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2023 report and financial statements

We help the world see a better place

View the latest annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023.

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Highlights from the past year

£182.3m
Group revenue
£36.3m
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation (EBITDA)
+38
Net Promoter Score (ranging from -100 to 100)
Modern digital Britain

Helping build a modern digital Britain

With valuable location data and expertise, we’re maintaining the UK’s position as number two in the world for geospatial capability.

We help the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) deliver its mission to deliver improved public services and grow the economy, and we are an active partner of the UK Geospatial Commission.

Delivering key government policy and services


Faster emergency response • Effective land registration, planning and conveyancing • Towards Net-Zero targets

Enabling innovation in the private sector and start-up community


Supporting entrepreneurs with funding and expertise • Leading geospatial data science capabilities • Developing the location services ecosystem in Britain

Providing location analysis and intelligence


Security planning for major events • Better customer decisions • Secure, trusted, data sharing

See a better place

When you know a place better than anyone, you can help make it better for everyone

Our strategy

To enable the digital infrastructure critical to innovation, growth in the wider economy, and better societal outcomes – driving increased value for our customers, our shareholder, and our people

Great Britain

Strategic objectives

Operate as a sustainably profitable commercial organisation

Provide world-leading geospatial services

Deliver sustainable profit with purpose

Delivering data

How we deliver value to customers

Licensed data

An expanded range of Geospatial Data Products delivered via the OS Data Hub.

Knowledge services

Knowledge services using OS people’s expertise and deep understanding to solve market problems with geospatial data.

Data services

The combination of software with OS and third-party data to create scalable solutions that address market needs. 

Our customer profile

Ordnance Survey has a wide range of customers across government, business and consumer markets

6,126
Public sector customers
2,000
Premium Data users
450
Licensed Partners

Some of the customers we serve

Amazon logoCGI logoMicrosoft logoSky logoVodafone logoBT logoNHS logoHome Office logoHampshire County Council logoDepartment for Transport logoThe Scottish Government logoDubai Municipality Logo

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