Market report

The Surrey industrial property market

An industrial market report for Surrey, with the finance we arrange across 4 industrial catchments in the county.

4
Industrial catchments
£13.14/sq ft
Avg multi-let rent (South East & East)
9.4%
Industrial vacancy (UK, MSCI)
4,343
House sales, 12m (tracked towns)
Matt Lenzie
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging commercial property finance

Surrey sits within the South East industrial market. Surrey has the densest woodland cover in England at 22.4 per cent and a population of roughly 1.25 million, much of it within commuting distance of London. We arrange acquisition finance, commercial mortgages, bridging, development finance, mezzanine and term debt on light industrial property across the county, tracking 4 industrial catchments, led by Guildford, Leatherhead and Redhill.

The market figures below are reported nationally or at regional level by the industry's research sources, attributed to each source, and used as context rather than a Surrey-specific measurement. The planning data and housing-transaction context is genuinely local and sourced from council planning registers and HM Land Registry.

Industrial locations and landlords across Surrey

Industrial demand concentrates along the A3, A31, M25 J9, A24 and A243 corridors, where road access drives occupier demand for units and yards. Multi-let landlords with estates across the county include Indurent.

Rents, vacancy and yields

The UK multi-let industrial market runs to 500m+ sq ft of space (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let, Winter bulletin 2024). Regional multi-let rents average around £13.14/sq ft (South East & East multi-let average, Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024), with the region's top prime rents at £22/sq ft (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024), and prime multi-let equivalent yields sit around 5.15% (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024). Nationally, MSCI put industrial vacancy at 9.4% (MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index, Q4 2025 results, Dec 2025), and forecast multi-let rental growth runs at 4.6% (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, 2024 to 2028 forecast).

Industrial demand signals in Surrey

As a local-economy signal, the 4 Surrey towns we track recorded 4,343 residential transactions in the last twelve months on HM Land Registry price paid data; housing-market context rather than industrial volume, but a read on the depth of the economy that fills small units.

Light industrial finance in Surrey

We arrange the full lifecycle of light industrial finance across Surrey: commercial mortgages for owner-occupiers and investors, acquisition finance for units and estates, bridging for auctions and vacant property, development and mezzanine finance for builds and refurbishments, and term debt for the long-term hold. Send us the deal and we will come back within one working day.

Industrial market figures are published nationally or at South East level (Gerald Eve Multi-Let; MSCI; Savills) and are presented as context for Surrey rather than a county-specific measurement. Housing-transaction figures are HM Land Registry price paid data for the towns we track.

By town

Light industrial finance by town in Surrey

Each town carries its own catchment profile, demand signals and market context.

Finance

The finance we arrange in Surrey

Eight products across the whole light industrial lifecycle.

Property types

Industrial property types we fund across Surrey

Every format is underwritten differently. We know which lenders back each one.

Funding an industrial unit in Surrey?

Send us the outline and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms.