75% Micro
22% Small
2% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
INSIGHTS - APRIL 2025
UK Machinery Servicing Industry
UK Machinery Servicing Industry Information
The repair and maintenance industry involves the specialised repair of manufactured goods, the restoration of machinery, equipment and other products to working order as well as general or routine maintenance and servicing.
Active Businesses
25,768
Annual Sales
£25bn +
Employees
133,063
Economic Contribution
£8bn
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Location of Machinery Servicing Companies
Machinery Servicing Companies by Size
Largest Machinery Servicing Companies
Turnover
Vodafone Limited
£5.8bn
Leonardo Uk Ltd
£2.3bn
Alstom Transport Uk Limited
£672.8m
Short Brothers Plc
£557.2m
Machinery Servicing Companies by Age
33% Established
26% Young
21% Mature
19% Startup
0% New
Oldest Machinery Servicing Companies
Established
Fastest Growing Machinery Servicing Companies
32% Declining
26% Healthy
17% High
15% Rapid
10% Low
Fastest Growing Machinery Servicing Companies
3yr CAGR
Machinery Servicing Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Machinery Servicing Industry Valuation
EBITDA Multiple
Machinery Servicing Industry Valuation
Turnover Multiple
Machinery Servicing Industry Valuation
Net Asset Multiple
Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Repair and installation of machinery and equipment Industry Insights
There are 25,768 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £25 billion .
The Industry employs around 133,063 people and contributes £8 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Machinery Servicing companies is South East England with 3,716 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 622.
The largest Machinery Servicing company is Vodafone Limited with a turnover of £5.8bn. 75% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 2% Mid companies.
19% of the Machinery Servicing Industry is made up of 19% Startup but the majority are Established businesses (33%) the oldest company is Berthon Boat Company Limited founded in 1877.
Machinery Servicing industry has a number of high growth companies (15%), the fastest growing company is Canadian Solar Sses (Uk) Ltd with a 3 year growth rate of 219%. Other fast growing companies include Trina Storage (Uk) Ltd (144%), Sts Aviation Services Uk Limited (86%) and Ethosenergy (Mea) Limited (72%).
The UK Machinery Servicing Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 10.27x, Turnover multiple of 1.15x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.55x.
