Now here’s an interesting fact for you: according to a recent report, there are now as many storage facilities in the UK as there are McDonald’s restaurants. Fact.

The research highlighted that 1189 self storage businesses currently operate in the UK, versus the 1200 or so of the fast food giant’s restaurants. However, this figure could potentially be higher as some storage companies don’t have a website or online presence.

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The industry body for UK self storage, The Self Storage Association (SSA), had previously estimated that approx 800 self storage facilities existed across the UK. The majority of the 400 supplementary businesses are small-scale container storage units that do not belong to the SSA, although there are a small number of independent warehouse set-ups that don’t either.

The SSA also states that an average storage unit is approximately 80 sq ft in area, and an average independent facility will have 311 of them. If these figures are accurate, then the additional companies unearthed by the research should add over nine and half million square feet to the total amount of rentable storage space in this country. In McDonald’s terms, that’s a lot of burgers.

However, here at Easistore we acknowledge that storage space has an undoubtedly different appeal to that of a Big Mac and fries. In fact, the attraction is pretty much incomparable. The positive point worth highlighting is that self storage has clearly progressed and expanded as an industry over the last twenty years. We’ve helped thousands of customers during our time in business, all with something different to store and often with an interesting or personal story attached to their treasured belongings.

We have also noticed that the reasons why people now use self storage have changed. For example; modern home owners, particularly in major cities or built up areas, don’t have a great deal of storage space within their properties, so there is more reliance on “creating space” today. Fluctuating divorce rates, as well as consumers buying more and more since the turn of the millennia, ultimately makes our market more fruitful and competitive. And along the way we’ve seen our customers bring anything from rare and expensive oil paintings, to a full size operational Dalek.

So, for all you storage geeks out there (yes, we are a little bit too) collectively our industry offers over 40 million sq feet of storage space, or in other words; 0.66 sq ft per person! Plenty to go around and not a greasy burger in sight….

If you want to find out more about our self storage solutions, with over 60 different room sizes and open 7 days a week, or fancy popping in on the off chance that our resident Dalek is around, then please do get in touch.