Geeknet 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 — 11 years before Geeknet.

Founded: 1993; 1982
Status: Closed 2015; Active
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Larry Augustin; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: public company; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: slashdotmedia.com; next.co.uk

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