The short answer · Estimate
About $80 million
Celebrity Net Worth puts Bruce Dickinson at $80 million [2]. It is the only current estimate we could open, and it has no date or working behind it. His money comes from singing with Iron Maiden, touring, solo records and books, an aviation business and a beer [1]. He has not published his finances, so treat $80 million as an estimate.
Confidence: low. One estimate site gives the number, and the same site put him at $115 million in 2013 [3]. The records we could check are company filings and tour grosses [6][9]. They show what his companies and his band earn, not what he owns.
Bruce Dickinson at a glance
Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, pilot and author, best known as the singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
| Full name | Paul Bruce Dickinson [1] |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 August 1958, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England [1] |
| Age | 68 (October 2026), from his birth date [1] |
| Nationality | British [1][5] |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, pilot, author, broadcaster, entrepreneur [1] |
| Years active | 1976 to present [1] |
| Known for | Iron Maiden singer 1981 to 1993 and from 1999; the album The Number of the Beast (1982); Trooper beer [1] |
| Solo albums | Tattooed Millionaire (May 1990), Balls to Picasso (1994), Tyranny of Souls (May 2005), The Mandrake Project (March 2024) [1] |
| Business | Caerdav Limited, an aviation company formerly called Cardiff Aviation [4][5] |
How we estimate Bruce Dickinson’s net worth
We estimate it by putting the published figures side by side and tracing each one to where it came from. None of them is official, and only one is a net worth.
| Source | What it says | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Net Worth [2] | Net worth $80 million | Undated |
| Celebrity Net Worth, lead singers list [3] | $115 million, ranked 36th | 20 February 2013 |
Our method
One origin. Both figures come from Celebrity Net Worth [2][3]. The 2013 list says its final figures come from a formula that takes out taxes, manager’s fees, agents’ fees and lifestyle [3]. The current page gives no working at all [2]. We use the newer figure, about $80 million, and do not widen it into a range.
What we left out. Much higher and lower figures appear on scraper pages, some of them naming Forbes or The Telegraph. We could not open any original from either outlet, and the pages themselves were broken or on hijacked sites, so none is used here.
What the records show. Companies House shows that he is a person with significant control of Caerdav Limited [5]. It does not list him as an officer of Iron Maiden Holdings Limited [8]. So the public filings cover his aviation company, not the band’s money paid to him.
Gross is not pay. Tour grosses are ticket sales. Venue, promoter, crew and production costs come out of them, and the band’s share is split. His own share was never published, so we do not treat any tour figure as his income [9].
Currency. The estimate site gives dollars and company figures are in pounds. We do not convert either; each figure is in the currency its source used.
We update this page when a new deal, sale or filing moves the range; the “updated” date changes only then. The same method is used for all our net worth estimates; read how we research.
Where Bruce Dickinson’s money comes from
Bruce Dickinson’s money comes from Iron Maiden’s records and tours, solo work, books, an aviation business and the Trooper beer. He joined the band in 1981 [1]. Fellow British musicians whose money we have also traced include Keith Richards’s net worth and Elton John’s net worth.
| Income stream | What is reported | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden touring | The summer 2018 European leg of the Legacy of the Beast tour grossed more than $28 million from 17 shows, per Billboard Boxscore data. The whole tour ran for 140 shows and over 3.5 million fans, with no total gross published. For 2025, Wikipedia reports Pollstar at $128 million from 41 concerts and Billboard at about $150.9 million. All ticket revenue, not his pay | [9][10][11] |
| Records and books | Iron Maiden has sold well over 100 million albums; his solo albums run from 1990. His first book sold more than 40,000 copies almost immediately. No royalties published | [1] |
| Caerdav Limited (aviation) | Formerly Cardiff Aviation. In 2021 he said he went from one-third to 100 percent shareholder. In 2024 he said the business made £400,000 net profit every month, after being a money pit for a long time. Blabbermouth also reports a £4 million investment from BOOST&Co. Company figures, not personal wealth | [14][12][5] |
| Trooper beer | Made with Robinsons Brewery since 2013; 30 million pints sold by May 2021. No royalty or revenue published | [20] |
| Aviation investments | In 2017 he was trying to raise up to $27 million for Cardiff Aviation and had put about $335,000 into Hybrid Air Vehicles as a seed investor | [13] |
The best-documented figures are the tour grosses, and they belong to the band’s business. Companies House lists Iron Maiden Holdings Limited as an artistic creation company [7], but he is not among its listed officers [8], so the filings cannot tell us what he is paid. The business he does control, Caerdav, filed medium-company accounts on 20 May 2026 [6]. We did not read the figures inside those accounts.
