List of department stores of the United Kingdom

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).

Currently trading

A–F Business name Main location Date started Additional branches Refer­ences Atkinsons Sheffield 1865 Austins Newton Abbot 1924 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. Baldwins Stowmarket * Dovercourt* Ipswich Banburys Barnstaple 1900 Tiverton Barbours Dumfries 1856 Barkers Northallerton 1882 Beales Poole 2020 * Peterborough * Southport Bennetts Derby 1734 Boundary Outlet Stores Colne * Grantham* Newcastle upon Tyne* Sheffield* Walsall Boyes Scarborough 1881 80 stores trading mainly in northern and central England Bradbeers Romsey 1837 * New Milton* Hedge End Browns York 1890 * Helmsley* Beverley* Gainsborough Camerons Ballymena Camp Hopson Newbury 1921 Owned by the Brixton based Morleys Group which operates seven other stores. City Cycle Centre Ely Clares Llandudno 1927 Owned by Ulster Stores. 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. Creasey & Son St Peter Port 1899 W J Daniel & Co. Windsor 1901* Chiswick * West Ealing Vincent Davies & Sons Haverfordwest 1906 Dawsons Clitheroe 1936 J Dixon & Son Whitehaven 1882 Downtown Grantham 1804 Boston Dunnes StoresBangor, 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 Eve & Ranshaw Louth 1781 Facy Henley-on-Thames Fenwick Newcastle upon Tyne 1882 Group of 9 department stores Fields Sidmouth 1809 Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly, London 1707

G–O Business name Main location Date started Additional branches References Glasswells Bury St. Edmunds 1946 Branches across Suffolk Goulds Dorchester 1902 Also operate Simpson in Sidmouth Harrods Knightsbridge, London 1849 Harry's Lerwick Harts Of Stur Sturminster Newton 1919 Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge, London 1831 Group of 14 stores, seven of which are located in the UK: Birmingham* Bristol* Edinburgh* Leeds* Liverpool* Manchester Harveys of Halifax Halifax 1920s Hatchers Taunton 1775 Hills of Spalding Spalding 1960 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: Glasgow * Birmingham 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: Cardiff * Cheltenham * Cribbs, Bristol * Edinburgh * Newcastle upon Tyne * Reading * Peter Jones, Sloane Square, LondonJolly'sBath1823 Lathams Potter Heigham 1964 Leekes Pontyclun 1897 * Bilston * Cross Hands * Llantrisant * Melksham Liberty Regent Street, London 1875 Lilliput Textiles Bridport 1986 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 seven department stores: Morleys - Brixton, Morleys - Bexleyheath, Camp Hopson - Newbury, Elys - Wimbledon, Jolly's - Bath, Pearson - Enfield, Roomes - Upminster, Selby's - Holloway.

P–Z Business name Main location Date started Additional branches Refs Peters Huddersfield 1982 Pettits Wallingford 1856 Potters of Buxton Buxton 1860 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. Roys of Wroxham Hoveton 1895 Beccles, Dereham, Norwich, North Walsham, Sudbury, Thetford Rutherford & Co Morpeth 1846 Sanderson's Boutique Fox Valley, Sheffield2016Morpeth, Stroud John Sanders Ruislip 1865 James Selby Holloway 1895 Selfridges Oxford Street, London 1908 Birmingham, Manchester, Trafford Centre Sinclairs of Sheffield Sheffield 1962 Stamford Stringers Lytham 1852 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 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 Voisins St Helier 1837 Walker & Ling Weston-super-Mare 1892 Warden Brothers Newtownards 1877 Wetherells Selby 1898 Wilkies Falkirk 1898 Small chain in Scotland with department stores in Falkirk and Ballater and 11 smaller stores. Wroes Bude 1919 Launceston, Wadebridge R Yates & Sons Malton 1845

Defunct department store groups Business name Main location Date startedDescription No. Of stores at peak ClosedReferences Allders Department Stores Croydon 1862 Group went into administration on 29 January 2005. All branches were subsequently sold or closed. The flagship Croydon store continued to trade independently after 2005, finally closing on 22 September 2012. 50 2012 J J Allen Bournemouth 1899 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1969. Merged into E Dingle & Co. 6 1971 John Anstiss Swindon 1896 Holding company of a number of department stores and large drapery stores including Arding & Hobbs (acquired 1938) and Owles & Beaumont in London, Blooms of Salisbury, Guards of Romsey and Smith & Strange of Worthing. Bought by United Drapery Stores in 1948 and later sold on to Hide & Co. 1975 Army & Navy Stores Victoria Street, London 1871 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1973 27 2005 Arnotts Glasgow 1850 Group created by House of Fraser for stores in Scotland. 2005 T Baird & Sons Wishaw Group of department stores acquired by House of Fraser in 1970 from Selincourt & Sons Ltd of London and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group. The branches in Hamilton, Airdrie and Bellshill were later sold by House of Fraser as a going concern to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster, and reverted to the Bairds name. 16 2014 John Barker & Co. Kensington 1870 Group acquired by House of Fraser 5 2006 Beales Bournemouth 1881 Group went into administration. Poole, Peterborough and Southport stores since reopened under the Beales name. 41 2020 Beatties Wolverhampton 1877 Group acquired by House of Fraser 12 2019 Bentalls Kingston upon Thames 1867 Group acquired by Fenwick 9 2017 Benzie & Miller Fraserburgh 1920 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1958 and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group 5 1970s H Binns, Son & Co. Sunderland 1807 Group of 9 stores acquired by House of Fraser. Expanded to include stores across the north and east of England. 18 2006 Blacketts Sunderland 1826 Group acquired by Hide & Co. 5 1972 Bobby & Co. Margate 1887 Group acquired by Drapery Trust in 1927 and merged with Debenhams 18 1972 Bon Marché Brixton 1877 Group of department stores (Pratts of Streatham; Barrats of Clapham Junction; Quin & Axten) acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores. 4 1926 Brighton Co-operative Society Brighton 1887 Group merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society. 2006 Brights Bournemouth 1871 Group of three department stores, trading under the names Brights and Colsons of Exeter, acquired by J J Allen 3 1960 Brown Muff Bradford 1814 Group acquired by House of Fraser. Absorbed into Rackhams group. 4 1978 British Home Stores Oxford Street, London 1928 Fell into administration on 25 April 2016 to eventually close all branches on 28 August 2016. 171 2016 Canadian & English Stores (also Northgate & English Stores & Combined English Stores) Liverpool 1951 A company created to buy and run retail businesses for investor by Harry Brooks. Sir Samuel R. Hogg was appointed chairman in 1958 after investigating a shareholder row over a £1 million loss. The same year they sold their Canadian operations. The company grew into an operating company that managed furniture, clothing and department stores. In 1962 they purchased a manufacturing group called Northgate and changed the company name to Northgate and English Stores. The business was split into two in 1966, with the retail business becoming Combined English Stores. Department stores owned by Canadian and English included: Oxleys North London Drapery Stores - purchased 1961 Benjamin Beardmore Evans (B. B. Evans) - purchased 1962 J. B. Brown - purchased 1962