The Water Cooler Company is London’s leading plumbed bottleless water cooler specialist – established over seven years ago we service over 2500 water coolers within the M25. We are a part of an industry that turns over £178million per year through the provision of water cooler products and services.
Our industry is divided into two main categories – bottled water coolers and bottleless water coolers (sometimes refered to as plumbed coolers or POU within the industry).
In 2008 Zenith International estimated there to be over 430,000 bottled water coolers in active use in the UK – and around 230,000 bottleless water coolers. Over the last few years the main area of growth has been the bottleless water coolers – and this has been reflected in our experience. The Water Delivery Company establised a separate brand – “The Water Cooler Company” – in 2005 to focus on the needs of the bottleless market and has enjoyed steady growth since then.
If the UK market continues to develop in the same way as the American market it is very possible that the industry will over time be split 50/50 between bottled and bottleless water coolers. Within the central London market this is likely to mainly in the traditional water cooler market – due to the age of the buildings. In contrast the outer reaches of London are likely to increasingly look to integrated drinking water fountain and water boiler solutions which can provide a longer-term integrated water facility for offices.
The water cooler market in the UK is still relatively young – celebrating its twentieth year in 2009 – and it is a rapidly evolving market. The Water Cooler Company is primed to innovate and grow within this marketplace.
