H&M 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.

H&M is the older of the two, founded in 1947 — 35 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1947; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Erling Persson; Joseph Hepworth
Employees: 177,000; Not recorded
Legal form: aktiebolag; public limited company
Listed on: Nasdaq Stockholm AB; London Stock Exchange
Parent: Ramsbury Invest; Not recorded
Website: www2.hm.com; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on H&M and Next plc.