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The 2018 edition of the BBPA Statistical Handbook dropped onto my doormat yesterday. A nice late Chirstmas present. It's one of my favourite books, unencumbered as it is by much in the way of text.
Flicking through its pages, my eyes were drawn to one table on pubs. And their ownership. The numbers tell an intriguing tale of the fall and rise of brewery pub ownership..
In my early drinking days, the vast majority of pubs were brewery owned. And the few that weren't were really free either, having some sort of loan tie. The Beer Orders changed that and the large breweries offloaded their pub estates, mostly to pub companies.
Pub companies existed before Beer Orders. Sometimes, like Heavitree, they were breweries that had stopped brewing, but helf onto their pubs. But none operated on the scale of the large pub companies which had estates numbering thousands of pubs.
Between 1990 and 2003 there was a huge shift in ownership from breweries to pub companies, leaving the latter owning more than 50% of the total. But after 2003, the picture became very different. Independently-owned pubs, which had a fairly constant 30% share for 15 years, began gaining at the expense of pubcos.
The growth of indepently-owned pubs was spectacular after 2010, almost reaching 50%. Breweries also increased their share, though not by as much. I'm not sure if the 1,900 pubs Heineken acquired from its purchase of Punch in 2017 are included in the figures. I suspect they are.
What will the future hold? My guess is that the pubcos share will continue to fall and that of breweries increase. Like the Big Six, the pubcos will soon be a thing of the past. At least the unbranded ones. I can't see Wetherspoon disappearing anytime soon.
Ownership of UK pubs 1990 - 2017
Year
Brewers
Pub companies
Independent
Total
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
1990
43,500
68.50%
0
0.00%
20,000
31.50%
63,500
1991
29,500
47.43%
12,700
20.42%
20,000
32.15%
62,200
1992
25,700
41.72%
15,900
25.81%
20,000
32.47%
61,600
1993
26,200
42.95%
14,800
24.26%
20,000
32.79%
61,000
1994
26,000
42.83%
14,700
24.22%
20,000
32.95%
60,700
1995
22,200
36.39%
18,800
30.82%
20,000
32.79%
61,000
1996
22,300
36.68%
18,500
30.43%
20,000
32.89%
60,800
1997
21,900
36.14%
18,900
31.19%
19,800
32.67%
60,600
1998
19,700
32.30%
21,700
35.57%
19,600
32.13%
61,000
1999
20,400
33.17%
21,700
35.28%
19,400
31.54%
61,500
2000
11,200
18.42%
30,400
50.00%
19,200
31.58%
60,800
2001
10,100
16.64%
31,600
52.06%
19,000
31.30%
60,700
2002
9,800
16.31%
31,500
52.41%
18,800
31.28%
60,100
2003
8,300
13.97%
32,500
54.71%
18,600
31.31%
59,400
2004
8,900
15.08%
31,700
53.73%
18,400
31.19%
59,000
2005
9,400
16.04%
31,000
52.90%
18,200
31.06%
58,600
2006
9,400
16.15%
30,400
52.23%
18,400
31.62%
58,200
2007
9,400
16.35%
30,000
52.17%
18,100
31.48%
57,500
2008
9,100
15.99%
28,900
50.79%
18,900
33.22%
56,900
2009
8,900
15.92%
28,400
50.81%
18,600
33.27%
55,900
2010
8,700
15.70%
24,200
43.68%
22,500
40.61%
55,400
2011
8,500
15.54%
22,800
41.68%
23,400
42.78%
54,700
2012
9,300
17.29%
19,800
36.80%
24,700
45.91%
53,800
2013
9,300
17.71%
19,000
36.19%
24,200
46.10%
52,500
2014
9,800
18.88%
17,500
33.72%
24,600
47.40%
51,900
2015
9,400
18.50%
16,900
33.27%
24,500
48.23%
50,800
2016
9,400
18.69%
16,900
33.60%
24,000
47.71%
50,300
2017
11,000
22.75%
14,700
30.40%
22,650
46.85%
48,350
Source:
BBPS Statistical Handbook 2018, page 68.
