INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Information Services Industry

UK Information Services Industry Information

The information services industry includes web search engines and portals, data processing and hosting of applications, websites and client data, as well as news syndication.

Active Businesses

34,274

Annual Sales

£39bn +

Employees

211,684

Economic Contribution 

£18bn

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Location of Information Services Companies

Information Services Companies by Size

86% Micro

12% Small

2% Mid

1% Large

0% Mega

Largest Information Services Companies
Turnover
Information Services Companies by Age

34% Young

32% Startup

24% Established

9% Mature

2% New

Fastest Growing Information Services Companies

40% Declining

20% Rapid

17% Healthy

13% High

11% Low

Information Services Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Information Services Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

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Information Services Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

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Information Services 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 Information service activities Industry Insights

There are 34,274 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £39 billion .

The Industry employs around 211,683 people and contributes £18 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Information Services companies is London with 13,082 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 292.

The largest Information Services company is Tiktok Information Technologies Uk Limited with a turnover of £3.5bn. 86% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 2% Mid companies.

9% of the Information Services Industry is made up of 9% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (34%) the oldest company is S&p Global Uk Limited founded in 1899.

Information Services industry has a number of high growth companies (13%), the fastest growing company is Vdc Uk Management Company Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 217%. Other fast growing companies include S&p Global Commodities Uk Limited (199%), Tiktok Information Technologies Uk Limited (184%) and Pay360 Limited (136%).

The UK Information Services Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 13.29x, Turnover multiple of 2.90x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.96x.