List of discount stores in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the current and defunct discount chains of the United Kingdom. This list does not include discount supermarket chains which can be found at list of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom.

List of current discount stores

Discount store	Image	Founded / Came to UK	Owned by	Number of stores	Notes
B & M		1978	B&M European Value Retail S.A.	400
Bargain Buys		2013	TPG	50	New brand launched by Poundworld founder Chris Edwards to replace former DiscountUK brand
Bargain Crazy			Shop Direct Group	10	Discounter of surplus stock from within the Shop Direct family of companies
Boyes		1881		53	Discounter based in the North East, Yorkshire and East Midlands
Buyright			QD Commercial Group Holdings[1]		Pop up brand used by QD stores to test new locations, stores are on temporary lease
The Factory Shops		c.1980s	The Factory Shops Essex Ltd	5[2]	Family run Essex-based discount store
HEMA		2014	Lion Capital LLP	3	London-centric Dutch discount store that started in Amsterdam in 1926[3]
Home Bargains		1976	TJ Morris	380
In-Excess UK				4	Disconter based in Hampshire and Dorset
Max 99p		2013		4	Family owned chain of discount stores located in Peterborough, Chelmsford, Pontypridd and Woolston
The Original Factory Shop		1969	Duke Street Capital	>200[4]
Poundland		1991	Steinhoff	450+	Largest single price discounter in the UK
Poundland Plus		2015	Steinhoff		New multi price format opened in former Family Bargain stores after the purchase of 99p Store.
Pound Mart			Pound Mart (Scotland) Ltd		Small chain of single price discounters, store on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow claims to be largest pound shop in UK
Poundstretcher		1981	Crown Crest Group	400
Poundworld		1974	TPG	>300	Business started as market stall in Wakefield; branded Poundworld since 2004, also trades as Poundworld Extra and Poundworld Plus
Quality Save		1974	Richard Rudkin & Paul Rudkin	21	Business started as a market stall in Walkden, north-based discount chain
QD stores			QD Commercial Group Holdings[5]	25	Discount group based mainly in East of England & the Home Counties
Savers Health & Beauty		1988	A.S. Watson Group	230	Discount drug store
Store Twenty One		2007	Grabal Alok	200	Discount clothing and homewares, created from the ashes of QS Stores and Bewise
The Range		1989	Chris Dawson	100	Discount home and hardware originally called CDS Superstores
The Spotty Bag Shop		2007	Des Cheyne	1	Visitor attraction in Banff, Aberdeenshire and one of the largest indpendent retailers in the UK.
Thing - Me - Bobs			QD Commercial Group Holdings[5]	11	Brand name for smaller QD stores
This Is It Famous Value Stores				6	Chain of discount stores located in Devon, Dorset and Somerset[6]
Tiger		2005	Zebra A/S	46	Danish discount sore based primarily in the South East
Trade Counters		c.1990s		2	South Essex based home and hardware discount store with at one time five stores
Trago Mills				3	South West based discount department stores
Value House Stores				3	South West based Home & Garden discounter, owned by the Ford Family of Ford & Lock / Brian Ford Discount Superstore fame.[7]

List of defunct discount stores

Discount store	Image	Founded / Came to UK	Closed / Brand discontinued	Owned by	Number of stores	Notes
99p Stores		2001	2016	Lalani family	259	99p Stores purchased by Poundland in 2015 rebranded as Poundland
Alworths		2009	2011		18	Rebranded from Woolworths, entered administration in 2011
Basildon Stores			2012		5	Discount home, garden and hardware chain based in South Essex, closed due to retirement
Bewise			2006	Hamsard 2353	200	Discount homeware and clothing retailer, went into administration 2006, some stores were purchased by new chain Store Twenty One[8]
The Big Label			2009		5	Formerly QS Discount, owned by QS Stores; owned five stores in Blackburn, Sale, Atherton, Warrington and Chorley
CDS Superstores		1989		Chris Dawson		Discount chain rebranded as The Range
DiscountUK			2013	Chris Edwards and Chris Edwards Junior	41	Re-branded as Bargain Buys
Family Bargains			2016	Poundland		A sister brand of the 99p shop, which were rebranded as Poundland Plus after 99p Store purchase.
House of Holland			c.1980s			South of England-based discount department store went into administration late 80s[9]
Hypervalue		1980	2009	Hilco		Discount chain mainly located in South Wales, but had stores as afar as Southampton, bought by Hilco in 2006 before going into administration
...instore		2002	2007	instore plc		...instore was a new corporate name that failed for £-stretcher business - name reverted to Poundstretcher
One Up		1993			16	Clothing & Home discounter created by Storehouse plc, sold off in 1995 for £20m[10][11][12]
Parker Franks				Owned by Philip Green		North west based discounter of homewares and clothing, changed its name to Xception[11][13]
QS Stores		1932	2006	Hamsard 2353	143	QS started life as a clothing manufacturer. In 1960s they opened their first store selling clothing rejected by main buyer Marks & Spencer. In 1980s the store stopped selling seconds and went private in 1990. Was purchased by Hamsard 2353 in 2003 who brought it together with fellow purchase Bewise. Business went into administration in 2006. Some stores became part of Store Twenty One.[14]
Waremart			2009			Chain of discounters based in Yorkshire and North East in former Woolworths stores
What Everyone Wants		1990	2003	Tradegro	130	Formerly What Every Woman Wants, a Scottish chain of discount stores that became UK national in 1990 after its purchase by Brown & Jackson, owners of £-Stretcher. Sold to Tradegro in November 2002 before going into administration a month later. Locations were bought by Poundstretcher and Bewise
Woolworths		1909	2009	Woolworths Group plc	807	Company went into administration, name lives on as a web based retailer owned by Shop Direct Group
Xception				Philip Green		New name for North West-based Parker Franks, a discounter selling a variety of clothes and homewares[11][13]
Your Home Stores						Greater Manchester based discounter of homewares[13]
Your More Store		1991	2004	Tradegro	199	Set up Pepkor in 1991, the stores were based in Scotland and the North East of England. Bought by Brown & Jackson, owners of £-stretcher in 1997, before being sold to Tradegro in 2003 while in administration.[15]

References

Supermarkets in the United Kingdom
'big four'	Asda Morrisons Sainsbury's Tesco
convenience	Bargain Booze Best-One Budgens The Co-operative Food Costcutter Happy Shopper Jones Convenience Stores Londis Mace McColl's Nisa Premier Stores SPAR
discount	Aldi B & M Home Bargains Kwik Save Lidl Poundland Poundstretcher Poundworld Quality Save
frozen specialists	Farmfoods Heron Foods Iceland Fulton's Foods
online	Ocado
premium	Marks & Spencer Waitrose Whole Foods Market
regional	Booths Dunnes Stores Filco Planet Organic Shoprite (Isle of Man)
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