# List of discount shops 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 shops

| Brand | Founded / Came to UK | Owner | # of shops | Notes |
| B&M | 1978 | B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 741 | The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004 |
| Bargain Buys | 2013 | Fortress Investment Group | 61 | Brand launched by Poundworld founder Chris Edwards to replace former DiscountUK brand, which closed with failure of parent company. Restarted as a sister brand by Poundstretcher. |
| BJ's Value House | | | 2 | South West based Home & Garden discounter, owned by the Ford Family of Ford & Lock / Brian Ford Discount Superstore fame. |
| Boyes | 1881 | Boyes family | 79 | Family owned discount shops department store chain based in Scarborough. Stores primarily in the North of England and East Midlands. |
| The Factory Shops | c.1980s | The Factory Shops Essex Ltd | 3 | Family run Essex-based discount shop |
| Flying Tiger Copenhagen | 2005 | Zebra A/S | 82 | Danish discount shop based primarily in the South East |
| Home Bargains | 1976 | TJ Morris | 617 | |
| In-Excess UK | | | 8 | Discounter based in Hampshire and Dorset |
| The Original Factory Shop | 1969 | Modella Capital | 180 | |
| OneBeyond | 2018 | Christopher Edwards Sr. | 100 | |
| Poundland | 1991 | Pepco | 825 | Largest single price discounter in the UK |
| Poundstretcher | 1981 | Fortress Investment Group | 263 | |
| Proper Job | 1997 | Tilley Family | 21 | Father and son Ray and Peter Tilley started Tilley's Tools in Cornwall, before running it as a wholesale business from Weston Super Mare. Proper Job was started in 1997 is based in Somerset. |
| QD | | QD Commercial Group Holdings | 31 | Discount group based mainly in East of England & the Home Counties |
| Savers | 1988 | A.S. Watson Group | 500 | Discount branded health, home and beauty. |
| The Range | 1989 | Chris Dawson | 210 | Discount home and hardware originally called CDS Superstores |
| This Is It Famous Value Shops | | | | Chain of discount shops located in Devon, Dorset and Somerset |
| Tradecounter | c.1990s | | | South Essex based home and hardware discount shop with at one time five shops |
| Trago Mills | Early 1960s | | 4 | South West based discount department stores |
| Wilko | 1930 | Chris Dawson | 7 | Launched in December 2023, the previous incarnation was founded in 1930, and went into administration in August 2023. |
| Yorkshire Trading Company | 1964 | Nichols Family | 32 | |

## List of defunct discount shops

| Discount shop | Image | Founded / Came to UK | Closed / Brand discontinued | Owned by | Number of shops | 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 |
| Bargain Crazy | | | | | | |
| Barmy Bobs | | | | | | Trading name of Yorkshire Trading Company that was phased out |
| 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 shops were purchased by new chain Store Twenty One |
| The Big Label | | | 2009 | | 5 | Formerly QS Discount, owned by QS Stores; owned five shops in Blackburn, Sale, Atherton, Warrington and Chorley |
| CDS Superstores | | 1989 | | Chris Dawson | | Discount chain rebranded as The Range |
| DiscountUK | | 2011 | 2013 | Chris Edwards and Chris Edwards Junior | 41 | Re-branded as Bargain Buys |
| Family Bargains | | 2010 | 2016 | Poundland | | A sister brand of the 99p shop, which was rebranded as Poundland Plus after 99p Stores' purchase. |
| Glyn Webb | | | 2006 | | 22 | Former discount DIY chain |
| Grandfare | 1967 | | | | | Early discount store in Shiprow, Aberdeen, which became What Everyone Wants. |
| HEMA | | 2014 | 2021 | Lion Capital LLP | 9 | London-centric Dutch discount shop that started in Amsterdam in 1926 |
| House of Holland | | | c.1980s | | | South of England-based discount department store went into administration late 80s |
| Hypervalue | | 1980 | 2009 | Hilco | | Discount chain mainly located in South Wales, but had shops 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 |
| Max 99p | | 2013 | 2018 | | 4 | Family owned chain of discount shops located in Peterborough, Chelmsford, Pontypridd and Woolston. Went into liquidation in 2018. |
| JC Nicholls | | | | | | Trading name operated by the Yorkshire Trading Company that was phased out. |
| One Up | | 1993 | | | 16 | Clothing and Home discounter created by Storehouse plc, sold off in 1995 for £20m |
| Parker Franks | | | | Owned by Philip Green | | Northwest-based discounter of homewares and clothing; changed its name to Xception |
| Poundworld | | 1974 | 2018 | TPG | >300 | Business started as market stall in Wakefield; branded Poundworld from 2004. Also traded as Poundworld Extra and Poundworld Plus |
| Quality Save | | 1974 | 2024 | Richard Rudkin & Paul Rudkin | 21 | Business started as a market stall in Walkden, north-based discount chain. Taken over by Home Bargains and rebranded. |
| QS Stores | | 1932 | 2006 | Hamsard 2353 | 143 | QS started life as a clothing manufacturer. In 1960s they opened their first shop selling clothing rejected by main buyer Marks & Spencer. In 1980s the shop 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 shops became part of Store Twenty One. |
| Shop Direct Group | | | | | 10 | Discounter of surplus stock from within the Shop Direct family of companies |
| Store Twenty One | | 2007 | 2017 | Grabal Alok | 200 | Discount clothing and homewares, created from the ashes of QS Stores and Bewise |
| Thing - Me - Bobs | | | 2022 | QD Commercial Group Holdings | 11 | Stores purchased by QD in 2013. Moved to QD branding in 2022. |
| Waremart | | | 2009 | | | Chain of discounters based in Yorkshire and northeast in former Woolworths shops |
| What Everyone Wants | | 1990 | 2003 | Tradegro | 130 | Formerly What Every Woman Wants, a Scottish chain of discount shops 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 northwest-based Parker Franks, a discounter selling a variety of clothes and homewares |
| Your Home Stores | | | | | | Greater Manchester based discounter of homewares |
| 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. |