84% Micro
13% Small
2% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
UK Entertainment Industry Information
The film and television industry includes film, TV and theatre production, film editing, cutting, dubbing, movie distribution and projection, buying and selling of movie rights, sound recording, promoting and distributing of music.
Active Businesses
58,551
Annual Sales
£65bn +
Employees
197,254
Economic Contribution
£14bn
Tags
84% Micro
13% Small
2% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
31% Young
28% Established
28% Startup
10% Mature
2% New
36% Declining
22% Rapid
19% Healthy
15% High
8% Low
Entertainment Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Entertainment Industry Valuation
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Entertainment Industry Valuation
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There are 58,551 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £65 billion .
The Industry employs around 197,253 people and contributes £14 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Entertainment companies is London with 25,721 and the fewest are located in North East England with 627.
The largest Entertainment company is Sky Uk Limited with a turnover of £10.2bn. 84% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 2% Mid companies.
10% of the Entertainment Industry is made up of 10% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (31%) the oldest company is Parlophone Records Limited founded in 1900.
Entertainment industry has a number of high growth companies (15%), the fastest growing company is Sister Pictures (Power Rights) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 414%. Other fast growing companies include Sp Film Productions Limited (277%), Apple Studios Uk Limited (224%) and Arcadia Pictures Limited (201%).
The UK Entertainment Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 6.73x, Turnover multiple of 1.35x and a Net Asset multiple of 1.74x.