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European Self Storage Industry Report 2025

European Self Storage Annual Industry Report 2025

Growth in remotely managed stores

Percentage of remotely managed stores

operators, Green Storage, has committed to remotely managing all of its stores. Austria, on the other hand, has the highest number of micro stores, which raises the percentage of remotely managed stores there. Germany also has a large percentage of micro stores. Adoption of remotely managed stores has been much slower in the UK and is largely limited to container stores and smaller independent operations.

As has been stated previously, the number of remotely managed stores with no staff stationed permanently on site is increasing. These stores will have staff visit them for routine inspections and maintenance but have no customer service staff on site. The stores are typically smaller, so the total space under this system of management would be considerably less in most markets. The exception is Sweden, where one of the largest

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