INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Maintenance Services Industry

UK Maintenance Services Industry Information

The facilities industry provides general support and maintenance services, such as the services within a client's facilities, the cleaning of buildings, industrial machinery, trains, buses and planes, street sweeping, snow and ice removal, landscape care and maintenance services.

Active Businesses

51,007

Annual Sales

£29bn +

Employees

609,520

Economic Contribution 

£13bn

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Location of Maintenance Services Companies

Maintenance Services Companies by Size

88% Micro

10% Small

1% Mid

0% Large

0% Mega

Largest Maintenance Services Companies
Turnover
Maintenance Services Companies by Age

36% Startup

28% Young

21% Established

10% Mature

4% New

Fastest Growing Maintenance Services Companies

40% Declining

19% Healthy

18% Rapid

14% High

9% Low

Maintenance Services Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Maintenance Services Industry Valuation

EBITDA Multiple

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Maintenance Services Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

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Maintenance 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 Services to buildings and landscape activities Industry Insights

There are 51,007 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £29 billion .

The Industry employs around 609,519 people and contributes £13 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Maintenance Services companies is London with 11,281 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 547.

The largest Maintenance Services company is Mitie Fm Limited with a turnover of £1bn. 88% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 1% Mid companies.

10% of the Maintenance Services Industry is made up of 10% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (36%) the oldest company is Suffolk Sheep Society(the) founded in 1886.

Maintenance Services industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Uhs Estates Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 267%. Other fast growing companies include Chevron Green Services Limited (66%), Salisbury Integrated Services Limited (65%) and Mitie Fm Limited (58%).

The UK Maintenance Services Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 8.27x, Turnover multiple of 1.18x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.73x.