gamesmap.ukThe UK Games

Map

September 2014

September 2016

The first interactive, real-time map of the UK games industry

Games Companies & Games

Universities & Courses

Services Companies

WHO’S IN THE UK GAMES MAP?

WHO’S IT FOR?

• Promote local networking• Encourage skill sharing• Build links with local

businesses and talent

Games Companies • Highlight clusters

• Spot trends and patterns of growth

• Find information on businesses

Investors

• Advertise your services• Find opportunities in your

area

Service Companies

• Largest live dataset of UK games companies ever assembled

Academics, Journalists, Policy-makers

2,472 games companies mapped to date

1,949 active games companies in the UK

66% of companies started since 2010

Only 41% of companies listed use games industry SIC Codes

WE’VE COME A LONG WAY…

HOW IT’S MADE

Online Game Directories

Games Games Companies

Companies House

UK Companies

UK Games Companies Ukie

MembersDesk Research

Data Verification

OpenStreetMapRegionalNetworks

• Bespoke big data approach

• Using publicly available data on game directories

• Matched company data against Companies House

• Worked with Ukie members and regional networks to verify data before publication

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FINDING COMPANIESSEARCH FILTER ZOOM

FINDING COMPANIESFILTER OPTIONS

Games Companies

• Active / Dissolved• Developer / Publisher• Platforms & Devices• Age of Company• Year of Game Release

Service Companies

• Type of Company• Charity• Legal• Recruitment• etc.

Universities• Course Type• Post /

Undergraduate• Subject• Animation• Games

Development• etc.

COMPANY PROFILESNAME & TYPE OF BUSINESS

COMPANY STATUS, AGE &EMPLOYEE COUNT

PLATFORMSSOCIAL MEDIA

PROFILES

LOCATION & ADDRESS

GAMES

GO COMPARE: Companies

SELECT COMPARE

COMPANY COMPARISON

COMPARESUMMARY

ACTIVITIES

BUSINESS TYPE

PLATFORMS

PLATFORMS USED

BREAKING THINGS DOWN

• Towns & Cities• Regions & Countries• Counties• Parliamentary

Constituencies

UK, by Number of Games Companies per County

BREAKING THINGS DOWN: TOWN / CITY

LAYERS MENU

SELECT MEASURE

GEOGRAPHY TAB

GEOGRAPHIES MENU

SELECT GEOGRAPHY

BREAKING THINGS DOWN: TOWN / CITY

SHADED BY NUMBER OF COMPANIES

GO COMPARE: Glasgow vs. Edinburgh

PLACES TAB

SELECT PLACE

SELECT COMPARISON

GO COMPARE: Glasgow vs. Edinburgh

COMPANY COUNT

GAMES RELEASED UNIVERSITIES

GLASGOW

EDINBURGH

AREA PROFILE

COMPANY LIST

VIEW OR COMPARE COMPANIES

DOWNLOAD OR PRINT

ADDRESSES, CONTACTS AND WEBSITES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN DATA DOWNLOADS

PLATFORMS

PLATFORM PROFILE

GLASGOW EDINBURGH

SERVICE COMPANY PROFILESTYPE OF

BUSINESSYOUR CHOICE

OF WORDS

CONTACTS & SOCIAL

LOCATION & ADDRESS

MAKING YOUR MARK: Updating Data EDIT YOUR

EXISTING PROFILE

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MAKING YOUR MARK: Edit Your Profile

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UPDATE INFO

SAVE & SUBMIT

MAKING YOUR MARK: Create A Profile

DYNAMIC FORM

DIFFERENT PATHS FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES

MAKING YOUR MARK: Verification

Only registered users can submit data

All changes reviewed before publication

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

66% of companies started since 2010

YEAR

COM

PANI

ES F

OUND

ED

66%34%

…are the places you’re most likely to find a games company

BRIGHTON DUNDEE&

1 in every 250

local companies are games businesses

62%Correct SIC

Only 41% of games companies listed use games industry SIC Codes

Console Specialists Mobile Specialists

59%

41%

35%Correct SIC

Correct SIC

Incorrect SIC

…but it varies across technology types:

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING…

• Drive industry economic measurement

…USE THE DATA, FIND YOUR STORY

• Case studies of towns, counties, regions• Compare businesses types by platform• Overlay more data types to broaden the

analysis (e.g. broadband speeds, cost of rents)

GO FIND YOURSELF

MAKE YOUR MARK

Games Businesses

Service Companies

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