‘ MyPlace & ‘Self’ fiscal year on April 30, 2010 with 25prozent growth concludes with a revenue growth of 25% (sales of 17.5 million euros, 2008/9: 14 million) MyPlace could?Complete self”, the fiscal year 2009/2010 as at 30 April 2010. The company rents currently to the 31,000 storage compartments at 31 locations on a total area of over 240,000 square meters and about 13,000 customers (2008/9: 11,000 customers) and 36% market share? measured at active sites? Industries?Market leader in the German-speaking Europe (D, A, CH). The average site size is, the average investment per location at 5? 6 million euros 7.800 m. s idea. Because of the demand will rise further after individual stock options in the future, are now 4 more MyPlace?SelfStorage”? Branches (1 in Vienna and 3 in Germany), with an investment volume of around EUR 20 million in planning or in construction and will be built by the end of 2011 and put into operation. Self storage means flexible rental storage facilities for individuals and businesses, mostly in sizes ranging from 1 to 50 sqm. In Germany, Austria and the Switzerland, there is this service now for about 10 years, especially in the last five years the industry has grown strongly. The company, which over 10 years ago the first branch in Vienna?Strebersdorf opened, has already 31 stores? in Germany 21, Austria 8 and the Switzerland 2 locations, each with approximately 1,000 storage compartments per house. The statistical report for the European self shows that there is still considerable potential?Industry, which is given annually by the FEDESSA (Federation of European self storage associations) in order.
This gives a relevant insight into the positive development of the industry, whose Wachstum continues unabated across Europe despite the general crisis conditions: the annual growth rates of the industry in Europe amounted to 8 to 15% in the years 2003 to 2008 and 4% in 2009. Also a comparison with the United States, the country of origin of the SelfStorage, draws attention to the great growth potential in the industry in Europe, or in the Swiss market: for example in the Switzerland, there are currently a total of 13 Selfstorage?Building and thus a self storage Center on approximately 615.000 citizens in the United States, only about 9,800 people share a SelfStorage?Building. In other words, while in the United States, a population is about 0.6 square metres of leased warehouse space, 0,0065 sqm in the Switzerland just once. Even if Europe because of low mobility, other living? / life culture, better availability of basements in houses probably never reach the market penetration of the United States, reflected in the comparison of these figures but that the growth potential of the industry in Europe is far from exhausted.