Trooper beer: pints sold, milestone by milestone
Trooper reached 30 million pints sold by May 2021, about eight years after it launched in May 2013 [20][15]. No source gives revenue or what Dickinson earns from it, so the table counts pints, not pounds.
| Reported on | Pints sold | Time since launch | What was said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2013 | 1 million [15] | About eight weeks | Over 20,000 pints a day since launch on 9 May [15] |
| 5 March 2014 | About 3.5 million [16] | About ten months | Launched May 2013; no marketing spend reported [16] |
| 9 May 2014 | About 5 million [17] | One year | Almost half brewed for export; sold in 40 countries [17] |
| 15 July 2015 | 10 million [18] | Just over two years | Marked with the limited Trooper 666 [18] |
| 9 May 2018 | Over 20 million [19] | Five years | Sold in over 50 countries [19] |
| 17 May 2021 | 30 million [20] | Eight years | Sold in over 60 countries [20] |
By our arithmetic from the dates above, the second 10 million pints took about three years, from July 2015 to May 2018 [18][19], and the third took three years more, to May 2021 [20]. The pace slowed after the first two years, when 10 million pints sold [18].
Earnings timeline
His money grew in stages: Iron Maiden from 1981, a break from the band in the 1990s, then a return in 1999, an aviation company from 2012 and a beer from 2013 [1][4][15].
| Year | What happened |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Joins Iron Maiden; his first album with the band is The Number of the Beast (1982) [1]. |
| 1990 | Releases the solo album Tattooed Millionaire in May; his book The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace sells more than 40,000 copies [1]. |
| 1993 | Leaves Iron Maiden [1]. |
| 1999 | Returns to the band with Adrian Smith [1]. |
| 2010 | Becomes marketing director of Astraeus Airlines on 16 September; the airline closes on 21 November 2011 [1]. |
| 2012 | Cardiff Aviation Limited is incorporated on 28 March [4] and launches on 1 May [1]. |
| 2013 | Trooper beer launches on 9 May with Robinsons Brewery [15]. |
| 2016 | Is notified as a person with significant control of Caerdav on 6 April [5]. |
| 2017 | Fortune reports him seeking up to $27 million for Cardiff Aviation [13]. |
| 2018 | The Legacy of the Beast tour starts on 26 May; its summer European leg grosses more than $28 million [10][9]. |
| 2019 | Cardiff Aviation Limited is renamed Caerdav Limited on 6 June [4]. |
| 2021 | Trooper passes 30 million pints in May [20]; he says he is the 100 percent shareholder of the aviation firm [14]. |
| 2022 | The Legacy of the Beast tour ends on 27 October after 140 shows [10]. |
| 2024 | Says the aviation business makes £400,000 net profit every month [12]; releases The Mandrake Project in March [1]. |
| 2025 | The Run for Your Lives World Tour starts on 27 May in Budapest [11]. |
| 2026 | Caerdav files medium-company accounts on 20 May 2026 [6]. |
What could change the number
The next filing of Iron Maiden’s own accounts, or a published tour gross for the Run for Your Lives tour from Billboard or Pollstar, would change this estimate the most. Wikipedia reports a Pollstar figure of $128 million and a Billboard figure of about $150.9 million for 2025 [11], but both are band revenue.
