European Self Storage Industry Report 2025

2 European Self Storage Industry Report 2025

3 European Self Storage Annual Industry Report 2025

Key Findings Revenue per square metre grows by 5.4% across Europe

Contents

4 Methodology

European average occupancy down 0.8 percentage points

Debtors at 30 days increases to 1.6%

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Market Size

90% of self storage businesses actively using AI

Increasing land costs of most

4% point Increase in personal use customers

8 Economy and Industry Investment

concern to operators

18 Awareness and Usage

70% of operators expect rates and occupancy to improve over next 12 months

Males have a higher awareness and understanding of self storage

Growth in remotely managed stores

34 Income Metrics

44 Store Features

58 Future Expectations and Challenges

66 FEDESSA Membership

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