60% Micro
27% Small
6% Mid
5% Large
2% Mega
UK Food Industry Information
The food manufacturing industry links producers with consumers by processing agriculture, forestry and fishing products into food such as meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, fats and oils, milk products and grain products.
Active Businesses
14,500
Annual Sales
£119bn +
Employees
510,210
Economic Contribution
£26bn
Tags
60% Micro
27% Small
6% Mid
5% Large
2% Mega
31% Startup
28% Young
20% Established
19% Mature
2% New
28% Declining
26% Healthy
19% High
19% Rapid
8% Low
Food Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
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There are 14,500 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £119 billion .
The Industry employs around 510,209 people and contributes £26 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Food companies is London with 3,369 and the fewest are located in North East England with 325.
The largest Food company is Arla Foods Limited with a turnover of £3bn. 60% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 6% Mid companies.
19% of the Food Industry is made up of 19% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (31%) the oldest company is Wilkin & Sons Limited founded in 1888.
Food industry has a number of high growth companies (19%), the fastest growing company is Kerry Ingredients (Uk) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 248%. Other fast growing companies include Penasul Uk Limited (154%), The Finnebrogue Bacon Company Ltd (138%) and Dogmates Ltd. (86%).
The UK Food Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 9.49x, Turnover multiple of 1.19x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.18x.