HILL MEDIA LIMITED

What HILL MEDIA LIMITED does

Hill Media Limited is a privately-held UK B2B media company, founded in 1990 and registered in England (Reg No: 2546884), operating from Marash House, Tring, Hertfordshire. The company publishes business-to-business magazines and directories and organizes trade exhibitions in the UK and Europe, organized under the Hill Media Group umbrella. Its operating geographies are explicitly limited to the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, with seven total employees.

The company's core product surface is a portfolio of niche trade titles and corresponding live exhibitions focused on the surface treatment and finishing vertical. The portfolio comprises four principal brands, each operated as a wholly owned subsidiary: Surface World (magazine and annual exhibition for the UK surface treatment industry, surfaced via surfaceworld.com and surfaceworldshow.com), Euro Trophex (European-wide magazine and exhibition at eurotrophex.com), Trophex (exhibition event under trophex.com), and TEN (magazine within the surface treatment portfolio). Distribution occurs through dedicated publication and show websites plus direct sales relationships with industrial advertisers and exhibitors; the company's primary marketing channel is its own owned web properties, supplemented by email enquiry handling.

The business model is dual-stream. Subscription/recurring magazine and directory publishing constitutes the base revenue layer, while episodic one-time exhibition organization (Surface World Show, Euro Trophex Show, Trophex, TEN) provides event-driven revenue spikes. The company targets two primary segments: businesses in the surface treatment, coatings, and finishing industry, and broader B2B industrial businesses in the UK and Europe seeking industry-specific publications and trade events. No pricing, customer logos, or partnership data is publicly disclosed, and there is no reported technology platform beyond standard publishing and event-organization tooling.

Name

HILL MEDIA LIMITED

Legal name

Hill Media Limited

Website

https://hillmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hill Media Limited is a UK-based B2B media company founded in 1990 that publishes trade magazines and directories and organizes exhibitions in the UK and Europe, focused on the surface treatment and finishing vertical through its Surface World, Euro Trophex, Trophex, and TEN brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Trade Media and Exhibition Services

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• B2B trade publishing
• Industrial trade exhibitions
• Surface treatment media
• Business directories publishing
• Trade show organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Tring

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Magazine and Directory Publishing: Revenue generated from publishing business-to-business magazines and directories for industry-specific verticals including surface treatment sectors.
2. Exhibition Organization: Revenue from organizing and hosting trade exhibitions and events in the UK and Europe, including Surface World Show, Euro Trophex, Trophex, and TEN events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hill Media Limited publishes business-to-business magazines and directories and organizes trade exhibitions in the UK and Europe. Its portfolio is concentrated on the surface treatment and finishing industry, operating four main brands: Surface World (UK magazine and exhibition), Euro Trophex (European magazine and exhibition), TEN (magazine), and Trophex (exhibition). The company sells advertising space, subscriptions, exhibitor/visitor participation in shows, and directory listings to industrial buyers, suppliers, and professionals in the surface treatment vertical.

Product overview

Hill Media Limited operates as a B2B media publishing company offering a portfolio of industry-specific magazines, directories, and exhibitions in the UK and Europe. The company's products are organized around specialized trade sectors, primarily focused on surface treatment and finishing industries. The core offerings include Surface World (magazine and exhibition), Euro Trophex (European magazine and exhibition), TEN (magazine), and Trophex (exhibition). These products serve as information and networking platforms for professionals in targeted industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Surface World: Surface World magazine and exhibition covering surface treatment industry
• Euro Trophex
• Trophex
• TEN

Products and services

• Surface World B2B magazine and annual exhibition focused on the surface treatment and finishing industry, serving professionals and suppliers in the UK.
• Euro Trophex European-focused B2B magazine and exhibition covering the surface treatment and finishing sector across Europe.
• TEN B2B magazine published by Hill Media Group, part of the portfolio of industry-specific publications serving the surface treatment vertical.
• Trophex Trade exhibition event focused on the surface treatment industry, part of the TEN Magazine exhibition portfolio held in the UK and Europe.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Haymarket Media Group: Large UK-based B2B and consumer media company with an extensive portfolio of trade titles and events — comparable in trade publishing but operates at much greater scale and breadth than Hill Media's surface treatment niche.
• Reed Exhibitions (RX Global): World's largest exhibition organizer with extensive B2B trade show portfolio — comparable on the exhibitions side but operates globally and at vastly greater scale than Hill Media.
• Informa plc: Global B2B media and events group and the largest UK-listed trade show organizer — broad incumbent whose Taylor & Francis, Informa Markets, and Informa Connect divisions collectively cover publishing and exhibitions end-to-end.
• Ascential: UK-listed B2B media and events company (formerly EMAP) that historically operated many of the UK's leading B2B trade titles and exhibitions — broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities but at vastly greater scale.
• DMG Events: Global B2B exhibition organizer running large-scale trade shows across multiple industries including surface treatment and finishing — comparable on the exhibitions side but with broader geographic and vertical reach.

Direct peers

• Clarion Events: Major UK-headquartered trade exhibition organizer running hundreds of B2B events globally — directly comparable on the exhibitions side of Hill Media's business, though significantly larger.
• Mark Allen Group: UK-based family-owned B2B media company publishing trade magazines and organizing exhibitions across multiple niche industrial and professional verticals — the closest comparable in terms of size, structure, and operating model to Hill Media.
• Media 10: UK-based events and publishing company producing consumer and trade exhibitions alongside related magazines — directly comparable hybrid publishing/events business model to Hill Media.
• Mash Media: UK-based B2B events and trade media company organizing exhibitions and publishing trade magazines for niche industrial sectors — very similar size and operating model to Hill Media.
• CloserStill Group: UK-based B2B exhibition organizer focused on specialist professional and industrial verticals — closely comparable event-driven business model, though with a broader vertical portfolio than Hill Media.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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