Screwfix

Screwfix Direct Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
FoundedYeovil — as the Woodscrew Company (1979)
FounderJon Goddard-Watts
HeadquartersYeovil, England, UK[1]
Number of locations
1,726 (2023) [2]
Key people
John Mewett
(Chief executive officer)[3]
ProductsScrews, power tools, hand tools, fixings & accessories, kitchens & bathrooms, electrical & lighting, building & joinery, heating & plumbing, safety & workwear, security & ironmongery, outdoor & gardening
RevenueIncrease£2,538 million[4]: 10 (2023)
Number of employees
over 14,000 (2023)[5]
ParentKingfisher plc
Websitescrewfix.com

Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom.[6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc, which also owns B&Q, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  1. ^ "Ex-warehouse is new company HQ". BBC News. 7 July 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Screwfix". Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Group Executives". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Final results for the year ended 31 January 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Screwfix". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Screwfix still in fix over orders". BBC News. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2014.