Graphic & brand design
937 businesses mapped
Music & sound: what the numbers show
387 music & sound businesses mapped across the area, of which 72 are unincorporated sole traders who appear in no company register.
387
mapped
72
sole traders
112
with a website
325
listed publicly
How big they are
From the accounts filed at Companies House by the music & sound companies in this area. Sole traders publish nothing, so they are counted above but contribute nothing here — which is itself the point: the majority of this craft is invisible to any measure built on filings.
Total assets (63 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- £6,214
- Typical (median)
- £12,524
- Upper quarter
- £37,490
Net assets (82 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- −£1,065
- Typical (median)
- £430
- Upper quarter
- £8,101
Employees (57 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- 1
- Typical (median)
- 1
- Upper quarter
- 2
Balance-sheet totals, because turnover is not in small-company filings. Employee counts are averages of people under contract and exclude freelancers, so for a craft that runs on freelance work they understate the real number of people making a living from it.
Which council areas
Attributed by the council area each business actually sits in, not by the town on its postal address. Areas with fewer than 5 businesses are not listed separately.
| Council area | Music & sound businesses |
|---|---|
| Southampton | 103 |
| Winchester | 60 |
| Eastleigh | 53 |
| Test Valley | 45 |
| New Forest | 44 |
| Fareham | 13 |
| Wiltshire | 5 |
Find them
Browse every music & sound business in the directory, or just the sole traders.
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