89% Micro
10% Small
1% Mid
0% Large
0% Mega
UK Personal Service Industry Information
The personal service industry includes services such as laundry and dry-cleaning of textiles, carpet cleaning, hairdressing, beauty treatment, spas, massage and therapy, tattoing, funerals and related activities.
Active Businesses
151,793
Annual Sales
£137bn +
Employees
1,125,147
Economic Contribution
£123bn
Tags
89% Micro
10% Small
1% Mid
0% Large
0% Mega
35% Young
30% Startup
23% Established
10% Mature
3% New
37% Declining
21% Healthy
18% Rapid
14% High
9% Low
Personal Service Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Personal Service Industry Valuation
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Personal Service Industry Valuation
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There are 151,793 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £137 billion .
The Industry employs around 1,125,146 people and contributes £123 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Personal Service companies is London with 45,282 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 1,920.
The largest Personal Service company is Mash Holdings Limited with a turnover of £5.6bn. 89% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 1% Mid companies.
10% of the Personal Service Industry is made up of 10% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (35%) the oldest company is Southsea Clarence Esplanade Pier Company Limited(the) founded in 1860.
Personal Service industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Easyjet Holidays Transport Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 281%. Other fast growing companies include Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property (No.4) Limited (225%), Nuclear Waste Services Limited (191%) and Kevin Steven Fryer Ltd (190%).
The UK Personal Service Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 10.07x, Turnover multiple of 1.76x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.09x.