Average occupancy has risen from 68% to 71%. All regions saw an improvement except the South West region

60%OCCUPANCY RISE

31%31% of the population don’t know of a local self storage company in their area

HAVE NO LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

67%WOULD USE GOOGLE

Only 38% of the population what self storage is. 62% are in the dark!

38%KNOW WHAT IT IS

STORAGE

AVERAGESTAY IN WEEKS

RENTAL INCREASE

BY SECTOR

56 27BUSINESS PERSONAL

BUSINESSPERSONAL

534AVERAGE NUMBER OFUNITS PER FACILITY

£385MILLION TOTAL TURNOVERBETWEEN 420 OPERATORS

33% of consumers imagine it would be expensive to store belongings

9% of consumers think self storage is mostly used by businesses

44% of people say they don’t have anything they need to store

19% of people say that self storage buildings look closed

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* all figures are taken from The Self Storage Association UK Annual Survey 2014 (except where stated)

( source // BBC news )

UK Self Storage // 2014www.manchesterselfstorage.co.uk

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