# List of department stores of the United Kingdom

This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).

## Currently trading
### A–F

| Business name | Main location | Date started | Additional branches |
| Atkinsons | Sheffield | 1865 | |
| Austins | Newton Abbot | 1924 | |
| Bakers & Larners | Holt | 1770 | Also operates a builders merchant (C.T. Baker, the original business) and two franchise branches of the Budgen's supermarket chain, including the largest by floor area in the UK in Holt and a smaller branch in Aylsham. The CT Baker group also owns a number of other retail properties in Holt. |
| Baldwins | Stowmarket | | * Dovercourt * Ipswich |
| Banburys | Barnstaple | 1900 | Tiverton |
| Barbours | Dumfries | 1856 | |
| Barkers | Northallerton | 1882 | |
| Barretts | Woodbridge | 1969 | |
| Barsleys | Paddock Wood | 1891 | |
| Beales | Poole | 2020 | * Peterborough * Southport |
| Bennetts | Derby | 1734 | |
| Boundary Outlet Stores | Colne | | * Grantham * Newcastle upon Tyne * Sheffield * Walsall |
| Boyes | Scarborough | 1881 | 65 stores trading throughout northern and central England |
| Bradbeers | Romsey | 1837 | * New Milton * Hedge End |
| Browns | York | 1890 | * Helmsley * Beverley * Gainsborough |
| Camerons | Ballymena | | |
| Camp Hopson | Newbury | 1921 | Owned by the Brixton based Morleys Group which operates seven other stores. |
| City Cycle Centre | Ely | | |
| Clares | Llandudno | 1927 | Owned by Ulster Stores. |
| Collingwood Batchellor | Horley | 1968 | Department store in Horley with smaller branches selling furniture and household goods. Their long-standing fashion department closed following a refurbishment in 2013. |
| Creasey & Son | St Peter Port | 1899 | |
| W J Daniel & Co. | Windsor | 1901 | * Chiswick * West Ealing |
| Vincent Davies & Sons | Haverfordwest | 1906 | |
| Dawsons | Clitheroe | 1936 | |
| J Dixon & Son | Whitehaven | 1882 | |
| Downtown | Grantham | 1804 | Boston |
| Dunnes Stores | Bangor, County Down | 1944 | Group of 155 stores trading in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Spain |
| Elliotts | Lymington | 1872 | |
| Elys | Wimbledon | 1876 | Owned by the Brixton based Morleys Group which operates seven other stores. |
| The Emporium | Maldon | 2004 | |
| Elphicks | Farnham | 1881 | |
| Eve & Ranshaw | Louth | 1781 | |
| Facy | Henley-on-Thames | | |
| Fenwick | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1882 | Group of 9 department stores |
| Fields | Sidmouth | 1809 | |
| Fortnum & Mason | Piccadilly, London | 1707 | |

### G–O

| Business name | Main location | Date started | Additional branches |
| Glasswells | Bury St. Edmunds | 1946 | Branches across Suffolk |
| Goulds | Dorchester | 1902 | Also operate Simpson in Sidmouth |
| Hancock & Wood | Warrington | 1914 | |
| Harrods | Knightsbridge, London | 1849 | |
| Harry's | Lerwick | | |
| Harts Of Stur | Sturminster Newton | 1919 | |
| Harvey Nichols | Knightsbridge, London | 1831 | Group of 14 stores, seven of which are located in the UK: Birmingham * Bristol * Edinburgh * Leeds * Liverpool * Manchester |
| Harveys of Halifax | Halifax | 1920s | |
| Hatchers | Taunton | 1775 | |
| Heart of England Co-operative Society | Nuneaton | 1832 | Co-operative group of food and non-food businesses operating 7 department stores including: Nuneaton * Coventry |
| Hills of Spalding | Spalding | 1960 | |
| Hoopers | Torquay | 1982 | Group of four department stores with branches at Harrogate, Tunbridge Wells and Wilmslow. |
| House of Fraser | Oxford Street, London | 1849 | Group of traditional department stores in the UK; stores include: Glasgow * Birmingham |
| T J Hughes | Liverpool | 1912 | Group of 16 department stores |
| Jarrold & Sons | Norwich | 1770 | Group comprising one department store and associated smaller shops |
