Dainton Group Services
Self storage, shipping containers and portable buildings for households and businesses in South West England and Wales
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-29
About Dainton Group Services
Dainton Group Services rents self storage units at 13 sites across the South West and Wales, including drive-up containers and indoor lock-ups at selected locations. It also supplies shipping containers and portable buildings, such as cabins, modular buildings, toilets and showers, which can be hired, bought or customised, and offers business storage, office space, warehouses, compound yards and vehicle storage.
Customers include private individuals moving home and businesses from start-ups to national companies. The website states that more than 2,000 businesses use its business parks. Revenue comes from renting storage space and from hiring, selling and converting containers and buildings.
The business began in 1971 as Dainton Excavators, founded by David Maddicott, and has operated as Dainton Group Services since 1980, the year used as its founding date. Its registered office is at Dainton Business Park in Heathfield, Newton Abbot. The company describes itself as family-owned and as the largest privately owned containerised self storage provider in Europe.
Product: Self storage units, shipping containers for hire, sale or conversion, portable cabins and modular buildings, and business storage, office and compound space.
Jobs at Dainton Group Services
Leadership
- David Maddicott · FounderSource: company website
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