One hundred and twenty-six firms across eight sub-sectors. The largest cohorts: 29 advertising and PR agencies (digital marketing dominant), 28 printers and publishers, 25 photographers with a seven-firm wedding cluster, 18 graphic-design studios. Telecoms carries 14, broadcasting four — Sure anchors the operator tier, trading since 1896. —
97 organisations are counted with Media & Communications as their primary sector — 3% of everything with a sector on record, and the 11th largest of 16. An estimated 67% of the sector is counted, measured against an independent listing rather than assumed.
The 126 listed on this page and the 97 counted above are different claims, not a discrepancy: this page lists everyone who works in Media & Communications; the census counts those whose primary sector it is.
Counted over all 97 active Media & Communications organisations
| Primary sub-sector | Organisations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Photography | 24 | 25% |
| Printing & Publishing | 21 | 22% |
| Advertising & PR | 19 | 20% |
| Graphic Design & Branding | 9 | 9% |
| Video Production | 9 | 9% |
| Signage & Vehicle Wrapping | 6 | 6% |
| Telecoms | 5 | 5% |
| Broadcasting | 4 | 4% |
Counts each organisation's primary sub-sector, so the bars sum to the sector. Read this bar as a picture of the corpus as much as of the industry: photographers are the trade the census's own coverage checks find missing most often, and photography is the largest bar here. This sector's measured coverage is among the lowest of the sixteen.
29 further organisations work in Media & Communications alongside another sector and are not in these bars: each is counted in the sub-sector of the sector it calls its main line. "Works in", never "is in".
Twenty-nine agencies and consultants — 14 in St Peter Port, weighted toward digital marketing (16) with a seven-firm SEO cluster.
Twenty-eight printers and publishers — commercial print (8), large-format (6), branded merchandise (4), and three book publishers.
Twenty-five photographers on the island — seven-firm wedding cluster, six commercial studios, and a small aerial-drone cohort.
Eighteen studios — brand-identity and advertising work concentrated in St Peter Port (9), with the oldest trading since 2004.
Fourteen telecoms firms — the oldest trading since 1896 as the States Telephone Department, with four full-service network operators.
Eleven video outfits on the island — wedding cinematographers, drone specialists, and a documentary-and-corporate core.
Six firms, split evenly across Vale, St Sampson and St Peter Port; Smith Signs (1970) the oldest, Sign Solutions (2009) the newest.
Four broadcasters — ITV Channel Television (1962), Jubilee Hospital Radio, BBC Radio Guernsey, and Island FM (1992).