List of department stores of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).

A–F

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches Refer­ences
Atkinsons Sheffield 1865 [1]
Austins Newton Abbot 1924 [2]
Bakers & Larners Holt, Norfolk 1770 Also operates a builders merchant (C.T. Baker, the original business) and two franchise branches of the Budgens supermarket chain, including the largest by floor area in the UK in Holt and a smaller in Aylsham. The CT Baker group also owns a number of other retail properties in Holt. [3]
Baldwins Stowmarket * Dovercourt
* Ipswich
Banburys Barnstaple 1900 Tiverton [4]
Barbours Dumfries 1856 [5]
Barkers Northallerton 1882
Barretts Woodbridge 1969
Barsleys Paddock Wood 1891 [6]
Beales Poole 2020 * Peterborough
* Southport		 [7]
Bennetts Derby 1734 [8]
Boundary Outlet Stores Colne * Grantham
* Newcastle upon Tyne
* Sheffield
* Walsall		 [9]
Boyes Scarborough 1881 80 stores trading mainly in northern and central England [10]
Bradbeers Romsey 1837 * New Milton
* Hedge End
Browns York 1890 * Helmsley
* Beverley
* Gainsborough
Camerons Ballymena [11]
Camp Hopson Newbury 1921 Owned by the Brixton based Morleys Group which operates seven other stores. [11]
City Cycle Centre Ely [12]
Clares Llandudno 1927 Owned by Ulster Stores. [13]
Collingwood Batchellor Horley 1968 Department store in Horley with smaller branches selling furniture and household goods. Their long-standing fashion department closed following a refurbishment in 2013. [14][13]
Creasey & Son St Peter Port 1899 [13]
W J Daniel & Co. Windsor 1901 * Chiswick
* West Ealing
Vincent Davies & Sons Haverfordwest 1906 [15]
Dawsons Clitheroe 1936 [16]
J Dixon & Son Whitehaven 1882 [17]
Downtown Grantham 1804 Boston [18][19]
Dunnes Stores Bangor, County Down 1944 Group of 155 stores trading in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Spain
Elliotts Lymington 1872
Elys Wimbledon 1876 Owned by the Brixton based Morleys Group which operates seven other stores.
The Emporium Maldon 2004
Elphicks Farnham 1881 [20]
Eve & Ranshaw Louth 1781 [21]
Facy Henley-on-Thames [22]
Fenwick Newcastle upon Tyne 1882 Group of 9 department stores
Fields Sidmouth 1809 [23]
Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly, London 1707

G–O

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches References
Glasswells Bury St. Edmunds 1946 Branches across Suffolk [24]
Goulds Dorchester 1902 Also operate Simpson in Sidmouth [25]
Hancock & Wood Warrington 1914 [26]
Harrods Knightsbridge, London 1849
Harry's Lerwick [27]
Harts Of Stur Sturminster Newton 1919 [28]
Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge, London 1831 Group of 14 stores, seven of which are located in the UK:
Harveys of Halifax Halifax 1920s [29]
Hatchers Taunton 1775 [30]
Hills of Spalding Spalding 1960 [31]
Hoopers Torquay 1982 Group of four department stores with branches at Harrogate, Tunbridge Wells and Wilmslow.
House of Fraser Oxford Street, London 1849 Group of traditional department stores in the UK; stores include:
T J Hughes Liverpool 1912 Group of 16 department stores
Jarrold & Sons Norwich 1770 Group comprising one department store and associated smaller shops
John Lewis & Partners Oxford Street, London 1864 The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000. Peter Jones in Chelsea, London retains its original names. Stores include:
Lathams Potter Heigham 1964
Leekes Pontyclun 1897 * Bilston
* Cross Hands
* Llantrisant
* Melksham
Liberty Regent Street, London 1875
Lilliput Textiles Bridport 1986 [32]
Marks & Spencer Marble Arch, Oxford Street, London 1884 Branches throughout the UK
Menarys Cookstown 1923 Branches throughout Northern Ireland
C Milner & Sons Leyburn 1882
Morleys Brixton 1897 Group of eight department stores including:

P–Z

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches Refs
Peters Huddersfield 1982
Pettits Wallingford 1856 [33]
Potters of Buxton Buxton 1860 [34]
Quadrant Chelmsford 1969 Braintree
Roomes of Upminster Upminster 1888
Rossiters of Bath Bath 1961 A Cardiff branch in the Morgan Arcade closed in 2017 after 10 years in the city. [35]
Roys of Wroxham Hoveton 1895 Beccles, Dereham, Norwich, North Walsham, Sudbury, Thetford
Rutherford & Co Morpeth 1846 [36]
Sanderson's Boutique Fox Valley, Sheffield 2016 Morpeth, Stroud [37][38]
John Sanders Ruislip 1865 [39]
James Selby Holloway 1895
Selfridges Oxford Street, London 1908 Birmingham, Manchester, Trafford Centre
Sinclairs of Sheffield Sheffield 1962 Stamford [40]
Stringers Lytham 1852 [41]
Tamworth Co-operative Society Tamworth 1886
C J Townrow & Sons St. Ives, Cambridgeshire 1871 * Maldon, Essex
* Frinton-on-Sea
* Sudbury
Trago Mills Newton Abbot 1960s * Liskeard
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Falmouth
Tylers Department Store Loughborough 1922 [42]
Ulster Stores Moore of Coleraine 1925
  • The White House, Portrush
  • Clares of Llandudno, Llandudno – established 1928; purchased by Ulster Stores in 2002
  • de Gruchy St Helier
 [43]
Voisins St Helier 1837 [44]
Walker & Ling Weston-super-Mare 1892 [45]
Warden Brothers Newtownards 1877 [46]
Wetherells Selby 1898 [47]
Wilkies Falkirk 1898 Small chain in Scotland with department stores in Falkirk and Ballater and 11 smaller stores. [48]
Wroes Bude 1919 Launceston, Wadebridge [49]
R Yates & Sons Malton 1845 [50]

Defunct department store groups

Defunct department stores

References

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