Opus Business Media

What Opus Business Media does

Opus Business Media is a UK-based B2B digital publishing company founded in 2009 by Mark Hanson and headquartered in Macclesfield, Cheshire, with a London sales office opened in 2013. The company operates a portfolio of six core digital magazine titles — Tomorrow's Care, Tomorrow's Cleaning, Tomorrow's Contract Floors, Tomorrow's FM, Tomorrow's Health & Safety, and Tomorrow's Tile & Stone — plus two adjacent titles (Tomorrow's Cleaning Ireland and Tomorrow's Retail Floors). Each title is supported by an annual yearbook and distributed through dedicated websites and a dedicated iOS mobile application.

The underlying technology is a digital magazine publishing platform with proprietary digital format optimised for cross-device reading (web and iOS), backed by an editorial team organised by vertical and an in-house production/graphic-design function. All content is archived, with some titles maintaining archives back to 2009, and printed publications are produced on recycled paper.

Revenue is generated primarily through advertising sold across the title portfolio to industry-specific audiences, supplemented by one-off yearbook and exhibition guide production contracts. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, with account directors and sales executives selling display, classifieds, and sponsored content to advertisers in each vertical. The company is privately held, founder-led, has no external institutional investors, and operates with an estimated headcount of approximately 12 employees.

Name

Opus Business Media

Legal name

Opus Business Media Limited

Website

https://opusbusinessmedia.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Opus Business Media is a UK B2B digital trade publisher operating six 'Tomorrow's' vertical magazine titles (care, cleaning, FM, flooring, health & safety, tile & stone), monetised through advertising, yearbook contracts, and official media partnerships with UK trade shows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Digital Trade Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• B2B digital publishing
• Vertical trade magazines
• Industry yearbooks
• Exhibition guide publishing
• Trade show media

Headquarters

HQ city

Macclesfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Digital Magazine Advertising: Revenue generated from advertising sold across the portfolio of digital B2B magazine titles, including display ads, classified ads, and sponsored content for industry-specific audiences
2. Yearbook and Exhibition Guide Publishing: Production and publication of associated yearbooks and exhibition guides for industry events and trade shows

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Opus Business Media publishes a portfolio of digital B2B magazines serving vertical industries including care, cleaning, contract flooring, facilities management, health and safety, and tile and stone, plus associated yearbooks and exhibition guides. The company generates revenue primarily by selling display, classified, and sponsored advertising across its titles, yearbooks, and trade-show media partnerships to suppliers and service providers targeting each industry's professional readership.

Product overview

Opus Business Media is a UK-based publisher of digital B2B magazines operating a portfolio-plus-platform model. The core offering consists of six digital magazine titles (Tomorrow's Care, Tomorrow's Cleaning, Tomorrow's Contract Floors, Tomorrow's FM, Tomorrow's Health & Safety, Tomorrow's Tile & Stone) plus Tomorrow's Cleaning Ireland and Tomorrow's Retail Floors. Associated yearbooks (TCare, TC, TCF, TFM, THS) complement each title. Publications are delivered via dedicated websites for each title and an iOS mobile app. The company also produces exhibition guides and serves as media partner for industry events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tomorrow's Care: Digital B2B magazine for the care home industry.
• Tomorrow's Cleaning
• Tomorrow's Contract Floors
• Tomorrow's FM
• Tomorrow's Health & Safety
• Tomorrow's Tile & Stone

