Christie & Co publishes Pubs & Rest. Review 2026
Christie Group plc's agency and advisory business, Christie & Co, has released its Pubs & Restaurants Market Review 2026, indicating a more active transactional market with increased deal volumes and higher average completion values. From January to August, Christie & Co was instructed on over 360 properties, a 22% increase year-on-year, and completed more than 115 transactions, up 5%, demonstrating sustained buyer demand. Average freehold completion prices rose by approximately £105,000 and leasehold prices by around £87,000, with over £60 million worth of pubs and restaurants sold. The company's wider services also saw growth, with its Hospitality Valuations team instructed on over 1,500 pubs and restaurants valued at over £2.1 billion, and Christie Finance reporting a 63% increase in completions.
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Christie Group plc (CTG.L) reports that its agency and advisory business, Christie & Co, has published its Pubs & Restaurants Market Review 2026, which shares insights into transaction activity, buyer demand, the trading environment and emerging opportunities across the sector.
The report highlights a more active transactional market in 2026, despite continued cost pressures and changing consumer behaviours, with increased deal volumes as well as higher average completion values.
From January to August, Christie & Co's market leading Pubs & Restaurants team was instructed to sell over 360 properties, up 22% compared to the same period in 2025. The team also agreed over 230 deals, up 12.5%, and completed more than 115 transactions, up 5%. Christie & Co conducted more than 800 viewings in the period, averaging over six per sale, demonstrating continued buyer appetite.
Transaction values also increased, with Christie & Co reporting average freehold completion prices approximately £105,000 higher and average leasehold prices around £87,000 higher than in the same period last year. Christie & Co sold more than £60 million worth of pubs and restaurants combined in the period.
Despite continued cost pressures on the sector, approximately 90% of pubs Christie & Co sold in the period were continued for use as a hospitality venue.
Increased activity was also reflected across the Group's wider services. Over the same 8 month period, Christie & Co's Hospitality Valuations team were instructed to value over 1,500 pubs and restaurants with a combined value of over £2.1 billion.
Christie Finance also reported increased activity in the sector, with completions up 63%, drawdown amounts more than doubling and refinancing activity up 50% in May 2025/26 compared with May 2024/25, reflecting increased lending activity across the market. Meanwhile, Venners, the Group's stocktaking and inventory business, analysed more than 15,000 liquor stocktakes over the last 18 months, identifying more than 67% of pubs and 57% of restaurants audited were overstocked, with those businesses holding liquor stock with a combined cost value of more than £17 million.
The full report also explores key themes impacting the pubs and restaurant sector, from business rates and hospitality VAT to evolving consumer habits and regional trends.
https://www.christie.com/sectors/pubs/market-review/
Dan Prickett, Chief Executive of Christie Group plc, comments: "Our latest Pubs & Restaurants Market Review illustrates the continued strength of activity across the sector and the breadth of demand for our specialist services. With Christie & Co reporting a 22% increase in sale instructions, alongside increased activity across our valuation and finance businesses, we are well positioned to continue to support clients throughout the lifecycle of their hospitality assets."
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