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Fast Retailing 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.

Fast Retailing is the older of the two, founded in 1963 — 19 years before Next plc.

Founded
1963
1982
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Yamaguchi, Japan
Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
8,055
Not recorded
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha
public limited company
Listed on
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

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