| John Lewis & Partners | Oxford Street, London | 1864 | The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000. Peter Jones in Chelsea, London retains its original names. Stores include: Cardiff * Cheltenham * Cribbs, Bristol * Edinburgh * Newcastle upon Tyne * Reading * Peter Jones, Sloane Square, London |
| Lathams | Potter Heigham | 1964 | |
| Leekes | Pontyclun | 1897 | * Bilston * Cross Hands * Llantrisant * Melksham |
| Liberty | Regent Street, London | 1875 | |
| Lilliput Textiles | Bridport | 1986 | |
| Marks & Spencer | Marble Arch, Oxford Street, London | 1884 | Branches throughout the UK |
| Menarys | Cookstown | 1923 | Branches throughout Northern Ireland |
| C Milner & Sons | Leyburn | 1882 | |
| Morleys | Brixton | 1897 | Group of eight department stores including: Brixton * Camp Hobson, Newbury * Elys, Wimbledon * Pearson, Enfield |

### P–Z

| Business name | Main location | Date started | Additional branches |
| Peters | Huddersfield | 1982 | |
| Pettits | Wallingford | 1856 | |
| Potters of Buxton | Buxton | 1860 | |
| Quadrant | Chelmsford | 1969 | Braintree |
| Roomes of Upminster | Upminster | 1888 | |
| Rossiters of Bath | Bath | 1961 | A Cardiff branch in the Morgan Arcade closed in 2017 after 10 years in the city. |
| Roys of Wroxham | Hoveton | 1895 | * Norwich * North Walsham * Thetford * Dereham * Beccles * Sudbury |
| Rutherford & Co | Morpeth | 1846 | |
| Sanderson's Boutique | Fox Valley, Sheffield | 2016 | * Stroud Morpeth |
| John Sanders | Ruislip | 1865 | |
| James Selby | Holloway | 1895 | |
| Selfridges | Oxford Street, London | 1908 | * Birmingham * Manchester * Trafford Centre |
| Sinclairs of Sheffield | Sheffield | 1962 | * Stamford |
| Stringers | Lytham | 1852 | |
| Tamworth Co-operative Society | Tamworth | 1886 | |
| C J Townrow & Sons | St. Ives, Cambridgeshire | 1871 | * Maldon, Essex * Frinton-on-Sea * Sudbury |
| Trago Mills | Newton Abbot | 1960s | * Liskeard * Merthyr Tydfil * Falmouth |
| Tylers Department Store | Loughborough | 1922 | |
| Ulster Stores | Moore of Coleraine | 1925 | * The White House, Portrush * Clares of Llandudno, Llandudno – established 1928; purchased by Ulster Stores in 2002 * de Gruchy St Helier |
| Voisins | St Helier | 1837 | |
| Walker & Ling | Weston-super-Mare | 1892 | |
| Warden Brothers | Newtownards | 1877 | |
| Wetherells | Selby | 1898 | |
| Wilkies | Falkirk | 1898 | Small chain in Scotland with department stores in Falkirk and Ballater and 11 smaller stores. |
| Wroes | Bude | 1919 | * Launceston * Wadebridge |
| R Yates & Sons | Malton | 1845 | |

## Defunct department store groups

| Business name | Main location | Date started | Description | No. Of Stores at Peak | Closed |
| Allders Department Stores | Croydon | 1862 | Group went into administration on 29 January 2005. All branches were subsequently sold or closed. The flagship Croydon store continued to trade independently after 2005, finally closing on 22 September 2012. | 50 | 2012 |
| J J Allen | Bournemouth | 1899 | Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1969. Merged into E Dingle & Co. | 6 | 1971 |
| John Antsee | | | Holding company of a number of department stores and large drapery stores including Arding & Hobbs (acquired 1938) and Owles & Beaumont. Bought by United Drapery Stores in 1948 | | 1948 |
| Army & Navy Stores | Victoria Street, London | 1871 | Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1973 | 27 | 2005 |
| Arnotts | Glasgow | 1850 | Group created by House of Fraser for stores in Scotland. | | 2005 |
| T Baird & Sons | Wishaw | | Group of department stores acquired by House of Fraser in 1970 from Selincourt & Sons Ltd of London and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group. The branches in Hamilton, Airdrie and Bellshill were later sold by House of Fraser as a going concern to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster, and reverted to the Bairds name. | 16 | 2014 |
| John Barker & Co. | Kensington | 1870 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 5 | 2006 |
