Graphic & brand design
937 businesses mapped
Writing & publishing: what the numbers show
187 writing & publishing businesses mapped across the area, of which 53 are unincorporated sole traders who appear in no company register.
187
mapped
53
sole traders
72
with a website
131
listed publicly
How big they are
From the accounts filed at Companies House by the writing & publishing 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 (26 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- £5,582
- Typical (median)
- £17,978
- Upper quarter
- £61,896
Net assets (32 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- −£3,883
- Typical (median)
- £234
- Upper quarter
- £9,218
Employees (18 businesses)
- Lower quarter
- 1
- Typical (median)
- 1.5
- 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 | Writing & publishing businesses |
|---|---|
| Southampton | 36 |
| Winchester | 35 |
| Eastleigh | 23 |
| New Forest | 17 |
| Test Valley | 15 |
| Fareham | 9 |
Find them
Browse every writing & publishing business in the directory, or just the sole traders.
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