INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Gambling and Betting Industry

UK Gambling and Betting Industry Information

The gambling industry includes betting activities such as the sale of lottery tickets, coin-operated machines, virtual gambling web sites, bookmaking and casinos.

Active Businesses

1,076

Annual Sales

£11bn +

Employees

94,585

Economic Contribution 

£5bn

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Location of Gambling and Betting Companies

Gambling and Betting Companies by Size

54% Micro

30% Small

8% Mid

5% Large

2% Mega

Gambling and Betting Companies by Age

42% Mature

28% Established

19% Young

11% Startup

1% New

Fastest Growing Gambling and Betting Companies

34% Declining

21% Healthy

19% Rapid

16% High

10% Low

Gambling and Betting Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Gambling and Betting Industry Valuation

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Gambling and Betting 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 Gambling and betting activities Industry Insights

There are 1,076 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £11 billion .

The Industry employs around 94,584 people and contributes £5 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Gambling and Betting companies is London with 194 and the fewest are located in East Midlands with 43.

The largest Gambling and Betting company is Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited with a turnover of £1.2bn. 54% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 8% Mid companies.

11% of the Gambling and Betting Industry is made up of 11% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (42%) the oldest company is Castle Leisure Ltd founded in 1911.

Gambling and Betting industry has a number of high growth companies (16%), the fastest growing company is Genting Casinos Egypt Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 104%. Other fast growing companies include Carlton Clubs Limited (92%), Boylesports (Ni) Limited (88%) and Postcode Planet Trust (84%).

The UK Gambling and Betting Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 8.60x, Turnover multiple of 2.54x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.75x.