Asset theft and loss rarely end with the replacement cost. When a critical tool, sensor or piece of equipment disappears, the consequences can spread across the operation through delayed jobs, emergency rentals, idle labour, project penalties and reactive purchasing.

Based on a 2026 survey of more than 1,500 financial executives across construction, logistics, field services, utilities and similar industries, this guide quantifies the hidden financial drain created by asset invisibility and examines the value of real-time tracking.

The visible price is only the start

Among respondents without an asset tracking solution, self-reported direct and indirect losses from missing assets averaged £9.7 million a year. Most strikingly, 72% of those costs came from assets valued below £7,400, showing how the operational impact of smaller critical items can far exceed their purchase price.

Get the guide to discover:

• Why 71% of respondents without asset tracking experience equipment theft every quarter, while 25% of new equipment budgets are spent replacing stolen or lost assets.
• How asset searches drain productivity: 98% say searching is a daily or weekly occurrence, and employees at more than a quarter of mid-size organisations without real-time visibility spend over 10 hours a week looking for assets.
• How visibility gaps contribute to downtime, with 71% of UK and Ireland executives reporting that a missing critical asset caused a significant shutdown or delay in the previous 12 months.
• How asset tracking supports faster recovery, fewer shutdowns and delays, and a 76% reduction in average annual operational costs due to missing assets compared with organisations without tracking.

Use the findings to assess the true cost of asset loss and build a data-backed case for closing the visibility gap across your operation.