Industry benchmark · SIC 50200
Sea and coastal freight water transport
3,453 active companies are registered under this code; 46 publish a P&L we can benchmark.
Benchmarks
- Median revenue
- £11.9m
- Median profit
- £339k
- Profitable
- 83%
- Median staff
- 35
- Median margin
- 4.1%
- Top-quartile margin
- 8.8%
- Median gross margin
- 18.9%
- Median profit / staff
- £10.6k
Median
4.1%
Top quartile (p75)
8.8%
Median revenue growth: ▲2.6%
Ranked by profit
Top sea and coastal freight water transport businesses
| # | Company | Revenue | Profit | Margin | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port of Felixstowe Limited Felixstowe · Sea and coastal freight water transport Operating leverage | £396m | £78.1m | 19.7% | 2,602 |
| 2 | Uniserve Limited Upminster · Sea and coastal freight water transport Capital-lightDoing more with less | £244m | £22.8m | 9.3% | 635 |
| 3 | Metro Shipping Limited Birmingham · Sea and coastal freight water transport Capital-lightDoing more with less | £170m | £15.6m | 9.2% | 189 |
| 4 | Osprey Shipping Limited Bristol · Sea and coastal freight water transport Operating leverage | £40.6m | £8.1m | 20% | 88 |
| 5 | Geest Line Limited Fareham · Sea and coastal freight water transport IndependentOperating leverage | £87.7m | £7.6m | 8.7% | 29 |
| 6 | John H.whitaker (Tankers) Limited Hull · Sea and coastal freight water transport Operating leverage | £26.9m | £5.9m | 21.8% | 67 |
| 7 | Holyhead Towing Company Limited Bangor · Sea and coastal freight water transport Operating leverageCash flow filed | £21.9m | £4.2m | 18.9% | 27 |
| 8 | Portland Port Limited Portland · Sea and coastal freight water transport | £11.3m | £2.6m | 22.9% | 35 |
| 9 | FB Tankship IV Limited Teesside · Sea and coastal freight water transport | £7.2m | £2.2m | 30% | — |
| 10 | Pritchard-Gordon Tankers Limited Haywards Heath · Sea and coastal freight water transport | £40.5m | £1.7m | 4.2% | 103 |
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