Next plc vs Progressive Enterprises

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.

Progressive Enterprises is the older of the two, founded in 1949 — 33 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1982; 1949
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Leicester, United Kingdom; Māngere, New Zealand
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Joseph Hepworth; Brian Hall Picot, Tom Ah Chee
Employees: Not recorded; 18,000
Legal form: public limited company; subsidiary company
Listed on: London Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Woolworths Supermarkets
Website: next.co.uk; Not recorded

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