October 2026
Largest Business Services Public Companies in the UK
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Rentokil Initial, MITIE Group, Johnson Service Group, Restore and Andrews Sykes Group.
 | Rentokil Initial is a British pest-control and hygiene services group based in southern England, listed on the London Stock Exchange (RTO) and the New York Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 100. It was founded in 1925 by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy as a pest-control company and grew through acquisitions, including BET plc in 1996, which added laundry and washroom services under the Initial brand. The group reported revenue of £6,908 million in 2025 and employs about 58,000 people, with operations across Europe, Australasia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, South Africa, North America and India. Its largest transaction was the acquisition of Terminix Global Holdings, announced in December 2021 at $6.7 billion and completed on 12 October 2022, which made North America its biggest market and created a business with about 4.9 million customers. Integration of Terminix has taken longer than first planned and is now expected to finish in 2026. | $4 | -24% | $11B | $14B | 2.1x | 12.1x | ||
| MITIE Group PLC is a U.K.-based company. The company's reportable segments include Technical services, Business services, Central Government & Defence, Communities, and Corporate Centre. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the technical services and business services segments. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom. | $3 | +29% | $3.6B | $4.2B | 0.6x | 11.0x | ||
| Johnson Service Group PLC United Kingdom-based company that provides textile-related services to businesses and consumers. It is a supplier of work wear and protective wear, offering these services through Johnsons Workwear brand. The company also provides premium linen services for the hotel, catering and hospitality markets, and high volume hotel linen services, through a number of different brands which include Johnsons Hotel Linen, Johnsons Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Linen, Johnsons Restaurant & Catering Linen and Regency. It has two reporting segments; Workwear, and Hotel, Restaurant and Catering which is also its key revenue generating segment. | $2 | +7% | $673M | $924M | 1.3x | 4.3x | ||
| Restore PLC provides mission-critical services enabling organizations to protect, and manage their valuable data, information, and assets. The company's segment includes Information Management; Datashred and Technology. The company's notable service revenue streams consist of document storage and retrieval services; document scanning and IT services; relocation services; and document collection and destruction. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Information Management segment. Geographically, the company principally operates in the UK. | $4 | +24% | $538M | $878M | 2.2x | 9.7x | ||
| Andrews Sykes Group PLC engages in the rental of pumping equipment and specialist climate control products, which include air conditioning and chillers, heating and boilers, dehumidifiers, and ventilation units. Its operating segments are Hire & Sales UK, Hire and Sales Europe, Hire and Sales Middle East, and the UK installation business. The majority of the revenue is derived from the Hire & Sales UK segment. Its geographical segments are the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East & Africa, and the Rest of the World. | $7 | +1% | $284M | $265M | 2.6x | 6.1x | ||
| Braemar PLC provides advice in investment, chartering, and risk management to enable its clients to secure sustainable returns and mitigate risk in shipping and energy industry. The company's operating segment are, Chartering, Investment Advisory and Risk Advisory. The majority of the revenue for the company is generated from its Chartering business segment under which it provides cost-saving solutions that create and protect the deals for their clients. Geographically, the company has its presence in United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, United States, Germany and Rest of the world. A substantial part of its overall revenue is generated from its business in United Kingdom. | $3 | +5% | $104M | $118M | 0.7x | 8.0x | ||
| Christie Group PLC offers a portfolio of professional business services for the leisure, healthcare, education, retail and care sectors. The business of the group is operated through three segments namely Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS) and other. The Professional & Financial Services segment covers business valuation, consultancy & agency, business mortgages & insurance services and business appraisal and the Stock and Inventory Systems and Service segment cover stock audit and counting, compliance, inventory preparation and valuation, hospitality, and software. The company derives maximum revenue from the Professional Financial Services segment. | $2 | +57% | $57M | $57M | 0.6x | 4.9x | ||
| Median | $3 | +7% | $538M | $878M | 1.3x | 8.0x |
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