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Founded by William Odhams in 1890, Odhams Press printed magazines before expanding into books. it closed due to poor economic conditions in 1969.

Publisher of religious, predominantly Anglican, books.

Founded by the Reverend John Curwen in 1863 to print sheet music, this company functioned until 1984.

William Strahan established a printing house in London in 1739 and by 1769 had a share in both the King's Printing House and the Law Printing House. George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode were printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty for Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1845. Their sons subsequently ran the business, which would eventually be incorporated as a publishing house in 1929. It merged with Methuen and Co in the 1970s.

Established in 1792, WHSmith’s first store was opened by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street, London. The company would go on to be expanded by future generations of the family, opening many stores and branching out into other avenues. It still trades internationally.

William Clowes Ltd. is a British printing company that was founded in London in 1803 by William Clowes. It became one of the world's largest printing companies in the mid-19th century. The company merged with Caxton Press, operated by William Moore in Beccles, Suffolk in the late 19th century. It is one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of directories and reference books and continues to operate out of its large printing factory at Ellough near Beccles as part of the CPI UK group.