FounderDuels

Next plc vs Simpsons

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.

Simpsons is the older of the two, founded in 1872 — 110 years before Next plc.

Founded
1982
1872
Status
Active
Closed 1991
Headquarters
Leicester, United Kingdom
Toronto
Industry
retail
retail
Legal form
public limited company
Not recorded
Listed on
London Stock Exchange
Not recorded
Parent
Not recorded
Hudson's Bay Company
Website
next.co.uk
Not recorded

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