Æon Group vs Next plc

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Æon Group is the older of the two, founded in 1969 — 13 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1969; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: AEON Tower, Japan; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Takuya Okada; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: Not recorded; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: aeon.info/company/group; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Æon Group and Next plc.