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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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