H.R. Owen

H.R. Owen
Company typePLC
IndustryVehicle retailer
Founded1932
HeadquartersLondon, SW7
United Kingdom
Key people
  • Harold Rolfe Owen (Founder)
  • Ken Choo (CEO)
ProductsLuxury cars
Revenue£500 million[1]
Number of employees
~500
Websitewww.hrowen.co.uk

H.R. Owen is a luxury motor retailer in Britain, and one of the world's largest retailers in Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, Lamborghini and Bugatti brands. The company is headquartered in London, and operates 18 sales franchises and 17 aftersales franchises.[2]

H.R. Owen runs the busiest Bugatti[3] showroom in the United Kingdom, and the world's oldest Bentley showroom: Jack Barclay also located in Mayfair. Expending its London operations it opened the United Kingdoms flagship Ferrari Showroom in Mayfair attracting customers from around the world and displaying a selection of the worlds most sort after vehicles. In 2021 , HR Owen CEO, Ken Choo,[4] announced to the world the £30m project for a groundbreaking expansion to its retailers by opening the UK's most luxurious Bentley, Lamborghini and Maserati retailers at the recently acquired five-acre site in Hatfield.[5]

Ferrari named H.R. Owen as the best Ferrari retailer in the world in 2014 [6] after the business scored the maximum number of points in all of the judging categories.[7] Then, in 2018, H.R. Owen's Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London showroom was awarded Global Dealer of the Year[8] by Rolls-Royce.

  1. ^ "About HR Owen". H.R. Owen. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ "HR Owen accepts improved Tan offer". Herald Scotland. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ ellisdavies (9 June 2020). "H.R. Owen hosts Bugatti previews at London showroom". Motor Trader. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Industry analysis: HR Owen backs the luxury car market". Autocar. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ Sharpe, Tom. "News & Features Editor". AM Online. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ^ Hutchinson, Curtis (6 January 2016). "HR Owen wins Ferrari's Global Dealer of the Year award". Motor Trader. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. ^ "HR Owen named as world's number one Ferrari dealer". AM-online. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  8. ^ "HR Owen is Rolls-Royce Global Dealer of the Year". www.motortrader.com. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.