INSIGHTS - DECEMBER 2024

UK Membership Organisations Industry

UK Membership Organisations Industry Information

The membership industry includes organisations representing special interests and have a constituency of members such as interests of employees, religious, political, cultural, educational or recreational ideas and activities.

Active Businesses

19,317

Annual Sales

£16bn +

Employees

142,967

Economic Contribution 

£7bn

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Location of Membership Organisations Companies

Membership Organisations Companies by Size

77% Micro

20% Small

2% Mid

1% Large

0% Mega

Membership Organisations Companies by Age

34% Mature

30% Established

23% Young

13% Startup

0% New

Fastest Growing Membership Organisations Companies

37% Declining

21% Healthy

19% Rapid

12% High

11% Low

Membership Organisations Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Membership Organisations Industry Valuation

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Membership Organisations 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 Activities of membership organisations Industry Insights

There are 19,317 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of  £16 billion .

The Industry employs around 142,966 people and contributes £7 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Membership Organisations companies is London with 5,756 and the fewest are located in North East England with 413.

The largest Membership Organisations company is Nisa Retail Limited with a turnover of £1.4bn. 77% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 2% Mid companies.

13% of the Membership Organisations Industry is made up of 13% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (34%) the oldest company is Northern Ireland Chambers Of Commerce And Industry founded in 1869.

Membership Organisations industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Jeremy Coller Foundation with a 3 year growth rate of 144%. Other fast growing companies include Deloitte Nse Services Limited (126%), The James Dyson Foundation (101%) and Incorporated Society Of British Advertisers Limited (95%).

The UK Membership Organisations Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 8.74x, Turnover multiple of 1.66x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.70x.