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Top 25 Trade magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 153 trade magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,396 professional contacts across them, including 502 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers trade magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
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The 25 largest trade magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 25 years, Finelight Media’s Industry leading B2B publications have delivered cutting edge insights, interviews, and features from premium brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The #1 Magazine Distributor for Independent Publishers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Queen Victoria was on the throne when enterprising Lincolnshire publisher W K Morton brought mechanical typesetting to the market town of Horncastle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Your company could be our next big story.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seymour is part of the Frontline Group (a joint venture between Bauer, Immediate Media Company and Haymarket Publications).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in London, Newsquest Specialist Media operates both online and in print, providing tailored business-to-business information to support and collaborate with specific…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Chelsea Magazine Company, part of the Telegraph Media Group, is an award-winning publisher of specialist magazines and digital content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As Scotland’s leading independent publisher we have unrivalled experience in the Scottish B2B and B2C markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Business Link Magazine Group have been publishing magazines for over 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MA Business manages a wide portfolio of business-to-business brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Rapid News Group is a group of specialist international magazine publishing, trade event and digital media companies focused on business-to- business communications in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Media Business Insight (MBI) owns a unique portfolio of leading multichannel subscription-based brands, offering content and insight to key decision-makers and creatives in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Perendale Publishers Limited, publishers of Milling and Grain magazine (formerly Grain & Feed Milling Technology), International Aquafeed magazine, The International Milling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TSP Media is a B2B publisher of magazines and online platforms for the Architectural, Building, Construction, Landscaping and Amenity Sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pensord Press is an award-winning, dedicated magazine printing company with multiple decades of experience working alongside some of the best independently owned publishing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to SJP Business Media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sheengate Publishing was established in 1998 with the launch of the Richmond Magazine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Western Business Media are the publishers of 9 UK Business to Business magazines - Health & Safety Matters, Industrial Plant & Equipment, Logistics Matters, Controls, Drives &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Newsstand is the original online print magazine retailer in the UK and beyond, with a range of innovative publisher services; from industry leading direct to consumer to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whitmar Publications is a leading specialist publisher in the commercial and packaging printing markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to MMG Publishing an independant publisher of magazines and marketing products specializing within the UK, NA & European Electronics industry sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CommunityAd are well established publishers that have been successfully publishing local community magazines for over 10 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Community Publications Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Magicalia Limited publishes and owns a portfolio of magazines and websites in special interest markets including parenting, cycling, outdoors, golf, and motorcycling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Notting Hill Media specialises in innovative digital publishing and marketing for the B2B sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: trade magazine publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names trade magazine publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of trade magazine publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name trade magazine publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Trade magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 153 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among trade magazine publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “trade magazine publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names trade magazine publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among trade magazine publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 502 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names trade magazine publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many trade magazine publishers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 153 trade magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Finelight Media, headquartered in Norwich, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most trade magazine publishers?
London leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Norwich (7) and Glasgow (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 502 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 153 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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