| Beales | Bournemouth | 1881 | Group went into administration. Poole, Peterborough and Southport stores since reopened under the Beales name. | 41 | 2020 |
| Beatties | Wolverhampton | 1877 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 12 | 2019 |
| Bentalls | Kingston upon Thames | 1867 | Group acquired by Fenwick | 9 | 2017 |
| Benzie & Miller | Fraserburgh | 1920 | Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1958 and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group | 5 | 1970s |
| H Binns, Son & Co. | Sunderland | 1807 | Group of 9 stores acquired by House of Fraser. Expanded to include stores across the north and east of England. | 18 | 2006 |
| Blacketts | Sunderland | 1826 | Group acquired by Hide & Co. | 5 | 1972 |
| Bobby & Co. | Margate | 1887 | Group acquired by Drapery Trust in 1927 and merged with Debenhams | 18 | 1972 |
| Bon Marché | Brixton | 1877 | Group of department stores (Pratts of Streatham; Barrats of Clapham Junction; Quin & Axten) acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores. | 4 | 1926 |
| Brighton Co-operative Society | Brighton | 1887 | Group merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society. | | 2006 |
| Brights | Bournemouth | 1871 | Group of three department stores, trading under the names Brights and Colsons of Exeter, acquired by J J Allen | 3 | 1960 |
| Brown Muff | Bradford | 1814 | Group acquired by House of Fraser. Absorbed into Rackhams group. | 4 | 1978 |
| British Home Stores | Oxford Street, London | 1928 | Fell into administration on 25 April 2016 to eventually close all branches on 28 August 2016. | 171 | 2016 |
| Canadian & English Stores (also Northgate & English Stores & Combined English Stores) | Liverpool | 1951 | A company created to buy and run retail businesses for investor by Harry Brooks. Sir Samuel R. Hogg was appointed chairman in 1958 after investigating a shareholder row over a £1 million loss. The same year they sold their Canadian operations. The company grew into an operating company that managed furniture, clothing and department stores. In 1962 they purchased a manufacturing group called Northgate and changed the company name to Northgate and English Stores. The business was split into two in 1966, with the retail business becoming Combined English Stores. Department stores owned by Canadian and English included: Oxleys North London Drapery Stores - purchased 1961 Benjamin Beardmore Evans (B. B. Evans) - purchased 1962 J. B. Brown - purchased 1962 V H Jarvis | 6 | 1966 |
| Chiesmans | Lewisham | 1884 | Group acquired by House of Fraser and eventually incorporated into the Army & Navy group | 12 | Late 1970s |
| James Colmer | Bath | 1870 | Group of 5 department stores acquired by Owen Owen | 5 | 1973 |
| The Co-operative Group | Manchester | 1844 | Operators of 36 department stores, many trading under the "Living" brand, 7 of which were sold to Anglia Regional Co-operative Society in 2006, all others closed | 36 | 2006 |
| Co-operative Retail Services | Manchester | | Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society to form The Co-operative Group | | 2000 |
| Co-operative Wholesale Society | Manchester | | Merged with Co-operative Retail Services to form The Co-operative Group | | 2000 |
| Debenhams | Oxford Street, London | 1778 | Went into administration 2020. Brand bought by BooHoo and all stores closed in May 2021. | 178 | 2021 |
| E Dingle & Co. | Plymouth | 1880 | Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1971. Became group trading name for stores in the south west of England. | 26 | 2006 |
| Doggarts | Bishop Auckland | 1895 | Group of small department stores based in the North East. | 17 | 1980 |
| Drapery Trust | | 1925 | Holding company of a group of department stores; purchased by Debenhams in 1927; amalgamated with Debenhams. | 14 | 1973 |
| Eaden Lilley | originally Cambridge, then Saffron Walden | 1760 | Started in Cambridge, expanded to include stores in Saffron Walden and Great Sheldon. Cambridge store closed in 1999. | 3 | 2009 |
