Industry benchmark · SIC 58130
Publishing of newspapers
892 active companies are registered under this code; 12 publish a P&L we can benchmark.
Benchmarks
- Median revenue
- £776k
- Median profit
- £18k
- Profitable
- 67%
- Median staff
- 9
- Median margin
- 4.4%
- Top-quartile margin
- 8.1%
- Median gross margin
- 49.7%
- Median profit / staff
- £3.6k
Median
4.4%
Top quartile (p75)
8.1%
Median revenue growth: ▲1.2%
Ranked by profit
Top publishing of newspapers businesses
| # | Company | Revenue | Profit | Margin | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midland News Association Limited(The) London · Publishing of newspapers Capital-light | £9.5m | £2.5m | 26.8% | 110 |
| 2 | New York Times Limited London · Publishing of newspapers | £42.4m | £1.6m | 3.8% | 155 |
| 3 | Farmers Guardian Limited London · Publishing of newspapers | £8.1m | £1.4m | 16.9% | 94 |
| 4 | H.H. Saudi Research and Marketing (UK) Limited London · Publishing of newspapers Operating leverage | £17.9m | £892k | 5% | 155 |
| 5 | Social Spider Community Interest Company London · Publishing of newspapers IndependentSmall team+1 | £378k | £30.5k | 8.1% | 9 |
| 6 | Hartlepool Life Media CIC Hartlepool · Publishing of newspapers IndependentSmall team+1 | £357k | £29k | 8.1% | 8 |
| 7 | Brookfield Publishing Limited Bristol · Publishing of newspapers IndependentSmall team+1 | £126k | £7k | 5.5% | 2 |
| 8 | Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company Stockport · Publishing of newspapers IndependentSmall team | £171k | £2.9k | 1.7% | 0 |
| 9 | Carmarthenshire Herald Limited Milford Haven · Publishing of newspapers Small team | £133k | −£55.1k | −41.5% | 7 |
| 10 | The Gleaner Company (U.K.) Limited London · Publishing of newspapers Small teamCapital-light | £171k | −£92.6k | −54.1% | 0 |
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