76% Micro
20% Small
3% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024
UK Printing & Copying Industry
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
9,645
Annual Sales
£10bn +
Employees
68,798
Economic Contribution
£3bn
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Location of Printing & Copying Companies
Printing & Copying Companies by Size
Largest Printing & Copying Companies
Turnover
De La Rue Plc
£310.3m
Moonpig.com Limited
£241.3m
Adare International Limited
£226.7m
Printing & Copying Companies by Age
30% Mature
26% Established
21% Startup
21% Young
2% New
Oldest Printing & Copying Companies
Established
Reflex Plus Ltd
1878
Fastest Growing Printing & Copying Companies
38% Declining
27% Healthy
13% High
12% Rapid
10% Low
Printing & Copying Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Printing & Copying Industry Valuation
EBITDA Multiple
Printing & Copying Industry Valuation
Turnover Multiple
Printing & Copying Industry Valuation
Net Asset Multiple
Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Printing and reproduction of recorded media Industry Insights
There are 9,645 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £10 billion .
The Industry employs around 68,797 people and contributes £3 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Printing & Copying companies is London with 1,984 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 6.73x, Turnover multiple of 0.76x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.38x.
