290, out of 3,458 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 186 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 12 November 2020 and 18 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.