I would like a list of the top 250 UK retailers by
sales revenue.  They do not have to be listed by sector, just the
sales they make in a 12 month period.

I'm sure the list will start with such companies as Tesco, Marks and
Spencer etc, moving down to smaller retail chains.

I do not need any contact information, just the business name is
sufficiant.  It would be best if the information is supplied by the
'trading' name, not the parent company.

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 05 Sep 2002 22:54 PDT

Hi! The only thing Icould find is a list of the top 500 UK retailers
but it is not free. It costs $811.48 or 495 pounds.  I also found a
list of the top 25 UK retailers. Would this suffice as answer?

Thanks for visiting us.

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Clarification of Question by webb-ga on 06 Sep 2002 03:32 PDT

I have a list of the top 25, but I was hoping that someone, somewhere
could get a larger list.  Is this impossible?

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 06 Sep 2002 09:54 PDT

I found a top 50. Would that be good enough? Thanks again.

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Clarification of Question by webb-ga on 06 Sep 2002 10:15 PDT

Unfortunatly, 50 will not give me the information I require.  Sorry to
be a pain!  I could perhaps settle for 150 - 200.

I am away on business for one week now, so there is no rush.  Many
thanks for trying.

Dear Webb,

Here are the top 250 retailers (and sales) in apparel, department,
discount, drugs, grocery, home improvement, specialty, technology,
catalogue, and mail order, in the UK.


