October 2026
Largest Real Estate Development Public Companies in the UK
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Land Securities Group, LondonMetric Property, Barratt Redrow, Persimmon and Berkeley Group.
 | Land Securities Group PLC is a real estate investment trust engaged in buying, selling, developing, and managing commercial property in the United Kingdom. The company's real estate portfolio is made up of office, retail, and leisure spaces in the London and Greater London regions. Office locations in London's West End, offices in the City of London, and shopping centers comprise the majority of the value of Land Securities' total assets. The company derives nearly all of its revenue in the form of rental income from medium- to long-term leases with tenants. Land Securities' overall net rental income is fairly evenly split between revenue from its London office properties and its retail properties in Greater London. It segments as Office-led, Retail-led, Residential-led and Other assets. | $9 | +4% | $7.2B | $13B | 11.3x | 21.3x | ||
| LondonMetric Property PLC is a real estate company that is engaged in property investment and development across the United Kingdom. The company focuses on properties in the retail and distribution businesses. | $2 | -5% | $5.8B | $9.7B | 15.7x | 17.6x | ||
| Barratt Redrow is the UK’s largest residential property developer by revenue, marketing homes under its three brands: Barratt Homes, David Wilson, and Redrow. Barratt Developments, already the largest residential property developer in the UK by revenue, merged with Redrow in 2024. Barratt Redrow typifies the business model employed by UK homebuilders, traditionally operating in the land development, construction, and sales and marketing segments of the residential property development value chain. | $4 | -17% | $5.6B | $4.7B | 0.6x | 7.5x | ||
| Persimmon is one of the UK’s largest residential property developers by revenue and dwelling completions, marketing homes under its three brands: Persimmon Homes, Charles Church, and Westbury Partnerships. Persimmon distinguishes itself from peers by operating in the lower-priced segment of the new-build market; Persimmon Homes' average selling price in 2024 was 20% below the UK new-build national average. Like peers, Persimmon has traditionally operated in the land development, construction, and sales and marketing segments of the residential property development value chain. However, unlike peers, in recent years, Persimmon has begun manufacturing its own bricks, tiles, and timber frames, aiming to secure the supply and quality of key materials and manage build cost inflation. | $17 | +5% | $5.4B | $5.6B | 1.1x | 9.5x | ||
| Berkeley Group is a UK homebuilder specializing in large-scale brownfield redevelopment projects in and around London. The group is vertically integrated through the land development, construction, and sales and marketing segments of the residential property development value chain. It also has a nascent proprietary built-to-rent platform. | $44 | -17% | $4B | $3.5B | 1.1x | 6.0x | ||
| Taylor Wimpey is the UK’s fourth-largest residential property developer by revenue and dwelling completions and was established via the merger of George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow in 2007. Taylor Wimpey typifies the business model employed by UK homebuilders, traditionally operating in the land development, construction, and sales and marketing segments of the residential property development value chain. The company also has a small homebuilding operation in Spain. | $1 | -26% | $3.5B | $3.3B | 0.7x | 13.1x | ||
| Shaftesbury Capital PLC is a property management company that operates a portfolio of real estate assets. With a diverse mix of shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, offices, and residential homes, destinations include the high footfall, and thriving neighborhoods of Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho, and Chinatown, together with holdings in Fitzrovia. Geographically, all properties are in London. | $2 | +1% | $3.4B | $5.4B | 17.0x | 32.8x | ||
| Bellway is one of the UK’s largest residential property developers. It typifies the business model employed by UK homebuilders, operating in the land development, construction, and sales and marketing segments of the residential property development value chain. | $28 | -19% | $3.1B | $2.9B | 0.8x | 8.6x | ||
| UNITE Group PLC is a real estate company engaged in the management, acquisition, and development of student accommodation properties. The Group's operations mainly generate rental income and asset management fees from properties owned directly or through joint ventures, while its property activities focus on the acquisition and development of real estate assets. The business is organised into two reportable segments: Operations, which manages rental properties and earns rental income and management fees, and Property, which undertakes property acquisition and development. The Group's properties are located exclusively in the United Kingdom. | $6 | -22% | $3B | $5.8B | 13.0x | 36.4x | ||
| Dar Global PLC is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in a differentiated international real estate business. The Company focuses predominantly on developing real estate projects comprising second homes for internationally mobile customers in locations across the Middle East and Europe, including downtown Dubai, Muscat in Oman and the Costa del Sol region in the South of Spain. The company has two segments namely Domestic and International and generates maximum revenue from International Segment. | $7 | -6% | $1.2B | $1.2B | 2.1x | 8.9x | ||
| Vistry Group PLC is a construction company that focuses on residential construction. The company has properties at Warwick, Winnersh, Winchester, Rugby, Wokingham, Devon, Cambridge, Bursledon, among others. | $3 | -62% | $1B | $1.8B | 0.4x | 4.1x | ||
