INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Paper Products Industry

UK Paper Products Industry Information

The pulp and paper industry is made up of companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard and other cellulose-based products

Active Businesses

2,132

Annual Sales

£18bn +

Employees

64,218

Economic Contribution 

£5bn

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Location of Paper Products Companies

Paper Products Companies by Size

52% Micro

29% Small

11% Mid

6% Large

2% Mega

Paper Products Companies by Age

39% Mature

21% Established

20% Young

18% Startup

2% New

Fastest Growing Paper Products Companies

34% Healthy

29% Declining

15% High

12% Low

10% Rapid

Paper Products Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Paper Products Industry Valuation

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Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Manufacture of paper and paper products Industry Insights

There are 2,132 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £18 billion .

The Industry employs around 64,217 people and contributes £5 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Paper Products companies is London with 347 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 40.

The largest Paper Products company is Kimberly-clark Europe Limited with a turnover of £1.4bn. 52% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 11% Mid companies.

18% of the Paper Products Industry is made up of 18% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (39%) the oldest company is James Cropper Public Limited Company founded in 1889.

Paper Products industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Eren Paper Ltd with a 3 year growth rate of 142%. Other fast growing companies include Transcend Packaging Limited (91%), Sca Products (Uk) Limited (89%) and Opus Trust Marketing Limited (49%).

The UK Paper Products Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 7.24x, Turnover multiple of 0.94x and a Net Asset multiple of 1.69x.