European Self Storage Industry Report 2025

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European Self Storage Industry Report 2025

European Self Storage Annual Industry Report 2025

New development slows from record highs

Sites in development excluding UK

development or planning than previous years, as operators struggle to find suitable property for development. Extended times for approving planning in most countries is also slowing down the opening of new stores.

This chart shows that the record strong growth of the industry over the past few years is slowing down. This data only represents stores from the sample group and should not be considered representative of the total growth of the industry. It does however indicate that less stores are in

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