The aviation company is the other moving part. He said in 2024 that it makes £400,000 net profit every month and is busy until the end of 2026 [12]. The charge registered against it on 4 July 2025 [6] shows that its borrowing changes too. A sale or outside investment in Caerdav would be reported and would move the number.
A second independent estimate for Dickinson would let us build a real range instead of a single figure.
Related estimates on this site: Keith Richards’ net worth, Elton John’s net worth and Annie Lennox’s net worth.
Questions people ask
What is Bruce Dickinson’s net worth?
About $80 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth [2]. It is an estimate, not an official number.
How much is Bruce Dickinson worth in 2026?
No newer estimate than the $80 million at Celebrity Net Worth has been published [2]. The same site gave $115 million in 2013 [3].
How much did Iron Maiden make on tour?
The summer 2018 European leg of the Legacy of the Beast tour grossed more than $28 million from 17 shows, per Billboard Boxscore data [9]. That is ticket revenue for the band, not his pay.
Does Bruce Dickinson own his aviation company?
Companies House lists him as a person with significant control of Caerdav Limited [5], and in 2021 he said he is the 100 percent shareholder [14].
How many pints of Trooper have been sold?
Robinsons Brewery and the band reported 30 million pints by May 2021 [20]. No revenue figure was published.
How old is Bruce Dickinson?
He was born on 7 August 1958, so he is 68 in October 2026 [1].
How this was made
We drafted this page with AI writing tools from the public sources listed below. Every figure was checked against the cited source pages before publishing, and estimates from net worth sites are labelled as estimates, not facts.
Sources
- Wikipedia, “Bruce Dickinson”, read 25 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Celebrity Net Worth, “Bruce Dickinson Net Worth”, undated, read 25 October 2026, www.celebritynetworth.com.
- Celebrity Net Worth, “The Richest Lead Singers In The World”, 20 February 2013, www.celebritynetworth.com.
- Companies House, “CAERDAV LIMITED (08009507)”, company overview, read 25 October 2026, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- Companies House, “CAERDAV LIMITED (08009507)”, persons with significant control, read 25 October 2026, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- Companies House, “CAERDAV LIMITED (08009507)”, filing history, read 25 October 2026, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- Companies House, “IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (01565159)”, company overview, read 25 October 2026, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- Companies House, “IRON MAIDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (01565159)”, officers, read 25 October 2026, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden’s Summer 2018 ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ Tour Generates Millions” (Billboard Boxscore data), 26 September 2018, blabbermouth.net.
- Wikipedia, “Legacy of the Beast World Tour”, read 25 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “Run for Your Lives World Tour”, read 25 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Bruce Dickinson Explains How He Was Able To Turn His Aviation Business Around” (quoting an interview in The Mirror), 21 April 2024, blabbermouth.net.
- Phil Wahba, Fortune, “Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on his aviation business”, 23 December 2017, fortune.com.
- Martin Kielty, Ultimate Classic Rock, “Bruce Dickinson: pilot”, 26 July 2021, ultimateclassicrock.com.
- Marketing Stockport, “Trooper charges to the million mark”, 4 July 2013, marketingstockport.co.uk.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Sells 3.5 Million Pints”, 5 March 2014, blabbermouth.net.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Sells 5 Million Pints In First Year”, 9 May 2014, blabbermouth.net.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden To Celebrate 10 Million Pints Of ‘Trooper’ With A New Limited-Edition Brew”, 15 July 2015, blabbermouth.net.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Celebrates Its Fifth Birthday”, 9 May 2018, blabbermouth.net.
- Blabbermouth.net, “Iron Maiden’s ‘Trooper’ Marks Its Eighth Birthday With 30 Million Pints Sold”, 17 May 2021, blabbermouth.net.
