C&A 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.

C&A is the older of the two, founded in 1841 — 141 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1841; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Düsseldorf, Germany; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Clemens Brenninkmeijer, August Brenninkmeijer; Joseph Hepworth
Employees: 27,000; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: c-and-a.com; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on C&A and Next plc.