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Marks & Spencer

Leeds, United Kingdom · Founded 1884

Marks & Spencer was founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer, and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Key facts

Industry
retail
Legal form
public limited company
Employees
85,813
Listed
London Stock Exchange

About

British retailer

Founders

In context

We hold 13 other retail companies founded in the 1880s. 6 of them have closed, after a median of 133 years, and 7 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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