Mobile Mini UK

What Mobile Mini UK does

Mobile Mini UK, operating legally as Algeco UK Limited and doing business as Algeco, is a UK provider of portable and modular building solutions headquartered in Stockton-on-Tees. The company maintains what it describes as the UK's largest fleet — 40,000 storage containers and site accommodation units — distributed through 22 service centres nationwide, serving more than 17,000 customers. Its core operations centre on three rental streams: secure shipping and storage containers in sizes ranging from 10ft to 40ft (including High Cube variants), site accommodation (site offices, canteens, changing rooms, welfare units, toilets, showers, and gatehouses), and modular buildings delivered as both temporary and permanent turnkey structures. The offering is completed by branded product lines (Moduflex®, Containex®, Fireflex®) and a 360° Solutions ancillary equipment catalogue covering generators, climate control, effluent tanks, portable toilets/showers, and fire safety equipment.

The company's underlying technology is off-site modular construction in quality-controlled factory environments, delivered and fitted on customer sites to reduce on-site waste and compress deployment timelines. All four revenue streams (storage, site accommodation, modular buildings, and 360° equipment) operate on a recurring rental/subscription model, with monthly billing cadence under quote-based pricing. Go-to-market is direct, combining a website quote-request funnel, an inside-sales phone line (0808 108 2222), and a field sales force anchored by the 22-depot service centre network. The customer base is segmented vertically across construction (primary), business/commercial, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and energy, with additional permanent-build verticals in justice and defence. Mobile Mini UK sits within a broader pan-European Algeco network with country sites spanning Western, Central, and Southern Europe plus Asia-Pacific, indicating group-level geographic reach beyond the UK domestic market.

The business is privately held (private limited company), has 251–500 employees, and traces its operating heritage to 1963. No revenue figure is disclosed in the source material, and explicit ownership structure (parent company, PE/VC backing) is not directly evidenced — although the Algeco/Modulaire group context is referenced in tax-related documentation. There are no recorded acquisitions, partnerships, funding rounds, leadership changes, patents, or awards in the available data, leaving the public M&A and capital-markets record as a data gap.

Name

Mobile Mini UK

Legal name

Algeco UK Limited

Website

https://mobilemini.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Mobile Mini UK (trading as Algeco) is a UK-based provider of portable and modular buildings, operating the country's largest fleet of 40,000 storage containers and site accommodation units across 22 service centres and serving 17,000+ customers in construction, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and energy sectors on recurring rental contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Modular Building Hire and Site Accommodation

NAICS

General Rental Centers (532310)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Tent & Canopy Rentals (HSACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Portable Restroom & Sanitation Rentals (Restrooms, Handwashing Stations) (HSACAFAH), Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Portable building hire
• Modular construction services
• Site accommodation rental
• Shipping container hire
• Storage container rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockton-on-tees

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Storage Container Hire: Rental of secure shipping and storage containers for various storage requirements
2. Site Accommodation Hire: Rental of portable site accommodation units including site offices, canteens, changing rooms, toilets, showers, and welfare facilities
3. Modular Building Hire: Temporary and permanent modular building solutions for various sectors including offices, schools, healthcare facilities, retail, and sports halls
4. 360° Solutions Equipment Hire: External equipment including WiFi, generators, site lighting, water bowsers, climate control products, fire safety equipment, and portable toilets/showers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mobile Mini UK (legally Algeco UK Limited) hires out secure shipping and storage containers in multiple sizes, rents portable site accommodation (offices, canteens, changing rooms, welfare units, gatehouses, toilets, showers), and supplies temporary and permanent modular buildings including branded systems such as Moduflex®, Containex® Cabin and Fireflex®. Buildings are constructed off-site and delivered turnkey, complemented by 360° Solutions ancillary equipment such as generators, climate control, fire safety, portable toilets and effluent tanks.

