Website Stats · Original research

Event Hire Website Statistics 2026

We ran automated homepage audits on 7 UK event hire websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.

Avg score

47/100

Avg page speed

782ms

Sites analysed

7

Score distribution

Good (80–100)0 sites (0%)
Okay (60–79)1 sites (14%)
Poor (0–59)6 sites (86%)

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled86%
Mobile viewport86%
Structured data (schema)71%
Contact form on homepage0%
Open Graph share image57%
Analytics installed29%

Most common mistakes

  • No contact form found on homepage100% of sites
  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile100% of sites
  • No analytics detected — flying blind on visitor data71% of sites
  • Homepage HTML is NKB — heavy43% of sites
  • N inline style attributes — no consistent design system43% of sites
  • No external CSS stylesheet — likely unstyled or WYSIWYG outp43% of sites
  • No obvious call-to-action (book, quote, contact) on the home43% of sites
  • No HN heading43% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook43% of sites
  • Only N% of images have alt text29% of sites

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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT London, July 2026.

Ashley Scott
Studio Lead
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