INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Pharmaceuticals Industry

UK Pharmaceuticals Industry Information

The pharmaceuticals industry involves physical processes such as blending, compression, filtration, heating, encapsulation, shearing, tableting, granulation, coating, and drying to produce drugs for use as medications

Active Businesses

1,290

Annual Sales

£42bn +

Employees

106,934

Economic Contribution 

£16bn

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Location of Pharmaceuticals Companies

Pharmaceuticals Companies by Size

49% Micro

28% Small

9% Mid

7% Large

6% Mega

Pharmaceuticals Companies by Age

30% Mature

25% Established

23% Young

21% Startup

1% New

Fastest Growing Pharmaceuticals Companies

40% Declining

24% Healthy

15% Rapid

11% Low

10% High

Pharmaceuticals Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Pharmaceuticals Industry Valuation

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Pharmaceuticals Industry Valuation

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Pharmaceuticals 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 basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations Industry Insights

There are 1,290 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £42 billion .

The Industry employs around 106,934 people and contributes £16 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Pharmaceuticals companies is London with 370 and the fewest are located in North East England with 31.

The largest Pharmaceuticals company is Astrazeneca Plc with a turnover of £36bn. 49% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 9% Mid companies.

21% of the Pharmaceuticals Industry is made up of 21% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (30%) the oldest company is Smith Kline & French Laboratories Limited founded in 1897.

Pharmaceuticals industry has a number of high growth companies (11%), the fastest growing company is Wave Life Sciences Uk Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 83%. Other fast growing companies include Cycle Pharmaceuticals Ltd (64%), Cycle Group Holdings Limited (60%) and Nicobrand Limited (52%).

The UK Pharmaceuticals Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 13.80x, Turnover multiple of 3.03x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.78x.