Who owns UK companies in Advertising agencies?

9,940 of the 56,604 companies registered under SIC 73110 (Advertising agencies) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 20,443 individual shareholders and 3,479 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 4.0% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 17% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• 27% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 3,459 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 6.2 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Media representation services SIC 73120 · 2,964 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Market research and public opinion polling SIC 73200 · 1,485 companies · 22% 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 73110, out of 3,425 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 287 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 11 April 2017 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.