Real-Time Industrial Classifications

UK Media and Publishing Industry

We’ve mapped the UK’s Media and Publishing industry using our Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs). Find out more about this emerging sector through our innovative financial, company, funding, and growth data.

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What is Media and Publishing?

Media and Publishing is a broad term used to describe the publication of content online, in print or through a variety of other mediums. This includes agencies, organisations and groups involved in the production and distribution of information through broadcast, print, video, music and other forms of media.

The Media and Publishing industry in the UK is a broad and growing sector, ranging from broadcasting and video production companies right the way through to printing companies and publishing houses.

Media and Publishing sector summary

Key information you should know about the Media and Publishing sector from our AI-driven platform of over 5 million companies:

Media and Publishing has turnover of £21.17bn, meaning it is our 29th largest RTIC, and our 37th fastest growing sector.
The Media and Publishing sector has not received additional investor attention in recent years and the amount of venture capital funding is not increasing as fast as our other emerging economy sectors.
On average the roles advertised in this sector are 21.76% lower than the UK’s average salary

10,719

COMPANIES CONSIDERED

£21,165,450,844

TOTAL TURNOVER

92,777

TOTAL EMPLOYEES

£2,919,880,000

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING

£6,203,922

TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING

3.3%

AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Media and Publishing verticals

Our Media and Publishing RTIC is made up of 5 individual industry verticals, including verticals such as Broadcasting Services, Printing Services, Publishing Services. You can find out more about the verticals by buying a report, visualising the sector on our platform, or by downloading the data.

Sector Code Description Records
RTIC0068 Media and Publishing 10719 companies
Companies involved with the distribution of information in any form or medium.
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- Media and Publishing: Broadcasting Services
  Companies offering the technology and services that make broadcasting content possible.
  1548 companies
- Media and Publishing: Printing Services
  Companies offering printing services
  3741 companies
- Media and Publishing: Publishing Services
  Companies offering publishing services for printed media.
  2990 companies
- Media and Publishing: Sound and Music production
  Companies engaged in sound recording and publishing.
  1658 companies
- Media and Publishing: Video and Motion Graphics production
  Companies involved in the development of video content
  2090 companies

Media and Publishing industry growth

We estimate that the UK Media and Publishing sector could be worth approximately £24.9bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.

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– Summary of RTIC data & industry performance
– Overview of key verticals
– Geographic analysis & breakdown
– Key insights & trends

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Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs)

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