78% Micro
20% Small
2% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
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
19,068
Annual Sales
£17bn +
Employees
138,027
Economic Contribution
£7bn
Tags
78% Micro
20% Small
2% Mid
1% Large
0% Mega
32% Mature
31% Established
21% Young
16% Startup
0% New
41% Declining
18% Healthy
17% Rapid
12% Low
11% High
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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Membership Organisations Industry Valuation
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There are 19,068 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £17 billion .
The Industry employs around 138,027 people and contributes £7 billion to the economy.
The most popular location for Membership Organisations companies is London with 5,675 and the fewest are located in North East England with 412.
The largest Membership Organisations company is Black Country Together C.i.c. with a turnover of £1.6bn. 78% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 2% Mid companies.
16% of the Membership Organisations Industry is made up of 16% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (32%) the oldest company is Liverpool Law Society founded in 1869.
Membership Organisations industry has a number of high growth companies (12%), the fastest growing company is Black Country Together C.i.c. with a 3 year growth rate of 842%. Other fast growing companies include Disasters Emergency Committee (179%), Farmland Reserve Uk Limited (157%) and Jeremy Coller Foundation (128%).
The UK Membership Organisations Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 19.85x, Turnover multiple of 1.23x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.97x.