Lewis's 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.

Lewis's is the older of the two, founded in 1856 — 126 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1856; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Liverpool, United Kingdom; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: David Lewis; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: Not recorded; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: lewiss.co.uk; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Lewis's and Next plc.