Turnover per Employee (£)
The industry average sales per employee for all
companies in the period is £377,959. The average
for big companies in the period is £380,738. The
average sales per employee for small companies in
the period is £46,242. The best practice companies
had an average of £411,899 during the period.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All Companies 465,882 428,385 390,177 346,150 339,175 297,159
Large Companies 466,878 434,752 396,163 348,198 339,250 297,246
Small Companies 84,545 48,044 39,747 47,927 37,144 22,407
Best Practice 563,674 475,620 420,529 376,080 370,320 303,600
Average Wage (£)
The industry average wage for all companies in the
period is £35,216. The average for big companies
in the period is £35,229. The average wage for
small companies in the period is £37,082. The best
practice companies had an average of £27,672
during the period.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All Companies 42,350 33,655 36,020 37,446 36,232 20,346
Large Companies 42,358 33,750 36,001 37,440 36,236 20,346
Small Companies 48,007 32,272 39,978 35,465 37,813 30,350
Best Practice 44,027 26,459 26,521 26,752 27,411 19,897
Turnover Growth (% of 2005)
The market size of this sector was £6459M in the
year 2005. The market size in 2007 is estimated
at £7008M. Since most companies have reported
figures for this year it is a good base year. In
2007 fewer companies have filed information. Our
estimate of market size uses the growth rate for the
companies that have filed and the assumtion that
this growth rate appies to the whole sector.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All Companies 88.94% 100.64% 102.34% 100.00% 104.31% 108.50%
Large Companies 88.94% 100.65% 102.35% 100.00% 104.31% 108.50%
Small Companies 123.39% 93.23% 101.96% 100.00% 59.78% 65.05%
Best Practice 92.42% 103.83% 102.58% 100.00% 105.87% 108.55%
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