Product overview

Algeco is a market-leading supplier of portable and modular buildings across the UK, offering a comprehensive portfolio of temporary and permanent building solutions. The product lineup centers on three key brand sub-lines: Moduflex® for temporary modular buildings, Containex® Cabin for container-based solutions, and Fireflex® for fire-rated buildings. These are complemented by core product categories including Shipping Containers (in various sizes including 10ft to 40ft and High Cube variants), Site Accommodation (offices, canteens, changing rooms, welfare facilities, gatehouses), Modular Buildings (hire and purchase options), Portable Buildings (including blast-resistant and anti-vandal units), and 360° Solutions (external equipment including generators, climate control, and safety equipment). The offering spans both temporary portable solutions for short-term needs and permanent turnkey structures for long-term installations across construction, education, healthcare, commercial, and infrastructure sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Moduflex®: Modular building brand referenced as part of Algeco's temporary modular building offerings.
• Containex®
• Fireflex®
• Algeco 360° Solutions
• Algeco Rehire

Products and services

• Shipping Containers Secure storage containers available for hire in multiple sizes including 10ft, 16ft, 20ft, 24ft, 30ft, 32ft, 40ft and High Cube variants for portable storage needs.
• Site Accommodation Temporary site accommodation units for hire including site offices, canteens, changing rooms, toilets, showers, static and mobile welfare units, and gatehouses for construction and project sites.
• Modular Buildings Temporary and permanent modular building solutions for hire, used modular buildings for sale, and turnkey permanent structures for offices, schools, healthcare facilities, retail, sports halls and other sectors.
• Moduflex® Modular Buildings Temporary modular building range designed for site accommodation needs, offering flexible configuration for construction and project environments.
• Containex® Cabin Container-based modular building solution for versatile site accommodation and storage applications.
• Fireflex® Fire Rated Buildings Fire-rated portable building solutions designed for environments requiring enhanced fire safety compliance.
• Portable Buildings Portable office units, blast resistant buildings, and fire rated portable buildings for various site and business needs.
• 360° Solutions Equipment Hire Complementary equipment hire including generators, climate control, effluent tanks, portable toilets, portable showers, and fire safety equipment to support full site setups.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ units in fleet
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wernick Group: UK family-owned modular buildings and site accommodation hire/rental business serving construction, education, and infrastructure — overlaps Mobile Mini UK's core rentals, divisions, and customer verticals.
• Elliott Group: UK provider of portable and modular buildings for construction, education, and healthcare — overlapping customer segments, product types (site accommodation, modular hire), and direct-to-contractor distribution model.
• Containex: Container-based modular space and portable cabin provider across Europe — sister/related brand historically within the Algeco group and direct competing range of container cabins, modular buildings, and storage units.
• Portakabin: UK market leader in modular and portable buildings, directly competing across site accommodation, modular hire, and permanent modular classrooms/healthcare. Closest UK peer to Mobile Mini UK / Algeco UK in product mix, customer verticals, and service-centre distribution.
• Konstructa: UK hire specialist for anti-vandal site accommodation, portable cabins, and welfare units — a direct UK competitor on the modular/site accommodation side of Mobile Mini UK's portfolio.
• WillScot Mobile Mini: North America's largest modular space and portable storage provider — historically the Mobile Mini brand, making it a brand-level twin and direct functional peer across mobile offices, modular buildings, and storage container rental.
• Site Equip Ltd: UK supplier and hirer of portable site accommodation, welfare units, portable toilets, and modular buildings — competes directly with Mobile Mini UK's core construction-sector hire offering.

Broad incumbents

• A-Plant: Large UK equipment-rental incumbent with adjacent offerings in site welfare, portable buildings, and construction equipment — overlapping customer base but broader portfolio beyond modular/site accommodation.
• Speedy Services: UK-wide equipment rental and services company with adjacent site-accommodation and welfare products — serves overlapping UK construction and infrastructure customers with a broader non-modular focus.

Others

• Algeco Group: The European parent/corporate group of which Mobile Mini UK (Algeco UK Limited) is a subsidiary — not a competitor but the corporate parent and a benchmark for group-level scale and valuation reference points.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mobile-mini-uk-ltd
• Facebookfacebook.com/MobileMiniUK

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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