History of the business
Self Storage facilities first appeared in the United States of America in the 1960’s and since that time the industry has grown to account for nearly 53,000 facilities across the country.
Self Storage did not arrive in the United Kingdom until the early 1980s, initially in the London area, but today there are more than 1700 facilities found across the country and this equates to approximately 44.6 million square feet of rentable space.
There are a number of reasons why both consumers and businesses are increasingly turning to self storage, but the primary reasons remain social factors such as moving home, marriage, divorce, retirement and for businesses self storage proves useful for a number of reasons including storing archive, stock or office equipment. In addition to this, public awareness of the industry (often because of high visibility centres found on major arterial roads around most of the country’s leading cities and towns) has also contributed to its growth.
Self Storage facilities first appeared in the United States of America in the 1960’s and since that time the industry has grown to account for nearly 53,000 facilities across the country.
Self Storage did not arrive in the United Kingdom until the early 1980s, initially in the London area, but today there are more than 1700 facilities found across the country and this equates to approximately 44.6 million square feet of rentable space.
There are a number of reasons why both consumers and businesses are increasingly turning to self storage, but the primary reasons remain social factors such as moving home, marriage, divorce, retirement and for businesses self storage proves useful for a number of reasons including storing archive, stock or office equipment. In addition to this, public awareness of the industry (often because of high visibility centres found on major arterial roads around most of the country’s leading cities and towns) has also contributed to its growth.
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