Motion picture distribution activities (SIC code 59131)
Motion picture distribution activities is UK SIC code 59131. It sits in division 59 (Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 1,626 active UK companies list 59131 among their SIC codes. 612 of them list it first.
1,626active UK companies list SIC 59131 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 59131 in numbers
1,626 companies is 0.03 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 59131 is the 7th most used of the 9 codes we track in division 59.
Only 612 of the 1,626 put it first. The other 1,014, 62 per cent, list it behind another code, so a search on the first code alone would miss most of them. Match any of the four positions and tighten it with a second filter.
ACTIVE COMPANIES BY REGISTERED-OFFICE POST TOWN (WHERE THE PAPERWORK SITS, NOT NECESSARILY THE WORK) · COMPANIES HOUSE PUBLIC RECORD, AUGUST 2026
The five busiest post towns hold 54 per cent of them and London alone 47 per cent. Selling nationally, those towns are most of the market. Selling locally outside them, expect a small pool, so cover a county or a region rather than one town.
A worked example: 59131, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 1,626. Each lead you get arrives with a working website and a real email, and the director's name when the record has one. If we cannot complete one, you pay nothing.
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The UK's screen and music industries register here. Production splits by what you make.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 59131
SIC 59131 reads as division 59 (motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities), group 591, class 5913, then the full five digits, inside section J, information and communication. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 59131 is the company's own description of what it does, and 612 list it first where 1,626 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 59
All those freelancers shape who sells here. Accountants who specialise in creative clients and touring artists build whole practices from these codes.
About SIC 59131
How many UK companies use SIC code 59131?
1,626 active UK companies list 59131 (Motion picture distribution activities) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 612 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
I'm a freelance videographer. Should I pick 59111 or 59112?
Pick 59112, video production activities. It suits corporate films, commercials, weddings, events and online content. Code 59111 is aimed at motion picture work, meaning cinema-style production. The line between them is loose and nobody enforces it. Choose whichever matches your work. Add 59120 if you also edit for others. You can adjust it on a confirmation statement whenever you like.
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