INSIGHTS - NOVEMBER 2024

UK Education Industry

UK Education Industry Information

The education industry provides academic courses, instruction and support for pre-primary, primary, secondary technical and vocational, and higher education levels but also includes sports and cultural education and driving schools.

Active Businesses

93,665

Annual Sales

£129bn +

Employees

1,474,636

Economic Contribution 

£120bn

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Location of Education Companies

Education Companies by Size

80% Micro

15% Small

4% Mid

2% Large

0% Mega

Education Companies by Age

30% Startup

29% Young

25% Established

11% Mature

4% New

Fastest Growing Education Companies

36% Declining

21% Healthy

19% Rapid

13% High

10% Low

Education Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Education Industry Valuation

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

There are 93,665 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £129 billion .

The Industry employs around 1,474,636 people and contributes £120 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Education companies is London with 28,411 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 1,098.

The largest Education company is Day One Trust with a turnover of £33.2bn. 80% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 4% Mid companies.

11% of the Education Industry is made up of 11% Mature but the majority are Startup businesses (30%) the oldest company is The Liverpool College Foundation founded in 1869.

Education industry has a number of high growth companies (13%), the fastest growing company is Day One Trust with a 3 year growth rate of 1653%. Other fast growing companies include Ditchley Foundation(the) (297%), Human Capability Foundation (162%) and The Education Endowment Foundation (159%).

The UK Education Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 11.27x, Turnover multiple of 2.05x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.97x.