| East of England Co-operative Society | Ipswich | 1868 | Department stores sold to Vergo Retail in 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| David Evans | Swansea | 1900 | group of three department stores, 2 of which were acquired by House of Fraser in 1977 and merged into Dingles grouping. | 3 | 1977 |
| Fear Hills | Trowbridge | 1880 | Group of four department stores. Trowbridge store moved to the former Hill Hall cinema in around 1926. Additional stores in Frome, Wells (formerly J. N. Button 1945) and Edwin Henley in Shepton Mallet. Became part of E Dingle & Co. | 4 | |
| Featherstones | Chatham | 1901 | Small Kent based group | 6 | 1981 |
| Gammons | Guildford | 1864 | Small department store chain based in Surrey and Kent. Started by Ebenezer Gammon & his brother James Fielder Gammon in Godalming, the partnership was dissolved in 1871 and Ebenezer moved the business to Guildford. Branches were opened in Cobham, Woking, Cranleigh and Ripley, Surrey and Cranbrook, Kent. Purchased by Debenhams in 1961. Guildford store closed in 1968 to coincide with the opening of a new Plummer Roddis in the town. Other stores closed in the 1970s with Woking closing in 1983. | 6 | 1961 |
| Goldbergs | Glasgow | 1908 | Glasgow based group with stores in Scotland and one in England. | 15 | 1990 |
| Grant-Warden | Walton on Thames | | Stores in Walton on Thames, Nottingham (formerly Tobys) and Ilford. Bought by Beales. | | |
| Great Northern and Southern Stores | | 1936 | Holding company of the fourth largest group of department stores during 1930s. Purchased Hide & Co in 1939 and through a reverse takeover, Hide & Co became the holding company. | | 1939 |
| Great Universal Stores | | 1900 | Multi retail group run by Sir Isaac Wolfson, who owned several department stores between 1950s and 1980s. Stores included Attwoods (Kidderminster), Bainbridges (Lincoln), Beavans (Byker), Darling & Co. (Edinburgh), Houndsditch Warehouse (Houndsditch, London), Jones & Higgins (Peckham) and J Robb & Co (Belfast)). | | 1986 |
| Edward Grey | Birmingham | | Midlands based group acquired by Debenhams in the 1950s. The Walsall branch continued to trade as Debenhams until 2021. | | 1950s |
| Harrods | Knightsbridge | 1849 | Group acquired by House of Fraser; the flagship Knightsbridge store is now independently owned and continues to trade as Harrods. | 9 | 1970s |
| Henry's Stores | Manchester | 1923 | Founded by Henry Cohen, he opened Smart Outfitting Company in 1910, before turning down a chance to join Marks & Spencer, opening Henry's Stores in Market Street, Manchester. The business was a discount department store, and grew to further branches, including Birmingham and Stockport. Stores were purchased in 1968 by British Home Stores. | 11 | 1968 |
| Hide & Co. | Kingston upon Thames | 1873 | Founded in 1873 after Joseph Hide bought the Kingston upon Thames store of William Shrubsole, who was retiring. In 1939 Great Northern and Southern Stores bought Hide & Co but through a reverse takeover, the company became Hide & Co. Was investigated for fraudulent behaviour in 1948 over previous takeovers. Purchased by Tootal in 1965 for its ladies clothing store brands that were merged into the Van Allen chain. Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1975. Stores included: Hides of Bridgwater (formerly Great Northern and Southern Store) Goorwitch (Northern Ireland) Bickers (Dewsbury) Bickers (Shrewsbury) Rightons (Evesham) Webbers (Oxford) | 20 | 1975 |
| Hills & Steele | | 1937 | Formed from the former New Universal Stores group, that had been created by Great Universal Stores and American Charley Nicholls. In 1937 Canadian retailer Zellars purchased Nicholls shares and renamed the business to Hills & Steele. In 1939, with the business losing money, Great Universal Stores bought out Zellars, but five years later sold the business to British Home Stores. In the 1960s British Home Stores either closed or rebranded the stores under their own name. | | 1960s |
