There are over 200 self storage facilities in South Africa and the industry is expanding steadily. The boom years were between 2005 and 2008 when the growth rate was about 40%, but this has since dropped significantly.
The United Arab Emirates are home to virtually all the self storage facilities in the Middle East, with the majority of them being located in Dubai. Six different companies have emerged there in the last decade who offer self storage space to consumers.
There are a remarkable number of short films and video clips about self storage on YouTube. They include impressive examples of TV advertising campaigns, useful “how-to” information videos, plus some hilarious comedy “shorts” that poke gentle fun at the self storage industry.
The top ten storage companies have 360 of the UK’s stores and, taking into account the top 15, the big operators have 406. This represents 34% or just over a third of all the self storage facilities in Britain – though these companies are disproportionately prominent
The Danish self storage market is growing rapidly but is still quite small relative to the demand for storage in the UK. Similarly to the market here, there are both converted old buildings and many new-builds.
Yellow Pages is no longer the first port-of-call for people in search of self storage facilities. Online searches, signage, and word-of-mouth now lead the race ‒ questioning the value of investing in advertising through traditional directories.
Self Storage centres are naturally anonymous places. So who uses them? It seems certain types of people do so more than others, for reasons that you might find surprising.
If there’s one thing most people can agree on, it’s that farming is hard work. England’s countryside may be a green and pleasant land, but that doesn’t make it any easier to earn a living from it.
Self storage seems to be more popular at certain times of year than it does at others. This has more to do with the housing market than the weather….
According to a recent report from one of the large self storage companies, their average customers have increased the amount of time they lease their storage unit for from 15 to 18 months.
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