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Artist or illustrator companies in the Leicester area

210 artist or illustrator companies have a registered office in the Leicester area (LE postcodes), and 37 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £13,711 in cash and owed £10,370 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Artistic creation” (SIC 90030). Covers companies with a registered office in LE postcodes, including Leicester, Loughborough.

The numbers

Artist or illustrator companies in the Leicester area (LE postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureLeicesterUK
Registered companies21022,803
Formed in 2025 or 202637 (18%)17%
Being struck off or in liquidation18 (8.6%)6.3%
Typical cash at year end£13,71140 accounts£17,603
Typical amount owed at year end£10,370123 accounts£14,371
Typical number of employees1120 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical artist or illustrator company in the Leicester area (LE postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (120 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

the Leicester area (LE postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Artist or illustrator companies are 0.26% of companies registered in the Leicester area (LE postcodes), against 0.42% UK-wide (0.6× the national share).

That could be a gap or a sign of weak demand. The register cannot tell which.

You can start without much equipment

The typical artist or illustrator company in the Leicester area (LE postcodes) carries £2,143 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 92% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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