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Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Lawrence Thomas Lawrence Thomas London, United Kingdom Last Updated: October 2024 SIC C25.120

Revenue

£2.5bn

2024-25

£2.6bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

£XXX.Xm

Employees

20,007

Businesses

1,423

Wages

£XXX.Xm

Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry analysis

Metal door and window manufacturers face have been navigating a challenging landscape marked by fluctuating demand, supply chain disruptions and moderate competition from substitute products made from other materials, like wood and uPVC. The ending of the Help to Buy Scheme in March 2023 dealt a blow to demand from the residential construction, manifesting in a nearly 20% drop in housing starts and a 12.7% decline in completions for 2023-24. However, commercial construction has shown resilience, with an uptick in commercial projects, which has boded well for manufacturers of metal doors, windows and related products. Meanwhile, the flourishing security system services' have presented growth prospects, particularly in manufacturing high-security and fire-resistant doors, albeit primarily benefiting larger companies that can meet stringent manufacturing capabilities.

Trends and Insights

  • Commercial construction offers a growth avenue. Metal door and window manufacturers see heightened sales from commercial clients as commercial construction rises 1% over the year through August 2024, according to the ONS, providing a stable market opportunity.
  • Environmental concerns drive demand. Efforts by businesses and consumers to improve energy efficiency – both to slash bills and reduce their environmental impact – limit sales of aluminium windows and doors, which don’t retain heat well.
  • Strong transport links are important when choosing a location. They’re part of the reason why the North West, the West Midlands and the South East have high representation in the industry.
  • Business customers make buying decisions based on price. They want to get more for their money to protect their bottom lines, making low pricing key to staying competitive.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 1.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated £2.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The construction sector dictates metal window and door sales

  • The end of the Help to Buy Scheme in March 2023 weighed on sales of windows and doors to the residential construction market. According to government data, housing starts in the UK dropped by 19.8% in 2023-24, while housing completions fell by 12.7%.
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Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

New housing provides a window of opportunity

  • Government initiatives will continue to support housebuilding activity, propping up demand for metal doors and windows.

Biggest companies in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue (£m)
2024
Kone plc
174.9
Everest 2020 Ltd
52.9
Security Window Shutters Ltd
20.9

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Products & Services Segmentation

Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Metal doors and frames, Metal windows and frames and Metal shutters, gates and partitions . Metal doors and frames is the largest segment of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK.

Trends and Insights

Sales of metal doors and frames move with construction activity

  • 73% of all metal doors and frames are made from aluminium. The rest are made from iron, steel or other harder metals to offer extra security.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The industry includes companies that manufacture metal doors, windows and frames. Companies also manufacture window shutters and gates, security doors and metal room partitions. The industry also includes companies that install and repair metal windows, doors, gates, shutters and partitions.

What's included in this industry?

Metal doors and frames Metal windows and framesMetal shutters, gates and partitions Installation and repair

Companies

Kone plcEverest 2020 LtdSecurity Window Shutters Ltd

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Related Terms

MOVING WALKWAYUPVCHELP TO BUY

Industry Code

SIC 2007

SIC 25.12 - Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Commercial construction offers a growth avenue. Metal door and window manufacturers see heightened sales from commercial clients as commercial construction rises 1% over the ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Environmental concerns drive demand. Efforts by businesses and consumers to improve energy efficiency – both to slash bills and reduce their environmental impact – limit sale...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Strong transport links are important when choosing a location. They’re part of the reason why the North West, the West Midlands and the South East have high representation in...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Europe, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Business customers make buying decisions based on price. They want to get more for their money to protect their bottom lines, making low pricing key to staying competitive.

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Kone plc’s wide array of products maintains a competitive advantage. The company covers all industry product and service segments, drawing in a large number of customers.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Kone plc's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Everest 2020 Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Security Window Shutters Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for one additional company

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Kone plc, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Everest 2020 Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Security Window Shutters Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for one additional company

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Regulatory pressures aren’t too strong. Metal window and door makers need to make sure their products meet fire safety regulations and, for those exporting to the EU, comply ...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Purchases are by far the largest costs. This means commodity prices and the exchange rate dictate expenses, though many cost increase can be passed on through higher prices.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2018-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2018-2022)
  • Assets (2018-2022)
  • Liabilities (2018-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom in 2024?

The market size of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom is £2.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in 2024?

There are 1,423 businesses in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom has been declining at a CAGR of 1.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK market in United Kingdom?

The biggest companies operating in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing market in United Kingdom are Kone plc, Everest 2020 Ltd and Security Window Shutters Ltd

What does the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK in United Kingdom include?

Metal doors and frames and Metal windows and frames are part of the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK in United Kingdom?

The company holding the most market share in United Kingdom is Kone plc.

How competitive is the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom?

The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Metal Door & Window Manufacturing in the UK industry in United Kingdom.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Carpentry & Joinery Product Manufacturing in the UK
  • Metal Structure Manufacturing in the UK
  • Radiator & Boiler Manufacturing in the UK
  • Lock & Hinge Manufacturing in the UK
  • Glazing in the UK

International industries

  • Sheet Metal, Window & Door Manufacturing in the US
  • Garage Door Manufacturing in the US
  • Sheet Metal, Window & Door Manufacturing in Canada
  • Aluminium Door and Window Manufacturing in Australia
  • Structural Metal Product Manufacturing in Australia

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