| Hurst & Sandler | | | Principally a manufacturer of gowns and other textile goods. The company owned a number of subsidiary wholesale and retail drapery businesses in Yorkshire, including Willis Brothers of Hull and Ludlows of Bradford (merged to form Willis Ludlow), John Banner of Sheffield, Lingards of Bradford and Rushworths of Huddersfield. Acquired by United Drapery Stores. | | |
| Jolly & Son | Bath | 1810s | Group acquired by E Dingle & Co. in 1970. | 4 | 1970 |
| Keddies | Southend-on-Sea | 1892 | Southend-based department store that expanded with several new branches during the 1970s, before closing them during the 1980s and going into administration in 1994 | 4 | 1994 |
| Lewis & Hyland | Ashford | | Drapers and outfitters opened by Frederick Hyland and George Alexander Lewis, which expanded to branches in Dartford, Tenterden, Sittingbourne, Folkestone (under the name Lewis and Goble). The partnership was dissolved in 1883, and the business continued under Frederick Hyland. The business grew to include a grocery store, and further branches opened in Ramsgate and Cliftonville. The Ashford store was demolished in 1975. | | |
| Lewis's | Liverpool | 1856 | Group went into administration in 1991. A number of stores were subsequently acquired by Owen Owen. The flagship Liverpool store was last owned by Vergo Retail and closed on 29 May 2010. | 18 | 2010 |
| Lincolnshire Co-operative | Lincoln | 1861 | Operated a number of department stores, the remaining two of which, in Lincoln and Gainsborough, were acquired by Oldrids in 2013. The co-operative continues to operate a number of businesses outside of non-food retail. | | 2013 |
| London Co-operative Society | Stratford | 1920 | Group amalgamated with Co-operative Retail Services in 1981 | | 1981 |
| William McIlroy | Swindon | 1875 | Group of department stores originally established in Swindon. | 22 | 1998 |
| McMaster Stores | | 1989 | Group of seven stores (Airdrie; Ayr; Banff; Bellshill; Hamilton; Irvine; Stirling) purchased from House of Fraser in a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster. The business went into administration in 1993. Hourstons in Ayr and Bairds in Hamilton were bought by Jebrell family, while Mackay Stores bought the Banff store. | 7 | 1993 |
| Macowards | Cardiff | | Founded by Maurice Lermon in 1937 to buy the businesses of Lermons of Cardiff, Macowards of Swansea and G W Davies of Bargoed. The business expanded by purchasing drapery, furnishing and department stores. They challenged GUS for the purchase of Jones & Higgins. The company faced a takeover bids from both James Howell & Co and A Wilson Stores in 1960, which was fought off by the board. During the late 1960s Oliver Jessel's Jessel Securities started investing in the business by purchasing a 27% shareholding, and completing a takeover in 1971. In 1970/71 the group turnover was £7,740,000 with a profit before tax of £263,492. In 1973 the group became Maples-Macowards after the furniture group Maple & Co was purchased for £14.4 million. Jessel Securities collapsed in 1974, and eight of the stores were sold to Owen Owen. Maple was sold to Waring & Gillow in 1980, and the last Macowards store in Llanelli closed in 1984. Stores included: Clegg, Wilmslow Colliers Stores, Liverpool James Cock, Burslem J W Coombs, Northwich G. L. Davies t/a The Emporium, Bargoed Dawson & Co, Sidcup J F Densons, Chester Samuel Hall, Cardiff H E Keightley & Son, Lincolnshire Kendalls, Malvern Lermons, Cardiff Macowards, Cardiff & others Maddox & Co, Shrewsbury Midland Drapery Company, Derby Penningtons, Spalding Reynolds, Newport George Sturla & Co (Various sites) W J Wade, Brighton Thomas Wallis & Co, Oxford Street, London and others W S Wood, Colwyn Bay | possibly 35 | |
| Marshall & Snelgrove | Oxford Street, London | 1837 | Group merged with Debenhams in 1919. | 11 | 1973 |
