FounderDuels

Ahold 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.

Ahold is the older of the two, founded in 1887 — 95 years before Next plc.

Founded
1887
1982
Status
Closed 2016
Active
Headquarters
Zaandam, Netherlands
Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
85,000
Not recorded
Legal form
naamloze vennootschap
public limited company
Listed on
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

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