Gekås 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.

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

Founded: 1963; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Ullared, Sweden; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Göran Karlsson; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: Not recorded; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: gekas.com; next.co.uk

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