Sector
Information & communication
472,774 UK companies classified under information & communication. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Information & communication in the United Kingdom
Counts over the Companies House register as loaded on 2026-09-14. Dissolved companies are excluded. No financial figures are involved.
472,774Companies on the register
8.6%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
1.4%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Information & communication
All sectors
- Under 3 years 33%
- 3 to 9 years 34%
- 10 to 19 years 23%
- 20 years or more 9.6%
6.8% carry a proposal to strike off (7.3% across all sectors). That is mostly dormant companies being removed, so it is not counted as insolvency.
What they do
- Information technology consultancy activities SIC 62020131,65328%
- Business and domestic software development SIC 6201293,67720%
- Other information technology service activities SIC 6209056,03012%
- Video production activities SIC 5911221,7804.6%
- Motion picture production activities SIC 5911121,2744.5%
- Other information service activities n.e.c. SIC 6399016,6583.5%
- Sound recording and music publishing activities SIC 5920016,3473.5%
- Other software publishing SIC 5829015,6943.3%
- Other publishing activities SIC 5819013,1922.8%
- Television programme production activities SIC 5911311,3222.4%
- Other telecommunications activities SIC 619009,9942.1%
- Book publishing SIC 581109,9532.1%
Where they are registered
- 146,92931%
- 8,0201.7%
- 5,8181.2%
- 5,7171.2%
- 5,3311.1%
- 5,0701.1%
- 4,2690.9%
- 3,7960.8%
- 3,6920.8%
- 3,3630.7%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company465,42498%
- Community Interest Company2,9670.6%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)2,8860.6%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)1,1980.3%
- Public Limited Company205<0.1%
- Private Unlimited Company78<0.1%
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