DNS (store chain) 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.

Next plc is the older of the two, founded in 1982 — 16 years before DNS (store chain).

Founded: 1998; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Vladivostok, Russia; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Not recorded; Joseph Hepworth
Employees: 38,455; Not recorded
Legal form: privately held company; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: dns-shop.ru; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on DNS (store chain) and Next plc.