76% Micro
20% Small
3% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
UK Printing & Copying Industry Information
The printing industry is engaged in printing on textile products, glass, metal, paper, and plastic using lithographic, gravure, screen, flexographic, digital, and letterpress services
Active Businesses
9,654
Annual Sales
£10bn +
Employees
69,487
Economic Contribution
£3bn
Tags
76% Micro
20% Small
3% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
30% Mature
26% Established
21% Startup
21% Young
1% New
38% Declining
27% Healthy
13% High
12% Rapid
10% Low
Printing & Copying Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Printing & Copying Industry Valuation
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Printing & Copying Industry Valuation
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There are 9,654 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £10 billion .
The Industry employs around 69,486 people and contributes £3 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Printing & Copying companies is London with 1,985 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 125.
The largest Printing & Copying company is Paragon Customer Communications Limited with a turnover of £561.8m. 76% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 3% Mid companies.
21% of the Printing & Copying Industry is made up of 21% Young but the majority are Mature businesses (30%) the oldest company is Reflex Plus Ltd founded in 1878.
Printing & Copying industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Reflex Plus Ltd with a 3 year growth rate of 111%. Other fast growing companies include The Valley Printing Company, Limited (49%), Webflex Ltd (33%) and Micropress Printers Limited (28%).
The UK Printing & Copying Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 7.02x, Turnover multiple of 0.75x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.25x.