UK snapshot
A B2B view of purpose-built student accommodation stock: schemes, operators, development pipeline and marketed assets. This is not a student room-finding site.
- 1,849 active PBSA schemes across 78 cities (62 cities with a hub page).
- 138 operators linked to those schemes.
- 621,924 beds where the record discloses a bed count (1,353 schemes).
- 19 schemes in planning or construction.
- Rents and yields are omitted unless a sourced figure exists on the linked valuation guide.
- Schemes
- 1,849
- Known beds
- 621,924
- Operators
- 138
- Cities with a hub page
- 62
- Pipeline schemes
- 19
- Assets for sale
- 10
1,353 schemes disclose beds
78 cities with schemes
UK map
Pins use recorded scheme coordinates, averaged to a city centroid. Cities without coordinates are omitted from the map but remain in the table.
City league table
Hubs are published from three schemes. Indexing requires at least five schemes and two operators.
| City | Schemes | Known beds | Operators | Pipeline | For sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LondonLondon | 246 | 84,492 beds (where disclosed, 156 of 246 schemes) | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| NottinghamEast Midlands | 106 | 30,578 beds (where disclosed, 70 of 106 schemes) | 31 | — | 1 |
| SheffieldYorkshire and The Humber | 97 | 38,342 beds (where disclosed, 77 of 97 schemes) | 28 | — | 1 |
| BristolSouth West | 90 | 26,565 beds (where disclosed, 73 of 90 schemes) | 26 | 9 | 1 |
| LeedsYorkshire and The Humber | 86 | 28,931 beds (where disclosed, 66 of 86 schemes) | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| ManchesterNorth West | 81 | 30,723 beds (where disclosed, 63 of 81 schemes) | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| LiverpoolNorth West | 79 | 29,031 beds (where disclosed, 57 of 79 schemes) | 22 | — | 1 |
| LeicesterEast Midlands | 73 | 23,185 beds (where disclosed, 52 of 73 schemes) | 28 | — | — |
| GlasgowScotland | 62 | 27,288 beds (where disclosed, 58 of 62 schemes) | 18 | 1 | — |
| BirminghamWest Midlands | 61 | 22,305 beds (where disclosed, 44 of 61 schemes) | 20 | — | 1 |
| NewcastleNorth East | 60 | 25,036 beds (where disclosed, 55 of 60 schemes) | 19 | 1 | — |
| EdinburghScotland | 54 | 20,694 beds (where disclosed, 52 of 54 schemes) | 17 | — | — |
| CoventryWest Midlands | 49 | 19,096 beds (where disclosed, 41 of 49 schemes) | 19 | — | — |
| BathSouth West | 36 | 8,842 beds (where disclosed, 19 of 36 schemes) | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| SouthamptonSouth East | 36 | 14,587 beds (where disclosed, 32 of 36 schemes) | 15 | — | — |
| ExeterSouth West | 34 | 12,117 beds (where disclosed, 27 of 34 schemes) | 12 | — | — |
| CardiffWales | 31 | 15,294 beds (where disclosed, 27 of 31 schemes) | 13 | 1 | — |
| PlymouthSouth West | 28 | 4,815 beds (where disclosed, 15 of 28 schemes) | 8 | — | — |
| BrightonSouth East | 25 | 5,056 beds (where disclosed, 16 of 25 schemes) | 11 | — | — |
| AberdeenScotland | 24 | 11,105 beds (where disclosed, 22 of 24 schemes) | 9 | — | — |
| DurhamNorth East | 22 | 6,039 beds (where disclosed, 16 of 22 schemes) | 9 | — | — |
| OxfordEast of England | 22 | 8,542 beds (where disclosed, 20 of 22 schemes) | 10 | — | — |
| SunderlandNorth East | 19 | 5,337 beds (where disclosed, 7 of 19 schemes) | 4 | — | — |
| CambridgeEast of England | 18 | 5,376 beds (where disclosed, 17 of 18 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| LoughboroughEast Midlands | 18 | 4,118 beds (where disclosed, 15 of 18 schemes) | 8 | — | — |
| PrestonNorth West | 18 | 6,401 beds (where disclosed, 14 of 18 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| CanterburySouth East | 17 | 5,177 beds (where disclosed, 11 of 17 schemes) | 8 | — | — |
| LancasterNorth West | 17 | 2,453 beds (where disclosed, 9 of 17 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| ReadingSouth East | 17 | 5,580 beds (where disclosed, 15 of 17 schemes) | 11 | — | — |
| SwanseaWales | 17 | 4,816 beds (where disclosed, 12 of 17 schemes) | 9 | — | — |