Company Name, Sales (US $Mil) 
Tesco Plc 33,921.4 
Sainsbury (J) Plc 24,573.6 
Kingfisher Plc 16,136.4 
Asda Group Limited 14,981.3 
SafeWay Plc 12,256.7 
Marks & Spencer Group P L C 11,648.7 
Gus Plc 9,245.9 
Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd 8,231.5 
Big Food Group Plc (The) 7,474.9 
Dixons Group Plc 7,001.5 
Somerfield Plc 6,646.7 
Lewis Partnership Plc 5,785.5 
Morrison (WM) Supermarkets Plc 5,625.6 
Volkswagen Group (UK) Ltd 5,388.6 
Lewis Plc 5,254.9 
B&Q Plc 4,000.9 
W H Smith Plc 3,935.3 
Smith Plc 3,935.3 
Woolworths Group Plc 3,732.3 
Honda Motor Europe Ltd 3,726.7 
Daimler Chrysler UK Ltd 3,707.7 
Argos Ltd 3,503.1 
Waitrose Ltd 3,221.5 
Littlewoods Organisation PLC (The) 2,966.6 
Arcadia Group Plc 2,719.8 
Next Plc 2,689.3 
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd 2,613.6 
BMW (GB) Ltd 2,323.0 
Debenhams Plc 2,312.1 
Signet Group Plc 2,265.9 
HMV Group Plc 2,264.8 
Focus Group Ltd 2,247.7 
Pendragon Plc 2,230.7 
Renault UK Ltd 2,209.1 
Homebase Ltd 2,132.4 
Reg Vardy Plc 1,987.7 
Travis Perkins Plc 1,842.1 
Comet Group Plc 1,745.1 
Carphone Warehouse Group (The) Plc 1,650.5 
Carphone Warehouse Group Plc (The) 1,650.5 
First Quench Retailing Ltd 1,622.0 
Nissho Iwai Europe plc 1,522.3 
Aldi Stores Ltd 1,496.8 
Citroën UK Ltd 1,452.7 
C D Bramall Plc 1,423.5 
Jardine Motors Group Plc 1,414.2 
Superdrug Stores Plc 1,399.3 
House of Fraser Plc 1,374.6 
Bhs Ltd 1,346.8 
T & S Stores Plc 1,344.1 
TM Group Holdings Plc 1,339.7 
Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd 1,327.3 
Dixon Motors plc 1,256.6 
Matalan Plc 1,215.3 
Fiat Auto (UK) Ltd 1,152.8 
Ikea Ltd 1,144.7 
Savacentre Ltd 1,114.7 
Bristol Street Group Ltd 1,097.1 
Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd 1,086.6 
JJB Sports Plc 1,061.9 
Lookers Plc 1,033.7 
Oakhill Group Ltd 1,032.2 
Courts Plc 1,008.1 
Hartwell Plc 996.8 
Ryland Group Plc 924.9 
Balli Group plc 921.9 
Polar Motor Group Ltd 865.4 
Homestyle Group Plc 862.1 
Mainland Investment Ltd 857.2 
Quicks Group plc 850.2 
SSL International Plc 848.2 
Robins & Day Ltd 840.7 
New Look Group Plc 838.2 
Viking Direct (Holdings) Ltd 821.7 
Halfords Ltd 782.5 
Allders Plc 781.0 
Short Brothers PLC 768.8 
H R Owen Plc 761.7 
Grattan Plc 758.1 
Alldays Plc 756.3 
Camden Motors Ltd 722.6 
Scania (Great Britain) Ltd 689.2 
Freemans Plc 677.4 
Harrods Ltd 670.2 
Toys R Us Ltd 662.0 
Game Group Plc (The) 651.7 
Iveco Ford Truck Ltd 646.8 
Brown, N, Group Plc 643.7 
M.C.L. Group Ltd 637.9 
Alldays Stores Ltd 634.9 
European Motor Holdings Plc 632.4 
Brown & Jackson Plc 624.2 
Lewis Trust Group Ltd 623.5 
Sytner Group Plc (The) 623.3 
Mothercare Plc 611.3 
United Co-operatives Ltd 601.7 
Sanden International (Europe) Ltd 594.7 
Selfridges Plc 577.5 
Netto Foodstores Ltd 561.8 
Greenhous Vauxhall Group Ltd 553.5 
Saab Great Britain Ltd 552.7 
Allied Carpets Group Plc 551.3 
Martin Retail Group Ltd 546.2 
Yazaki Europe Ltd 537.5 
Fenwick Ltd 536.3 
Blacks Leisure Group Plc 520.7 
Carpetright Plc 517.8 
Dagenham Motors Group Ltd 492.4 
Findel Plc 487.5 
Colt Car Company Ltd (The) 485.7 
TOG Ltd 474.4 
Suzuki GB PLC 472.5 
Primark Stores Ltd 467.6 
Virgin Retail Ltd 464.0 
River Island Clothing Co Ltd 463.5 
Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd 461.1 
Northern Upholstery Ltd 454.3 
IM Group Ltd 439.3 
Britannia Music Co Ltd 434.3 
Harveys Furnishing Group Ltd 425.0 
JCT 600 Ltd 422.8 
Clinton Cards Plc 415.6 
Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd 402.7 
Ashley (Laura) Holdings Plc 397.7 
Roadchef Ltd 395.9 
Keyline Builders Merchants Ltd 393.6 
AC (UK) Ltd 393.4 
Top Shop/Top Man Ltd 389.0 
Peacock Group (The) Plc 386.3 
Windsong Holdings Ltd 374.9 
Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd 360.9 
Great Trade Centre Ltd (The) 360.1 
