Wedding Industry Facts and Economics

The place to come for insider UK wedding industry statistics and interesting facts.



  1. Who answered our 2011 Survey?

    Who answered our 2011 Survey?

    With over 600 respondents, this survey focused on couples married in 2011, and was sent to registered hitched.co.uk users who gave us their wedding dates for 2011. Who answered our survey: Unsurprisingly...

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  2. Overview of UK Weddings 2011

    Overview of UK Weddings 2011

    The results are in! Our latest survey on weddings last year is now live. The results cover topics including how much people spend on a wedding, what the best memories of the day were and which suppliers...

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  3. Each year UK Weddings are worth £10 billion

    Each year UK Weddings are worth £10 billion

    The UK's most popular wedding website hitched.co.uk , surveyed thousands of newlywed couples last year to reveal an industry worth a whopping £10 billion . Planning an engagement through to the...

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  4. 277,736 Total UK Marriages in 2010

    277,736 Total UK Marriages in 2010

    The latest government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2010 is 277,736. The most recent year is currently provisional and it is expected that this number could increase by...

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  5. How Many Guests...

    How Many Guests...

    The 2010 Hitched annual survey has revealed that people are inviting less people to their wedding compared to their 2009 results. The number of people inviting 50 to 100 guests has decreased by 7%, whereas...

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  6. Where do couples hold their Gift Lists?

    Where do couples hold their Gift Lists?

    The high street department stores are still the most popular place to create a wedding gift list...

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  7. Going over budget

    Going over budget

    Even with lower budgets, more people are expecting to go over budget this year. With 3% less people planning on sticking to their budget....

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  8. Who's Paying the Bill?

    Who's Paying the Bill?

    Couples paying for their own wedding have risen by 1% in the last year, as the bride’s family paying has decreased by 1% ....

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  9. Popular honeymoon destinations for 2010

    Popular honeymoon destinations for 2010

    For the second year running, America is the most popular honeymoon destination. Places like the Caribbean and South America are popular destinations as 22% of Hitched viewers suggested....

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  10. 266,950 Total UK Marriages in 2009

    266,950 Total UK Marriages in 2009

    The latest government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2009 is 266,950 . The most recent year is currently provisional and it is expected that this number could increase by...

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  11. How much is being spent on weddings?

    How much is being spent on weddings?

    Wedding budgets have also decreased since last year, with a 5% decrease in people budgeting between £5000 and £15,000 . These figures exclude the cost of the honeymoon...

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  12. 270,403 Total UK Marriages in 2008

    270,403 Total UK Marriages in 2008

    Government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2008 is 270,403 . To view the latest government published figures for total marriages in 2009 , go to: hitched-wife.org/266-950...

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  13. Honeymooners Dismiss Impact Of Rise In Airport Departure Tax

    Honeymooners Dismiss Impact Of Rise In Airport Departure Tax

    Hitched.co.uk has published the results of a poll conducted on its site which show that over two-thirds of respondents did not think the rise in tax would affect their honeymoon plans. With only 4.4% claiming...

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  14. Overview of UK Weddings 2010

    Overview of UK Weddings 2010

    The results are in! Our latest survey on weddings last year is now live. The results cover topics including how much people spend on a wedding, what the best memories of the day were and which suppliers...

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