Data / UK companies / Book publishing
Book publishing: 11,947 live UK companies with SIC code 58110
11,947 live UK companies list SIC code 58110, book publishing, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 1,864 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 411 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 606 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
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- 11,947Live companies
- 1,864Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 411Accounts overdue
- 606Strike off proposed
- 58110SIC code
- 1 November 2026Snapshot
Incorporations per year
Companies incorporated in each year that are still live in the 1 November 2026 snapshot. Companies that closed earlier are not counted, so older years read low.
| Year incorporated | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 675 |
| 2023 | 787 |
| 2024 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 1,675 |
| 2026 so far | 1,602 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 4,839 |
| South East | 1,830 |
| East of England | 973 |
| South West | 905 |
| North West | 691 |
| West Midlands | 678 |
| Scotland | 579 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 430 |
| East Midlands | 390 |
| Wales | 331 |
| North East | 202 |
| Northern Ireland | 95 |
Towns with the most book publishing companies
Towns with 100 or more live companies; a link opens the page for this industry in that town.
| Town | Region | Live companies |
|---|---|---|
| London | London | 4,032 |
| Manchester | North West | 150 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 135 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 133 |
| Edinburgh | Scotland | 130 |
| Bristol | South West | 120 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 118 |
| Oxford | South East | 98 |
| Cambridge | East of England | 87 |
| Bury St Edmunds | East of England | 85 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 82 |
| Mildenhall | East of England | 76 |
| Milton Keynes | South East | 74 |
| Poole | South West | 69 |
| Kington | West Midlands | 68 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 67 |
| Harrow | London | 62 |
| Liverpool | North West | 58 |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 58 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 56 |
| Croydon | London | 55 |
| Southampton | South East | 52 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 51 |
| Brighton | South East | 50 |
| Reading | South East | 49 |
Newest book publishing companies
Newest first. Each row links to the Companies House record.
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from Companies House Free Company Data Product. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are of live companies in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. The snapshot holds basic company data only: no officers and no persons with significant control. A company is counted under each SIC code it lists, up to four. A region is the part of the UK a postcode area mostly falls in. This page uses Companies House data and is not endorsed by Companies House. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.