Who owns Next?
Next is owned by NEXT plc (the United Kingdom, LSE: NXT).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Annual Report and Accounts Jan 2026, NEXT plc, 15 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- NEXT plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Leicester
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Leicester
- Founded
- 1982
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- LSE: NXT
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Next
Next began in 1982 when a menswear tailor founded in 1864 was relaunched as a womenswear chain, and its Directory catalogue from 1988 established next-day delivery in British clothing retail decades before that was normal online. Its Total Platform business now runs warehousing, delivery and websites for other brands, so competitors pay it to operate the systems they sell against it with.
Ownership timeline of Next
Where Next sits in Next
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Next
Next controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in casual & denim, and who owns them
The 134 brands in casual & denim on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Azzas 2154, with 8; Next has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fábula | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Carter's | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duck Head | Oxford Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cortefiel | Tendam | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| & Other Stories | H&M Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bershka | Inditex | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| GU | Fast Retailing | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BSX | Giordano | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
About the owner: Next
Next is a publicly listed company headquartered in Leicester, United Kingdom, founded in 1864. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: NXT.
Next is one of the largest clothing retailers in Britain and has increasingly become a platform, selling hundreds of other brands through its website and running their operations for them. That Total Platform business now generates a substantial share of profit from competitors' sales.
🇬🇧 Next and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 570 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Next is not one of them.
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
- Alexander McQueen — Kering 🇫🇷
- Autograph — Marks & Spencer 🇬🇧
- Bravissimo — Wacoal 🇯🇵
- Burberry — Burberry 🇬🇧
- COS — H&M Group 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Next?
The parent company of Next is NEXT plc, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Next British?
Yes. Next originated in the United Kingdom in 1982 and its owner, NEXT plc, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Next still owned by NEXT plc?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Next is still owned by NEXT plc. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Annual Report and Accounts Jan 2026 — NEXT plc, Annual report, published 15 April 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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