INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Property Industry

UK Property Industry Information

The property industry is involved in the buying, selling, renting, operating, management and leasing of property including residential buildings, exhibition halls, self-storage facilities, shopping centres and land.

Active Businesses

449,992

Annual Sales

£213bn +

Employees

1,294,326

Economic Contribution 

£77bn

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Location of Property Companies

Property Companies by Size

85% Micro

14% Small

1% Mid

0% Large

0% Mega

Property Companies by Age
Fastest Growing Property Companies

42% Declining

21% Rapid

17% Healthy

11% High

9% Low

Property Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Property Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

Property Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

Property Industry Valuation

Net Asset Multiple

Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Real estate activities Industry Insights

There are 449,992 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £213 billion .

The Industry employs around 1,294,326 people and contributes £77 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Property companies is London with 142,726 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 5,841.

The largest Property company is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with a turnover of £10bn. 85% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 1% Mid companies.

16% of the Property Industry is made up of 16% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (34%) the oldest company is Vernon Investments (1856) Limited founded in 1856.

Property industry has a number of high growth companies (11%), the fastest growing company is Ellesmere Manchester Operations Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 1209%. Other fast growing companies include Anderson O&u Limited (289%), Ng Devco Limited (248%) and London Square (Walton-on-thames) Ltd (237%).

The UK Property Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 15.42x, Turnover multiple of 6.45x and a Net Asset multiple of 1.80x.