| Harworth Group PLC operates as a brownfield regeneration company in the North of England and the Midlands. It is organized into two operating segments: The Income Generation segment focuses on generating rental returns from the business space portfolio, rental returns and royalties from energy generation, environmental technologies, and the agricultural portfolio, and income-generating streams from recycled aggregates and secondary coal products. The Capital Growth segment focuses on delivering value by developing the underlying portfolio and includes planning and development activity, value engineering, proactive asset management, and strategic land acquisitions. It generates a vast majority of its revenues from the sale of development properties. | $2 | +15% | $807M | $1.1B | 6.2x | 29.7x | ||
| C C Land Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company focuses on property development and investment, as well as treasury investment activities. The group has two reportable operating segments: Property development and Investment and Treasury investment. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Property development and Investment segment, which engages in the development and investment of properties. The Treasury investment segment is involved in making investments in securities and notes receivable, and providing financial services. Geographically, the group generates a majority of its revenue from its customers in the United Kingdom, followed by Hong Kong. | $0 | -3% | $578M | $1.6B | 22.3x | (2937.3x) | ||
| Helical PLC is a United Kingdom-based property investment and development company that operates across many sectors of the property industry. Its principal areas of business include high-yielding retail investments, central London office investments, central London office refurbishment, and development projects, regional pre-let food store developments, and retirement villages. The company operates in two segments including investment properties which are owned or leased by the Group for long-term income and for capital appreciation and development properties. It generates a majority of its revenue from Investment properties, which are owned or leased by the company for long-term income and capital appreciation. | $2 | -18% | $267M | $463M | 10.5x | 31.1x | ||
| Springfield Properties PLC is a housebuilder focused on developing a mix of private and affordable housing in Scotland. The group focuses on sourcing land for private housing in areas with high growth potential and progressing those developments through the planning process. The company has one segment which is Housing building activity in the United Kingdom. It earns revenue from private residential properties, affordable housing, contact housing, land sales, and others. | $2 | +4% | $181M | $186M | 0.6x | 8.2x | ||
| ITC Properties Group Ltd is an investment holding company principally engaged in the development of, selling of, and investment in properties in Macau, Hong Kong, the PRC, and Canada; securities investments and provision of loan financing services. Its reportable and operating segments are Property, Hotel and leisure, Securities investments, and Finance. It generates maximum revenue from the Property segment, which includes the development, selling of and investment in properties. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in Hong Kong, Macau, PRC, Canada, and Other Countries. | $0 | +103% | $150M | $149M | ||||
| Roadside Real Estate PLC is a roadside real estate business focused on building and acquiring a high-quality portfolio of modern roadside retail assets, including modern EV charging infrastructure. It plans to build and acquire drive-thrus, trade counters, last-mile logistics, convenience food, EV charging hubs, and light industrial commercial uses. The company operates in a single segment, which is roadside real estate asset management and development. | $1 | -2% | $131M | $156M | ||||
| Town Centre Securities PLC is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in property investment, development, trading, and the provision of hotel and car parks. The company operates in four business segments comprising property rental, car park operations, hotel operations, and investments. Geographically their operations are performed wholly in the United Kingdom. It serves various sectors such as retail, leisure, office, car parking, distribution, and residential. The company's property portfolio includes Rochdale Retail Park, Marina Residential, Eider House, Brownsfield Mill, Carver's Warehouse, Retail Village, The Arena Quarter, and others. The company derives its revenue from the Property Rental segment. | $2 | -5% | $70M | $271M | ||||
| Smart (J) & Co (Contractors) PLC is a construction company. Its activities include building and civil engineering contracting, a residential development for sale, and the development of industrial and commercial property for lease and sale. The main construction activity undertaken by the company is that of social housing for several housing associations and registered social landlords predominately in the Edinburgh area. It has a portfolio of self-financed industrial and commercial properties that are owned and managed by its subsidiary company. The investment properties are located throughout the central belt of Scotland and in the Edinburgh area. | $2 | -12% | $59M | $44M | ||||
| Conygar Investment Co (The) PLC is a property investment and property development company. It is engaged in property trading, property investment, acquiring property assets with development and investment potential, and investing in companies with property assets. The company's business segments include Property, Development Properties, Food beverage and events, and Others. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Development properties segment. | $0 | -7% | $24M | $70M | ||||
| Median | $2 | -6% | $1.1B | $1.7B | 2.4x | 9.2x |
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