| McEwens | Perth | 1868 | Small group of stores, with branches in Oban and Ballater. Perth store was originally filled with Beales in 2017 before their demise. | 3 | 2016 |
| Merchant Retail Group | Sunderland | | Owner of 6 department stores, 2 of which, Joplings and Robbs, were sold to Owen Owen in 2005. | 6 | |
| Midlands Co-operative Society | Derby | 1854 | Started out as Derby Co-operative Provident Society in 1854. | | 2013 |
| Daniel Neal & Sons | Portman Square, London | 1837 | Children based department stores purchased by the John Lewis Partnership in 1963. | 6 | 1977 |
| Owen Owen | Liverpool | 1868 | Group went into administration on 28 February 2007; three stores subsequently acquired by Vergo Retail | | 2007 |
| Plummer Roddis | Hastings | 1871 | Group acquired by Drapery Trust, Renamed Debenhams in 1970s. Southampton store was bought out by the management team but closed in 1993. | 11 | 1973 |
| Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society | Plymouth | 1859 | Department stores sold to Vergo Retail | 5 | 2009 |
| Rackhams | Birmingham | 1861 | Purchased by Harrods in 1955, which in 1959 was bought by House of Fraser. During the 1970s Rackhams became the group brand name for the Midlands. | 10 | 2000 |
| Matthias Robinson | Hartlepool | 1875 | Group acquired by Debenhams in 1962 | 4 | 1972 |
| Peter Robinson | Oxford Circus, London | 1883 | Group acquired by Burton | 39 | 1970s |
| Robinson & Cleaver | Donegall Square, Belfast | 1874 | Group with branches at Regent Street, London; Bangor, County Down; Liverpool and Bournemouth | 5 | 1984 |
| Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) | Woolwich | 1872 | Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1985. | 5 | 1985 |
| Schofields | Leeds | 1901 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 3 | 1986 |
| Scottish Drapery Corporation | | 1926 | Holding company acquired by House of Fraser | 11 | 1952 |
| Scottish Midland Co-operative Society | Edinburgh | 1981 | Formed in by a merger of the Dalziell Society of Motherwell with the St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society. | 20 | 1990 |
| Selfridge Provincial Stores | Oxford Street, London | 1926 | Group created by Selfridges in 1926. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940. Selfridges flagship department store was not part of this acquisition and was acquired by Lewis's in 1951. | 20 | 1940 |
| Sheffield Co-operative Society | Sheffield | 1868 | Merged with United Co-operatives in 2007 | 3 | 2008 |
| Shephards | Gateshead | 1908 | Small Group based in the North East. | 10 | 1980 |
| J C Smith & Sons | Nuneaton | | Group of 3 department stores acquired by Debenham in 1929. | 3 | 1976 |
| South Suburban Co-operative Society | Croydon | 1918 | Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1984 | | 1984 |
| Sunwin House | Bradford | | Originally known as the Co-op Emporium. Department store operations of United Co-operatives; stores sold to Anglia Regional Co-operative Society and T J Hughes | | |
| United Drapery Stores | | 1927 | Holding company of a number of businesses including department stores. Department store operations merged to form Allders Department Stores during the 1970s. Group was broken up after Hanson plc purchased the business in 1984 and became Allders. | | 1984 |
| E Upton and Sons | Teesside | 1869 | Started life as a grocery store in South Bank, Middlesbrough by Edward Upton, the business grew to three department stores in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton.The business was sold by the family in 2000, and by 2001 the flagship store at Linthoroe Road was closed. | 3 | 2001 |
| Vergo Retail | Liverpool | 2007 | Group of department stores including former Owen Owen, Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society and East of England Co-operative Society department stores. Robbs in Hexham sold to J E Beale and all other stores closed. | 19 | 2010 |
