Bunzl

Bunzl Public Limited Company
FormerlyBunzl Pulp & Paper Limited (1940–1982)[1]
Company typePublic limited company
LSE: BNZL
FTSE 100 Component
IndustryDistribution and outsourcing
Founded1854; 170 years ago (1854)
(Pozsony, Hungary)
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Key people
Peter Ventress (Chairman)[2]
Frank van Zanten (CEO)[3]
ProductsDistribution of catering equipment, cleaning products, paper and plastic packaging, food processing equipment, medical gloves and disposable hygiene products, personal protective equipment, vending machine supplies
RevenueDecrease £11,797.1 million (2023)[4]
Increase £789.1 million (2023)[4]
Increase £526.2 million (2023)[4]
Number of employees
22,500 (2024)[5]
Websitewww.bunzl.com

Bunzl Public Limited Company is a British multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, England.

The activities of the company have changed a number of times during its existence, frequently incorporating the disparate business interests of the founding Bunzl family, which trace their history back to a haberdashery opened in Pozsony in 1854. The current company was established in London in 1940 as a manufacturer of cigarette filters, crêpe and tissue paper, and the production of fibres, pulp, paper, building materials and plastics were all brought into the firm – and subsequently sold – over the following decades. Bunzl restructured itself as a company purely focused on distribution through a divestment process which began in the early 1990s and ended with the 2005 spin out of Filtrona.

Bunzl has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1957 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

  1. ^ "Bunzl Public Limited Company overview". Companies House. 22 January 1940. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Bunzl names Galliford Try's chairman Peter Ventress as chairman designate". Proactive Investors. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "'I know how family businesses feel – many realise they are vulnerable'". The Times. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Annual Results 2023" (PDF). Bunzl. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "At a glance". Bunzl. Retrieved 11 February 2024.