Who owns UK companies in Sound recording and music publishing activities?

3,764 of the 21,291 companies registered under SIC 59200 (Sound recording and music publishing activities) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 9,187 individual shareholders and 1,590 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 3.6% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 4.9% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
• 13% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 1,467 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 7.6 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Video production activities SIC 59112 · 4,708 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture production activities SIC 59111 · 4,381 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Television programme production activities SIC 59113 · 3,457 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities SIC 59120 · 1,634 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Video distribution activities SIC 59132 · 384 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture distribution activities SIC 59131 · 373 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Television programme distribution activities SIC 59133 · 238 companies · 44% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture projection activities SIC 59140 · 135 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 59200, out of 1,504 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 126 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 7 September 2020 and 12 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.