Next plc vs Wako

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.

Wako is the older of the two, founded in 1881 — 101 years before Next plc.

Founded: 1982; 1881
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Leicester, United Kingdom; Ginza, Japan
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Joseph Hepworth; Kintaro Hattori
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
Listed on: London Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Seiko
Website: next.co.uk; wako.co.jp

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