80% Micro
14% Small
4% Mid
2% Large
0% Mega
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
93,090
Annual Sales
£128bn +
Employees
1,472,628
Economic Contribution
£120bn
Tags
80% Micro
14% Small
4% Mid
2% Large
0% Mega
30% Startup
29% Young
26% Established
12% Mature
3% New
36% Declining
21% Healthy
19% Rapid
13% High
11% Low
Education Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Education Industry Valuation
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There are 93,090 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £128 billion .
The Industry employs around 1,472,628 people and contributes £120 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Education companies is London with 28,179 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.
12% of the Education Industry is made up of 12% 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 12.64x, Turnover multiple of 1.98x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.58x.