INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Other Manufacturing Industry

UK Other Manufacturing Industry Information

The other manufacturing industry covers the production of a broad range of goods such as games & toys, musical instruments, sports goods, jewellery, medical and dental instruments...

Active Businesses

22,290

Annual Sales

£67bn +

Employees

323,126

Economic Contribution 

£23bn

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Location of Other Manufacturing Companies

Other Manufacturing Companies by Size

63% Micro

29% Small

5% Mid

2% Large

0% Mega

Largest Other Manufacturing Companies
Turnover
Other Manufacturing Companies by Age

32% Mature

26% Established

21% Startup

21% Young

0% New

Fastest Growing Other Manufacturing Companies

35% Declining

26% Healthy

14% High

14% Rapid

12% Low

Other Manufacturing Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Other Manufacturing Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

Other Manufacturing Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

Other Manufacturing Industry Valuation

Net Asset Multiple

Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Other manufacturing Industry Insights

There are 22,290 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £67 billion .

The Industry employs around 323,125 people and contributes £23 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Other Manufacturing companies is London with 3,464 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 467.

The largest Other Manufacturing company is Creo Medical Uk Limited with a turnover of £5.3bn. 63% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 5% Mid companies.

21% of the Other Manufacturing Industry is made up of 21% Young but the majority are Mature businesses (32%) the oldest company is Vinters Engineering Limited founded in 1867.

Other Manufacturing industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Tophat Industries Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 116%. Other fast growing companies include Wildstone Build Limited (97%), Hydraulic Technologies England Limited (95%) and Niras Group (Uk) Ltd (75%).

The UK Other Manufacturing Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 9.98x, Turnover multiple of 1.49x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.33x.