Who owns Wincanton?
Wincanton is owned by GXO Logistics (the United States, NYSE: GXO).[1]
Evidence: GXO Logistics, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- GXO Logistics, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Greenwich
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Travel & transport › Parcel & freight logistics
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GXO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wincanton
Wincanton is a UK logistics business whose holding company, Wincanton Holdings Limited, appears in GXO's Exhibit 21 to its FY2025 10-K. The 10-K says the UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared GXO's acquisition of Wincanton plc on 19 June 2025, subject to the sale of certain grocery contracts, and that integration began in the autumn of 2025.
What GXO Logistics's annual report says about Wincanton
Sentences about Wincanton from GXO Logistics's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
On June 19, 2025, we announced that the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") had cleared GXO's acquisition of Wincanton plc ("Wincanton") subject to the divestment of a small number of Wincanton grocery contracts in the UK, and that integration would be permitted with the vast majority of the Wincanton business once certain administrative conditions were met.
Those conditions were met in the fall of 2025 and the integration of Wincanton into GXO has commenced.
However, GXO has yet to divest of a small number of Wincanton grocery contracts as required by the CMA and we are unable to predict all the risks that could arise as a result of our divestment of these contracts or failure to achieve a successful divestment.
How often GXO Logistics names Wincanton in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Wincanton
- Current owner GXO Logistics [1] verified
Where Wincanton sits in GXO Logistics
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in parcel & freight logistics, and who owns them
The 221 brands in parcel & freight logistics on Brandtree belong to 181 owners. The largest is Radiant Logistics, with 5; GXO Logistics has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Adcom Express | Radiant Logistics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Forward Air | Forward Air | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ABF Freight | ArcBest | 🇺🇸 United States |
| C.H. Robinson | C.H. Robinson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FedEx Express | FedEx | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GLS | IDS | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| InPost | InPost | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Wilhelmsen Port Services | Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding | 🇳🇴 Norway |
About the owner: GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics is a publicly listed company headquartered in Greenwich, United States. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GXO.
GXO Logistics describes itself in its FY2025 10-K as the largest pure-play contract logistics provider in the world, with its address at Two American Lane, Greenwich, Connecticut. Its Exhibit 21 lists Wincanton Holdings Limited of the United Kingdom among its subsidiaries, and the 10-K says the UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared the acquisition of Wincanton plc on 19 June 2025 subject to divesting certain grocery contracts.
GXO Logistics: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Wincanton and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wincanton among them.
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- Alphabet — BMW Group 🇩🇪
- Arriva UK Bus — Arriva 🇬🇧
- Avanti West Coast — FirstGroup 🇬🇧
- BA CityFlyer — IAG 🇬🇧
- Birmingham Airport — Birmingham Airport Holdings 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wincanton?
The parent company of Wincanton is GXO Logistics, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Wincanton British or American?
Wincanton originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by GXO Logistics, which is headquartered in the United States. So Wincanton is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Wincanton still owned by GXO Logistics?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Wincanton is still owned by GXO Logistics. 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] GXO Logistics, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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