INSIGHTS - NOVEMBER 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

484,175

Annual Sales

£221bn +

Employees

1,317,565

Economic Contribution 

£78bn

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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

39% Declining

21% Rapid

20% Healthy

11% High

9% Low

Property Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Property Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

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Property Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

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Property 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 Real estate activities Industry Insights

There are 484,175 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £221 billion .

The Industry employs around 1,317,564 people and contributes £78 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Property companies is London with 154,772 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 6,242.

The largest Property company is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with a turnover of £11.5bn. 85% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 1% Mid companies.

15% of the Property Industry is made up of 15% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (35%) 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 Moda Living (Holland Street) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 192%. Other fast growing companies include Firethorn Developments Limited (182%), Ng Devco Limited (173%) and Shell Property Company Limited (151%).

The UK Property Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 16.55x, Turnover multiple of 6.95x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.17x.