INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Chemicals Industry

UK Chemicals Industry Information

The chemicals industry involves the transformation of raw materials using chemical processes to create products such as drugs, soap, paints, glues, industrial and agricultural chemicals

Active Businesses

4,536

Annual Sales

£52bn +

Employees

122,359

Economic Contribution 

£13bn

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Location of Chemicals Companies

Chemicals Companies by Size

50% Micro

29% Small

10% Mid

8% Large

3% Mega

Largest Chemicals Companies
Turnover
Chemicals Companies by Age

34% Mature

24% Startup

21% Young

19% Established

1% New

Fastest Growing Chemicals Companies

33% Declining

27% Healthy

15% High

14% Rapid

10% Low

Chemicals Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Chemicals Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

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Chemicals Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

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Chemicals Industry Valuation

Net Asset Multiple

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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 chemicals and chemical products Industry Insights

There are 4,536 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £52 billion .

The Industry employs around 122,359 people and contributes £13 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Chemicals companies is London with 812 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 86.

The largest Chemicals company is Johnson Matthey Plc with a turnover of £12.8bn. 50% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 10% Mid companies.

19% of the Chemicals Industry is made up of 19% Established but the majority are Mature businesses (34%) the oldest company is N & C Building Products Limited founded in 1856.

Chemicals industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Levertonhelm (Holdings) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 95%. Other fast growing companies include Levertonhelm Limited (95%), Synthite (Mold) Limited (66%) and Sarpsfoss Limited (53%).

The UK Chemicals Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 10.16x, Turnover multiple of 1.45x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.29x.