| Watt Brothers | Glasgow | 1915 | Opened in 1915 in Sauchiehall Street, it opened further stores across Scotland, in Irvine, Lanark, Falkirk, Port Glasgow, Hamilton, Livingston, Clydebank, Clarkston, Robroyston and Ayr. Went into administration in November 2019. Glasgow building was bought by the Easdale Brothers. | 11 | 2019 |
| Westgate Department Stores | Peterborough | 1876 | Group of department stores operated by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society; 19 of these stores were sold to J E Beale in 2011, while one was leased to Boyes. | 28 | 2011 |
| Wildings | Newport | 1874 | Small group of stores in Wales | 14 | 2019 |

## Defunct department stores
### A

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| 15:17 | Ayr | New concept department store opened in former BHS in Ayr, renting space to local businesses. Store opened in Kircaldy, but closed within 5 months. Three further stores opened in Cardiff, Worthing and Canterbury. Issues surrounding ownership and late payments reported in the press. | 2019 | 2021 |
| Adderlys | Leicester | Based in Market Square; bought by Marshall & Snelgrove 1920s; renamed as Marshall & Snelgrove in 1947. | | |
| Adnitt Brothers | Northampton | Established 1871 in the Drapery; bought by Debenhams in 1952; building rebuilt 1958–62; renamed Debenhams in 1973. | 1871 | 1973 |
| Affleck & Brown | Manchester | Bought by Debenhams in the 1950s. | c.1860s | 1973 |
| W J Aldiss | Fakenham | Established 1892; department store closed in 2008; W J Aldiss continue to operate home furnishing stores in Fakenham and Norwich. | 1892 | 2008 |
| J & R Allan | Edinburgh | Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation and subsequently acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts in the 1970s. | 1897 | c.1970s |
| Peter Allan | Edinburgh | Bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. in 1940; ownership subsequently transferred to House of Fraser in 1947. | | |
| Allansons | Birkenhead | Established in 1860; bought by Beatties in 1964; renamed Beatties; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 2005; renamed House of Fraser. | 1860 | |
| Joshua Thomas Allder | Catford | | 1877 | |
| Allen's | South Shields | Opened as a drapers in 1853 by Robert Newland, in 1896 business was acquired by Thomas Allen. Business was sold to Hedley Young & Co in the 1970s | | |
| Allen Anscombe & Sons Ltd | Harpenden | Opened 1855 by Allen Anscombe. Closed in 1982. | 1855 | 1982 |
| Almstrongs | Hawick | | | |
| Amblers | Skipton | Bought by Brown Muff in August 1961; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 1978; renamed Rackhams | | |
| Anderson & McAuley | Belfast | Founded in 1861, Closed in 1994. Other Branches: Bournemouth Brighton | 1861 | 1994 |
| Andersons Royal Polytechnic | Glasgow | Established 1837 as Glasgow's first department store. Bought by Lewis's in the 1920s and rebuilt. A new Lewis's department store opened on the site in 1929. Site became a Debenhams. | | |
| Arberys | Wantage | | C.1900 | 1995 |
| Arding & Hobbs | Battersea | Established 1876; bought by United Drapery Stores; incorporated into Allders Department Stores in 1961; renamed Allders c. 1999; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams. | 1876 | 1999 |
| Arnolds | Great Yarmouth | Established 1869; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams in 1972; closed in 1985; was located on Junction of Regent Street and King Street. | 1869 | 1972 |
| Asplands | Hackney, London | Based in Ridley Road. Taken over by London Co-operative Society. | | |
| Atkinson & Co | London | Was based at 198-212 Westminster Bridge Road. Purchased by Thomas Wallis & Co in 1905. | | 1905 |
| Attwoods | Kidderminster | Bought by Kay & Co. of Worcester, the catalogue business in the 1950s. | | |
| Austins | Derry | Established in 1830 by Thomas Austin, It was the reputedly the oldest independent department store in the world and one of the oldest in Europe until its closure in 2016. Purchased in 2014 by City Hotel Group. | 1830 | 2016 |

