State of UK buy-and-build, Autumn 2026 · Estate Agency
UK estate agency consolidation: Autumn 2026
Buy-and-build platforms have made at least 67 UK deals in estate agency since January 2022, as filed at Companies House, by 21 different platforms, 12 of them buying in the last twelve months.
Deals per year
Source: ExitRadar analysis of Companies House filings. Free to reuse with attribution to ExitRadar.
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A deal is a change of control filed on the register of people with significant control, from a company's individual owners to a buy-and-build platform; two companies bought on one day count once. Asset purchases and deals outside the UK are missed, so every count is a floor. Full method and the cross-sector report.
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