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Ltd. 358.0 
Action 2000 Ltd 357.1 
John David Sports Plc 351.7 
Baird (William) Plc 340.7 
Blackwell Ltd 338.2 
Heidelberg Graphic Equipment Ltd 330.9 
Caledonia Motor Group Ltd 328.9 
Adams Childrenswear Ltd 327.2 
French Connection Group Plc 324.1 
Ixion Motor Group Ltd 312.0 
Whitehouse Group Ltd 311.4 
Farmfoods Ltd 305.9 
Barolhurst Resources Ltd 305.1 
Kleeneze Plc 304.6 
QVC 303.7 
Benfield Motors Ltd 302.0 
Etam PLC 301.9 
Our Price Ltd 295.6 
Powerhouse Retail Ltd 294.4 
William Jackson & Son Ltd 294.1 
Camellia Plc 292.8 
Monsoon Plc 292.1 
Unwins Wine Group Ltd (The) 289.7 
Denso Sales (UK) Ltd 284.9 
Stylo Plc 283.2 
Currie Motors Ltd 280.9 
John Martin Group Ltd 280.4 
Oddbins Ltd 280.3 
Pets At Home Group Ltd 274.1 
Homeform Group 272.4 
Peoples Ltd 269.1 
Tates Ltd 265.1 
Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd 263.1 
Jacks (William) Plc 261.1 
Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd 260.1 
Listers of Coventry (Motors) Ltd 258.3 
H & M Hennes Ltd 257.5 
F A Hendy & Lennox (Holdings) Ltd 247.5 
T J Hughes plc 240.8 
Wyevale Garden Centres Plc 240.3 
Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd 239.2 
Holland & Barrett Retail Ltd 236.5 
Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd (The) 234.9 
Multipart Distribution Ltd 233.0 
Radcliffe Road Garage Co Ltd 232.8 
Caffyns Plc 229.4 
Allsports (Retail) Ltd 227.2 
Belron International Ltd 224.4 
Goldsmiths Group Plc 220.2 
Dick Lovett Companies Ltd 217.8 
Carcraft of Rochdale Ltd 217.1 
le Riche Group Ltd 214.7 
Lancaster Specialist Cars Ltd 213.6 
Jessop Group Ltd (The) 212.9 
Oasis Stores PLC 212.3 
Habitat (UK) Ltd 211.4 
E H Booth & Co Ltd 204.7 
Moss Brothers Group Plc 203.1 
Direct Wines Ltd 202.6 
Harvey Nichols Group Plc 201.1 
Vision Express UK Ltd 200.1 
Birthdays Ltd 199.8 
Continental Tyre Group Ltd 197.6 
Mackays Stores Ltd 197.5 
Abercromby Motor Group Ltd 195.0 
Bentalls PLC 194.6 
National Tyre Service Ltd 190.7 
Dollond & Aitchison Group PLC 190.1 
WTB Group Ltd 189.0 
Express Gifts Ltd 188.2 
Reeve (Derby) Ltd 186.5 
Beattie (James) Plc 184.4 
Merchant Retail Group Plc 183.2 
Hartford Motors Ltd 181.9 
Claire's Accessories UK Ltd 176.8 
Stead & Simpson Ltd 176.8 
AFN Ltd 176.4 
Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd 176.4 
Globus Office World Plc 171.7 
Gowrings Plc 171.5 
Bon Marché Ltd 171.1 
GAP (trade name) 170.8 
Snax 24 Ltd 169.9 
Allen Ford 169.7 
Brooklyn Motors PLC 169.6 
R H Patterson & Co Ltd 169.5 
Shoe Studio Group Ltd (The) 168.9 
Plumbase Ltd 168.0 
Harratts Group Ltd (The) 168.0 
City Motor Holdings Ltd 167.3 
Austin Reed Group Plc 166.8 
Jackson Building Centres Ltd 166.4 
MSF Motor Group Ltd 165.9 
Bates Motor Group Ltd 165.3 
Uno Plc 165.2 
Fish Bros (Swindon) Ltd 161.5 
Smith Knight Fay Ltd 161.4 
Dabs Direct Plc 160.5 
Barloworld Handling Ltd 154.4 
Disney Store Ltd (The) 151.1 
Ridgeon Group Ltd 150.7 
Majestic Wine Plc 149.8 
Eastern Holdings Ltd 149.6 
John Clark (Holdings) Ltd 149.6 
Pret A Manger (Europe) Ltd 148.9 
Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Ltd 148.6 
Mill Garages Ltd 146.8 
Chanel Ltd 146.8 
Ethel Austin Ltd 146.2 
Furniture Village Plc 146.1 
Outdoor Group Ltd (The) 143.0 
Macrae & Dick Ltd 142.7 
Buck & Hickman Ltd 142.6 
Auto Windscreens Ltd 141.1 
Ottakar's Plc 140.9 
News Shops Ltd 140.7 
Bargain Booze Ltd 137.8 
BT Rolatruc Ltd 136.6 


Here's a related association to find more information.
National Retail Federation
http://www.nrf.com 

Source: 
The above listed information can be found in numerous databases
including Lexis Nexis, Onesource, Million Dollar Database, which can
be accessed through business school libraries of large universities.
 
If I can be of any more helps, please let me know.   
 
Thanks for using Google!  
Claudietta