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Deal Opportunities.co.uk

the UK marketplace for company sales

Statistics

These statistics show the number of unique requests for the contact details of the person responsible for a listing. As listings stay live on the website for 12 months, the averages shown are not final and may increase further, until all the listings for that year expire, 12 months after the end of that year.

Average number of enquiries

2022
For sale listings (regular) 6.6
For sale listings (premium) 14.3
For sale listings (distressed) 8.3
Business wanted listings 6.2

Average number of enquiries – by turnover bands
(Regular, premium & distressed for sale listings)

2022
Under £0.5m 4.3
£0.5m to £1m 4.8
£1m to £2m 8.7
£2m to £5m 11.9
£5m to £10m 15.7
Over £10m 18.6

Average number of enquiries – by sector
(Regular, premium & distressed for sale listings)

2022
Advertising & media 10.6
Agriculture, forestry & fishing 8.3
Automotive 7.0
Aviation Note (a)
Business services 9.9
Construction 9.2
Creative industries 7.4
Distribution, freight & logistics 9.6
Education 10.0
Electricity, gas & water supply 11.3
Engineering 10.4
Food & drink 8.7
Health & care 9.9
Hotels & restaurants 4.9
Leisure 7.8
Manufacturing 10.8
Medical 13.6
Mining & quarrying Note (a)
Miscellaneous 9.9
Motor dealerships 6.8
Printing & publishing 7.3
Professional & financial 10.3
Real estate activities 11.1
Recruitment 12.8
Retail & wholesale 8.4
Service industries 10.3
Technology 11.5
Tourism 8.6

Note (a): Too few listings to give a meaningful average.