Kaufhof 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.

Kaufhof is the older of the two, founded in 1879 — 103 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1879; 1982
Status: Closed 2020; Active
Headquarters: Cologne, Germany; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Leonhard Tietz; Joseph Hepworth
Employees: 21,500; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Parent: Signa Holding GmbH; Not recorded
Website: galeria.de; next.co.uk

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