INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Telecoms Industry

UK Telecoms Industry Information

The telecoms industry involves the transmission of voice, data, text, sound or video content using wired, wireless or satellite communications technology.

Active Businesses

15,422

Annual Sales

£140bn +

Employees

401,253

Economic Contribution 

£55bn

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Location of Telecoms Companies

Telecoms Companies by Size

73% Micro

20% Small

4% Mid

2% Large

1% Mega

Telecoms Companies by Age

29% Young

28% Established

22% Startup

18% Mature

2% New

Fastest Growing Telecoms Companies

43% Declining

17% Healthy

17% Rapid

12% High

11% Low

Telecoms Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Telecoms 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 Telecommunications Industry Insights

There are 15,422 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £140 billion .

The Industry employs around 401,252 people and contributes £55 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Telecoms companies is London with 3,964 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 177.

The largest Telecoms company is Vodafone Group Public Limited Company with a turnover of £30.8bn. 73% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 4% Mid companies.

18% of the Telecoms Industry is made up of 18% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (29%) the oldest company is Cable And Wireless (West Indies) Limited founded in 1877.

Telecoms industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Verizon European Holdings Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 627%. Other fast growing companies include Idt Retail Europe Limited (297%), Rural Optic Infrastructure Ltd (265%) and Viberoptix Opco Ltd (195%).

The UK Telecoms Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 8.71x, Turnover multiple of 2.44x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.51x.