INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Fabricated Metal Industry

UK Fabricated Metal Industry Information

The fabricated metal industry involves the building of machines and structures from raw metal materials using processes such as forging, stamping, bending, forming, machining and welding.

Active Businesses

18,066

Annual Sales

£64bn +

Employees

326,452

Economic Contribution 

£24bn

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Location of Fabricated Metal Companies

Fabricated Metal Companies by Size

50% Micro

40% Small

7% Mid

2% Large

0% Mega

Largest Fabricated Metal Companies
Turnover
Fabricated Metal Companies by Age

44% Mature

25% Established

18% Young

13% Startup

0% New

Fastest Growing Fabricated Metal Companies

35% Declining

29% Healthy

14% High

12% Low

10% Rapid

Fabricated Metal Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Fabricated Metal Industry Valuation

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Fabricated Metal Industry Valuation

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Fabricated Metal 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 fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment Industry Insights

There are 18,066 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £64 billion .

The Industry employs around 326,451 people and contributes £24 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Fabricated Metal companies is West Midlands with 3,031 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 436.

The largest Fabricated Metal company is Bae Systems Plc with a turnover of £21.3bn. 50% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 7% Mid companies.

13% of the Fabricated Metal Industry is made up of 13% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (44%) the oldest company is Allegion (Uk) Limited founded in 1889.

Fabricated Metal industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Kalyani Transmission Technologies Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 174%. Other fast growing companies include Garner Aluminium Extrusions Ltd (96%), Cst Industries (Uk) Limited (84%) and Mcmullen Facades Limited (69%).

The UK Fabricated Metal Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 10.54x, Turnover multiple of 1.41x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.44x.