Products and services

• Tomorrow's Care Magazine Digital B2B magazine covering the care home industry with latest care news plus current and back issues, aimed at care-sector professionals and advertisers targeting that audience.
• Tomorrow's Cleaning Magazine Digital B2B magazine for the cleaning industry available online with archive going back to 2009, targeting cleaning-industry professionals and their advertisers.
• Tomorrow's Contract Floors Magazine Digital B2B magazine covering the contract flooring industry with product launches and installations, formerly launched as Tomorrow's Flooring.
• Tomorrow's FM Magazine Digital B2B magazine for the facilities management industry covering FM news, contracts, appointments, and latest issues and supplements.
• Tomorrow's Health & Safety Magazine Digital B2B magazine providing health and safety news, industry events, and a forum for H&S commentary, targeting H&S professionals and suppliers.
• Tomorrow's Tile & Stone Magazine Digital B2B magazine covering the tiling and stone industry with the latest industry news, aimed at tiling and stone professionals and related advertisers.
• Tomorrow's Cleaning Ireland Magazine Digital B2B magazine covering the cleaning industry in Ireland, extending the Tomorrow's Cleaning brand to the Irish market.
• Tomorrow's Retail Floors Magazine Digital B2B magazine targeting the retail flooring market, educating retailers and interior design specialists on retail flooring developments.
• Opus Business Media iOS App iOS mobile application for iPad and iPhone enabling readers to download and read Opus Business Media titles immediately or save them for later offline reading.

Quantifiable outcome

• Portfolio of 6+ digital magazine titles plus yearbooks
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Facilities Management 2015coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 July 2014Tomorrow's FM became the Official Media Partner of Facilities Management 2015 exhibition.
• The Flooring ShowminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 January 2014Tomorrow's Flooring continued as official media partner of The Flooring Show for the fourth consecutive year.
• UBM (United Business Media)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 10 January 2014Three Opus titles - Tomorrow's FM, Tomorrow's Cleaning and Tomorrow's Flooring - were named as official show supporters of Facilities Show 2014, organised by UBM at ExCeL London.
• easyFairscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2013Opus Business Media was named as the official producer of the show catalogue for the inaugural Facilities Management show held at Birmingham's NEC. Tomorrow's FM was also named as an official media partner for the show. Opus designed and printed 3,000 catalogues for the event.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Haymarket Media Group: Large UK-headquartered B2B and consumer media group with deep trade-portfolio presence including health & safety, facilities, and marketing titles. Operates overlapping trade verticals at much greater scale.
• EMAP (Ascential / EMAP Publishing): Long-established UK B2B media publisher behind titles such as Retail Week, Drapers, and Construction News. Broader incumbent with overlapping B2B trade advertising and events business across many of the same verticals Opus targets.
• Informa (Informa Markets / Connect): Global B2B media and events group operating exhibitions and trade media across facilities, healthcare, construction and many other Opus verticals. Sets the competitive ceiling on UK trade media scale and event-partnership economics.

Direct peers

• Brooklands Media (Contract Flooring Journal): Specialist UK B2B publisher for the contract flooring industry, directly competing with Tomorrow's Contract Floors for advertisers and readers in the same vertical.
• Metropolis International Group: UK B2B publisher running a portfolio of trade titles across facilities, workspace, hospitality and retail. Closely comparable business model and size to Opus, with similar multi-vertical B2B trade publishing approach.
• DVV Media International: UK-based B2B publisher of specialist trade journals and digital content for transport, logistics and infrastructure sectors. Comparable business model with multi-title B2B advertising and yearbook/directory products.
• William Reed Business Media: UK-based B2B publisher operating vertical trade titles across food, drink, hospitality and related industries. Directly comparable as a UK private B2B media company with a multi-title portfolio targeting niche industry audiences via advertising and events.
• BSP Media (Building Services Publications): Specialist UK B2B publisher focused on building services, facilities management and cleaning — directly overlapping Tomorrow's FM, Tomorrow's Cleaning and Tomorrow's Health & Safety.
• Pro-Activ Publications: Independent UK B2B publisher of trade titles for cleaning, hygiene, facilities and related service sectors. Closely comparable scale, target verticals and revenue model to Opus.

Emerging players

• Raconteur Media: UK B2B content and custom media business publishing branded reports and digital features for business audiences. Overlaps with Opus's B2B advertising-funded model but with a heavier emphasis on content marketing and sponsored editorial.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/opusbm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/opus-business-media-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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