UK build-to-rent statistics
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HEADLINE FIGURES · AS AT 9 NOVEMBER 2026
- Published build-to-rent schemes in the UK directory
- 1,264
- Homes across schemes with a recorded unit count1,091 of 1,264 schemes record a unit count; rounded
- about 219,000
- Multifamily (apartment) schemes67% of schemes
- 846
- Single-family (housing) schemes33% of schemes
- 418
- Schemes operational and lettingabout 154,000 homes; 82% of schemes
- 1,040
- Schemes under constructionabout 23,000 homes
- 90
- Schemes in planningabout 41,000 homes
- 134
- Homes in the pipeline (under construction + planning)rounded
- about 65,000
- Median scheme size (homes)
- 135
- Operators listed161 with at least one published scheme
- 199
- Asset owners listed
- 260
- Suppliers listed
- 56
- Cities and towns with at least one scheme35 with five or more
- 248
- Share of schemes in London323 schemes
- 26%
RECORD HOLDERS
- Largest operator by published schemes: Ascend Living — 77 schemes. Full ranking: largest operators.
- City with the most schemes: London — 323 schemes. Pipeline detail: UK BTR pipeline.
How these figures are produced
A scheme is counted when it passes the directory's single-ownership test and is published: a whole apartment building in one ownership, or a parcel of houses bought as a block and managed as one operation. Homes are the recorded unit counts; schemes without one are counted as schemes only, which is why the homes figure is a floor, not a total. Status moves on evidence, not announcements. Homes totals are rounded, to the nearest 100 or to the nearest 1,000 from 10,000 up, and shown only where at least five schemes contribute a count.
These are directory figures, not a market estimate: they cover what has been found and verified, and grow as coverage does. For a market-wide total use the British Property Federation's quarterly figures alongside these.
Full method: how the directory is compiled.
How to cite this page
BTR Directory, “UK build-to-rent statistics”, figures as at 9 November 2026, https://www.buildtorentdirectory.co.uk/insights/build-to-rent-statistics-uk
Quote any figure with its date. The page regenerates as the directory changes, so a figure quoted without a date will drift from what the page shows later.
MORE DATA PAGES
- The largest build-to-rent operators in the UKEvery operator ranked by homes under management, with scheme counts and city coverage.
- The UK build-to-rent pipelineSchemes and homes by status, region and expected completion year.
- What is build-to-rent?A plain definition, how it differs from ordinary renting, and what the directory counts.