INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Computer Equipment Industry

UK Computer Equipment Industry Information

The computers and electronics industry designs and uses integrated circuits to manufacture computers, peripherals, communications equipment, consumer electronics, measuring, testing and navigating equipment, irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment.

Active Businesses

6,191

Annual Sales

£35bn +

Employees

129,725

Economic Contribution 

£12bn

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Location of Computer Equipment Companies

Computer Equipment Companies by Size

54% Micro

32% Small

8% Mid

4% Large

1% Mega

Computer Equipment Companies by Age

42% Mature

22% Established

20% Young

15% Startup

0% New

Fastest Growing Computer Equipment Companies

39% Declining

24% Healthy

13% High

12% Low

12% Rapid

Computer Equipment Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Computer Equipment Industry Valuation

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Computer Equipment Industry Valuation

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Computer Equipment 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 computer, electronic and optical products Industry Insights

There are 6,191 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £35 billion .

The Industry employs around 129,724 people and contributes £12 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Computer Equipment companies is South East England with 1,408 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 78.

The largest Computer Equipment company is Creo Medical Uk Limited with a turnover of £5.3bn. 54% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 8% Mid companies.

15% of the Computer Equipment Industry is made up of 15% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (42%) the oldest company is Charles Frodsham & Co Limited founded in 1893.

Computer Equipment industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Texas Instruments Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 123%. Other fast growing companies include Palo Alto Networks (Uk) Limited (112%), Nidec Control Techniques Limited (107%) and Toshiba Europe Limited (86%).

The UK Computer Equipment Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 13.45x, Turnover multiple of 2.31x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.56x.