Bilka 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.

Bilka is the older of the two, founded in 1970 — 12 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1970; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Højbjerg, Denmark; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Herman Salling; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: aktieselskab; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: bilka.dk; next.co.uk

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