81% Micro
15% Small
3% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
UK Travel Agency & Booking Industry Information
The travel industry is engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services, arranging tours that are sold through travel agencies or tour operators and other travel-related services including reservations, tourist guides and tourism promotion activities.
Active Businesses
14,295
Annual Sales
£35bn +
Employees
93,306
Economic Contribution
£8bn
Tags
81% Micro
15% Small
3% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
34% Young
26% Established
23% Startup
17% Mature
0% New
56% Declining
16% Rapid
12% Healthy
9% High
6% Low
Travel Agency & Booking Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers
Travel Agency & Booking Industry Valuation
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Travel Agency & Booking Industry Valuation
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There are 14,295 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £35 billion .
The Industry employs around 93,306 people and contributes £8 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Travel Agency & Booking companies is London with 5,181 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 145.
The largest Travel Agency & Booking company is Tui Uk Limited with a turnover of £4.9bn. 81% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 3% Mid companies.
17% of the Travel Agency & Booking Industry is made up of 17% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (34%) the oldest company is Althams Travel Services Limited founded in 1894.
Travel Agency & Booking industry has a number of high growth companies (9%), the fastest growing company is Travel Up Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 170%. Other fast growing companies include Travel Up Group Plc (170%), Oxford International Education & Travel Limited (156%) and London Theatre Direct Ltd (148%).
The UK Travel Agency & Booking Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 9.82x, Turnover multiple of 1.24x and a Net Asset multiple of 3.00x.