77% Micro
18% Small
3% Mid
2% Large
0% Mega
UK Travel Agency & Booking Industry Information
The travel industry is engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services, arranging tours that are sold through travel agencies or tour operators and other travel-related services including reservations, tourist guides and tourism promotion activities.
Active Businesses
14,859
Annual Sales
£48bn +
Employees
136,168
Economic Contribution
£10bn
Tags
77% Micro
18% Small
3% Mid
2% Large
0% Mega
32% Young
25% Established
25% Startup
16% Mature
3% New
38% Declining
28% Rapid
14% Healthy
14% High
6% Low
Travel Agency & Booking Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Travel Agency & Booking Industry Valuation
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There are 14,859 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £48 billion .
The Industry employs around 136,168 people and contributes £10 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Travel Agency & Booking companies is London with 5,467 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 150.
The largest Travel Agency & Booking company is Tui Uk Limited with a turnover of £5.7bn. 77% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 3% Mid companies.
16% of the Travel Agency & Booking Industry is made up of 16% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (32%) the oldest company is Althams Travel Services Limited founded in 1894.
Travel Agency & Booking industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Easyjet Holidays Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 285%. Other fast growing companies include Tour Partner Group Uk Ltd (244%), Carlton Leisure (Uk) Limited (216%) and Vosaio Travel Limited (209%).
The UK Travel Agency & Booking Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 5.36x, Turnover multiple of 0.88x and a Net Asset multiple of 1.36x.