Matalan

Matalan Retail Ltd.
Formerly
  • Matalan (Salford) Limited (1987–1988)[1]
  • Matalan (Cash & Carry) Limited (1988–1992)[1]
  • Matalan Discount Club (Cash & Carry) Ltd. (1992–1998)[1]
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryRetail
Founded(1985; 39 years ago (1985)) in Preston, Lancashire
HeadquartersKnowsley, Merseyside
Area served
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease £2.9 billion GBP (2024)[2]
OwnerJohn Hargreaves & family
Website

Matalan Retail Ltd. is a British fashion and homeware retailer based in Knowsley, Merseyside. It was established by John Hargreaves in 1985 and is still owned by the Hargreaves family. As of 2020, the company employed over 13,000,[2] and had 230 stores in the United Kingdom, together with franchise stores in the Middle East.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Matalan Retail Ltd. overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 25 February 1987. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Matalan Retail Limited – Annual Report 2019". Companies House. February 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ^ Heeds, Chantelle (8 September 2019). "From stall to international company: The story behind Matalan". Lancs Live. Retrieved 3 December 2019.