| LincolnEast Midlands | 16 | 5,226 beds (where disclosed, 15 of 16 schemes) | 9 | — | — |
| PortsmouthSouth East | 16 | 3,357 beds (where disclosed, 8 of 16 schemes) | 5 | — | — |
| GuildfordSouth East | 15 | 3,107 beds (where disclosed, 7 of 15 schemes) | 6 | — | — |
| Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 15 | 8,548 beds (where disclosed, 12 of 15 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| YorkYorkshire and The Humber | 15 | 9,608 beds (where disclosed, 13 of 15 schemes) | 10 | — | — |
| BelfastNorthern Ireland | 14 | 6,028 beds (where disclosed, 13 of 14 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| ChesterNorth West | 12 | 3,862 beds (where disclosed, 10 of 12 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| ColchesterNorth West | 12 | 2,237 beds (where disclosed, 5 of 12 schemes) | 7 | — | — |
| DundeeScotland | 12 | 3,291 beds (where disclosed, 11 of 12 schemes) | 4 | — | — |
| BournemouthSouth West | 11 | 3,435 beds (where disclosed, 8 of 11 schemes) | 8 | — | — |
| BradfordYorkshire and The Humber | 11 | 2,465 beds (where disclosed, 6 of 11 schemes) | 5 | — | — |
| HuddersfieldYorkshire and The Humber | 11 | 3,019 beds (where disclosed, 9 of 11 schemes) | 5 | — | — |
| NorwichEast of England | 10 | 2,799 beds (where disclosed, 6 of 10 schemes) | 6 | — | — |
| SalfordNorth West | 10 | 4,066 beds (where disclosed, 5 of 10 schemes) | 5 | — | — |
| GillinghamSouth East | 9 | 1,118 beds (where disclosed, 3 of 9 schemes) | 1 | — | — |
| OrmskirkNorth West | 9 | Beds not disclosed | 1 | — | — |
| WinchesterNorth West | 9 | 2,911 beds (where disclosed, 7 of 9 schemes) | 3 | — | — |
| WrexhamWales | 9 | 730 beds (where disclosed, 2 of 9 schemes) | 3 | — | — |
| DerbyEast Midlands | 8 | 2,903 beds (where disclosed, 7 of 8 schemes) | 5 | — | — |
| MiddlesbroughNorth East | 8 | 1,255 beds (where disclosed, 3 of 8 schemes) | 3 | — | — |
| GloucesterSouth West | 7 | 434 beds (where disclosed, 1 of 7 schemes) | 2 | — | — |
| Newcastle Under LymeNorth East | 6 | 1,751 beds (where disclosed, 4 of 6 schemes) | 2 | — | — |
| BoltonNorth West | 5 | 1,580 beds (where disclosed, 3 of 5 schemes) | 1 | — | — |
| NorthamptonEast Midlands | 5 | 340 beds (where disclosed, 1 of 5 schemes) | 2 | — | — |
| WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 5 | 1,587 beds (where disclosed, 4 of 5 schemes) | 3 | — | — |
| StirlingScotland | 4 | 1,125 beds | 2 | — | — |
| Stockton On TeesNorth East | 4 | Beds not disclosed | 0 | — | — |
| BangorWales | 3 | 903 beds | 1 | — | — |
| EghamSouth East | 3 | 3,012 beds | 2 | — | — |
| FalmouthSouth West | 3 | 1,445 beds | 2 | — | — |
| HullYorkshire and The Humber | 3 | 1,318 beds | 2 | — | — |
| Milton KeynesEast of England | 3 | Beds not disclosed | 1 | — | — |
Guides for this market
- PBSA investment
Underwriting, buyers and the investment case.
- PBSA valuations
Yields, valuers and city-level valuation context.
- PBSA development
Planning, delivery and pipeline.
- PBSA operators
Who operates UK purpose-built stock.
FAQs
How many PBSA schemes does PBSAX cover in the UK?
PBSAX currently records 1,849 active PBSA schemes across 78 cities in the same database used by the properties marketplace. 62 of those cities have a hub page (at least three schemes). 52 of the published hubs currently meet the indexing bar of five schemes and two operators.
Does PBSAX list every UK PBSA operator?
Operator counts come from scheme records. This snapshot names 138 distinct operators on active schemes. Operators without a linked scheme in the dataset are not inferred.
Where is the UK PBSA development pipeline?
19 schemes are recorded as in planning or in construction. Open a city hub for the local list. City pipeline sub-pages are added only when a city has enough pipeline schemes.
Can I buy PBSA through these city hubs?
City hubs are market maps for investors, developers, operators, lenders and agents — not a student booking tool. 10 marketed assets currently sit on city hubs and the marketplace.