Major retail chains / supermarkets in the United Kingdom (2006)

name

number of outlets

profile

turnover (2006 or earlier)

Aldi

300+

various

£ 1,017,000,000

Agros

660 (UK & Ireland)

consumer electronics & DIY

£ 3,800,000,000

ASDA

19

various

  £ 13,300,000,000 [2003]

B&Q

330

DIY

£ 3,900,000,000

Booths

27

food and essentials

£ 94,000,000

Budgens

n/a, 50-100

various

Centra

0

grocer's

Comet

250

consumer electronics

£ 1,530,000,000

Co-op (Leeds Co-operative Society)

63

various

Co-op (the Co-operative Group)

1700

various

Co-op (United Co-operatives)

500

various

               £ 37,422,000 in food

Costco

18

various

Costcutter

250+

grocer's

Currys

547

consumer electronics

Dixons

21

consumer electronics

Dunnes Stores

8

textiles

Farmfoods

300

frozen food

Focus

291

DIY

Homebase

300 (UK & Ireland)

DIY

£ 1,380,000,000

Iceland

700

frozen food

Kwik Save

182

grocer's

Lidl

n/a

food and essentials

Londis

1947

food and essentials

£ 515,000,000

Mark & Spencer

450+

textiles

£ 7,100,000,000

Morrisons

365

food and essentials

£ 12,100,000,000

National Plastics

15

DIY

Netto

150+

food and essentials

PC World

150

consumer electronics

Pricerite

n/a

n/a

Sainsbury’s

756

various

£ 16,364,000,000

 - Bells Stores

54

high quality convenience

 - Jackson's Stores

114

convenience

 - JB Beaumont

6

convenience

Somerfield

1147

food and essentials

£ 4,676,000,000

SPAR

2761

various

SuperValu

33

various

Tesco

1252

various

£ 29,511,000,000

The link

294

consumer electronics

Waitrose

182

various

Wickies

139

DIY