Businesses hunting for showrooms, warehouses and offices

After a record-breaking March, the number of ‘Buy’ searches fell slightly in April – but was still the second-highest month on record.

Total ‘Buy’ searches for April 2021 were 61% higher than the year before. The increase for each category was:

• Showrooms = up 147%
• Retail = up 143%
• Warehouses = up 143%
• Land = up 137%
• Medical = up 131%
• Offices = up 112%
• Hotel/leisure = up 61%
• Commercial farming = up 19%

Meanwhile, ‘Lease’ searches recorded an even bigger year-on-year increase, of 65%.