GIB Group 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.

GIB Group is the older of the two, founded in 1860 — 122 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1860; 1982
Status: Closed 2002; Active
Headquarters: Brussels metropolitan area, Belgium; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: François Vaxelaire; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: Public limited company (Belgium); public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: Not recorded; next.co.uk

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