INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Warehousing Industry

UK Warehousing Industry Information

The warehouse industry includes warehousing and support activities for transportation, such as operating airports, harbours, tunnels, bridges, warehouses, storage facilities, cargo handling and passenger facilities.

Active Businesses

29,334

Annual Sales

£92bn +

Employees

376,055

Economic Contribution 

£25bn

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Location of Warehousing Companies

Warehousing Companies by Size

78% Micro

17% Small

4% Mid

2% Large

1% Mega

Warehousing Companies by Age
Fastest Growing Warehousing Companies

32% Declining

28% Rapid

19% Healthy

14% High

7% Low

Warehousing Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Warehousing Industry Valuation

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Warehousing Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

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Warehousing Industry Valuation

Net Asset Multiple

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Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Warehousing and support activities for transportation Industry Insights

There are 29,334 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £92 billion .

The Industry employs around 376,055 people and contributes £25 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Warehousing companies is London with 5,966 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 459.

The largest Warehousing company is Eg Group Holdings Limited with a turnover of £22.7bn. 78% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 4% Mid companies.

12% of the Warehousing Industry is made up of 12% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (40%) the oldest company is The Felixstowe Dock And Railway Company founded in 1875.

Warehousing industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Jas Forwarding (Uk) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 174%. Other fast growing companies include Egis Projects Uk Ltd (153%), Gerlach Customs Services Uk Limited (104%) and Sentry Aerospares Limited (94%).

The UK Warehousing Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 8.51x, Turnover multiple of 1.69x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.69x.