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The 2018 edition of the BBPA Statistical Handbook dropped onto my doormat yesterday. A nice late Chirstmas present. It's one of my favourite books, unencumbered as it is by much in the way of text.
Flicking through its pages, my eyes were drawn to one table on pubs. And their ownership. The numbers tell an intriguing tale of the fall and rise of brewery pub ownership..
In my early drinking days, the vast majority of pubs were brewery owned. And the few that weren't were really free either, having some sort of loan tie. The Beer Orders changed that and the large breweries offloaded their pub estates, mostly to pub companies.
Pub companies existed before Beer Orders. Sometimes, like Heavitree, they were breweries that had stopped brewing, but helf onto their pubs. But none operated on the scale of the large pub companies which had estates numbering thousands of pubs.
Between 1990 and 2003 there was a huge shift in ownership from breweries to pub companies, leaving the latter owning more than 50% of the total. But after 2003, the picture became very different. Independently-owned pubs, which had a fairly constant 30% share for 15 years, began gaining at the expense of pubcos.
The growth of indepently-owned pubs was spectacular after 2010, almost reaching 50%. Breweries also increased their share, though not by as much. I'm not sure if the 1,900 pubs Heineken acquired from its purchase of Punch in 2017 are included in the figures. I suspect they are.
What will the future hold? My guess is that the pubcos share will continue to fall and that of breweries increase. Like the Big Six, the pubcos will soon be a thing of the past. At least the unbranded ones. I can't see Wetherspoon disappearing anytime soon.
Ownership of UK pubs 1990 - 2017
Year
Brewers
Pub companies
Independent
Total
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
1990
43,500
68.50%
0
0.00%
20,000
31.50%
63,500
1991
29,500
47.43%
12,700
20.42%
20,000
32.15%
62,200
1992
25,700
41.72%
15,900
25.81%
20,000
32.47%
61,600
1993
26,200
42.95%
14,800
24.26%
20,000
32.79%
61,000
1994
26,000
42.83%
14,700
24.22%
20,000
32.95%
60,700
1995
22,200
36.39%
18,800
30.82%
20,000
32.79%
61,000
1996
22,300
36.68%
18,500
30.43%
20,000
32.89%
60,800
1997
21,900
36.14%
18,900
31.19%
19,800
32.67%
60,600
1998
19,700
32.30%
21,700
35.57%
19,600
32.13%
61,000
1999
20,400
33.17%
21,700
35.28%
19,400
31.54%
61,500
2000
11,200
18.42%
30,400
50.00%
19,200
31.58%
60,800
2001
10,100
16.64%
31,600
52.06%
19,000
31.30%
60,700
2002
9,800
16.31%
31,500
52.41%
18,800
31.28%
60,100
2003
8,300
13.97%
32,500
54.71%
18,600
31.31%
59,400
2004
8,900
15.08%
31,700
53.73%
18,400
31.19%
59,000
2005
9,400
16.04%
31,000
52.90%
18,200
31.06%
58,600
2006
9,400
16.15%
30,400
52.23%
18,400
31.62%
58,200
2007
9,400
16.35%
30,000
52.17%
18,100
31.48%
57,500
2008
9,100
15.99%
28,900
50.79%
18,900
33.22%
56,900
2009
8,900
15.92%
28,400
50.81%
18,600
33.27%
55,900
2010
8,700
15.70%
24,200
43.68%
22,500
40.61%
55,400
2011
8,500
15.54%
22,800
41.68%
23,400
42.78%
54,700
2012
9,300
17.29%
19,800
36.80%
24,700
45.91%
53,800
2013
9,300
17.71%
19,000
36.19%
24,200
46.10%
52,500
2014
9,800
18.88%
17,500
33.72%
24,600
47.40%
51,900
2015
9,400
18.50%
16,900
33.27%
24,500
48.23%
50,800
2016
9,400
18.69%
16,900
33.60%
24,000
47.71%
50,300
2017
11,000
22.75%
14,700
30.40%
22,650
46.85%
48,350
Source:
BBPS Statistical Handbook 2018, page 68.
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