### B

| Name | Location | Description | Opening | Closing |
| William Badcock & Son | Newton Abbot | Bought by E Dingle & Co. in the 1960s; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 1971. | | |
| Bainbridges | Lincoln | Bought by Great Universal Stores in 1949. Other locations Wisbech | | |
| Bainbridge & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1952; renamed John Lewis in 2002. | 1838 | 2002 |
| Bainbridge Barker | Darlington | Sold to Matthias Robinson in 1961. | 1899 | |
| Bairds | Hamilton | Opened in 1919 as a branch of T Baird & Sons of Wishaw. The Baird group was purchased by House of Fraser in 1970 with the Hamilton store relocated to a new building later the same year. The Bairds stores, including Hamilton, were renamed Arnotts in 1982. House of Fraser sold the Hamilton store in 1989 to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster, after which the store reverted to the Bairds name. In 1993 the Jebrell family saved the business from administration but the store went into liquidation in 2014. | 1919 | 2014 |
| Baker, Baker & Co. | Bristol | Established in 1840. Purchased by Bell Nicholson & Lunt Group in 1963, the business was sold to Courtaulds in 1966 and the retail business was transferred and renamed McIlroys, the groups department store chain. | 1840 | |
| Baldwins | Deal | Succeeded by Laughtons. | | |
| John Banner | Sheffield | Established 1873; relocated to Attercliffe Road in 1894; rebuilt in 1934. Bought by Hurst & Sandler and subsequently acquired by United Drapery Stores; closed in 1980. | 1873 | 1980 |
| Barbers | Fulham | Closed in the 1980s. | 1891 | |
| Barlow & Taylor & Co | Derby | | | |
| John Barnes | Finchley Road, London | Bought by Selfridges in 1919; incorporated into Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926; rebuilt in 1935. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; closed in 1981; building subsequently occupied by Waitrose. | 1900 | 1981 |
| Barrett Brothers | Clapham | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926. | | |
| Barretts | St Neots | | 1888 | 2017 |
| Barrows | Birmingham | Started by the Cadbury's family, the business eventually became part of Fitch Lovell and merged with its supermarket chain Key Markets. | 1794 | 1973 |
| A. Barton & Co. | Wood Green | Became part of Hide & Co. Destroyed by fire in 1968. | 1907 | |
| Edward Bates | Chatham | Bought by Bentalls in 1979; renamed Bentalls; closed in the 1980s. | 1869 | 1979 |
| Bearmans | Leytonstone | Established by Frank Bearman, the business once co-owned Allders. The business was sold to London Co-operative in 1962, who continued to run the store under the Bearmans name until its closure in 1982. | 1898 | 1982 |
| Beavans | Byker | Bought by Great Universal Stores in 1964. | 1910 | |
| Joseph Beckett & Co. | Chester | Was located at Eastgate Row. Became part of Brown's of Chester. | | |
| Bedford Williams | Wolverhampton | Based opposite Beatties in Victoria Street before moving to the Mander Centre. | | |
| Beehive | Birmingham | Located in Albert Street. | | |
| Bellmans | Brighton and Hove | Opened in the 1920s after Sydney Bellman purchased the store from the Jacomeli family. The Brighton store located on London Road was demolished and rebuilt as a Fine Fare supermarket Other locations Hayward Heath Portslade Hove Lewes | | 1970 |
| V H Bennett | Weymouth | Bought by Debenhams and incorporated into the Plummer Roddis group; renamed Debenhams in 1973. | | 1973 |
| Isaac Benzie | Aberdeen | Bought by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts | 1894 | 1972 |
| Benzie & Miller | Fraserburgh | Opened in 1920 as an amalgamation of separate businesses. Purchased by House of Fraser in 1958. Other locations Inverness (formerly Young & Chapman) Banff (formerly Rankin & Ci) Peterhead (formerly A L Ramsay & Son) Elgin (formerly A L Ramsay & Son) | 1920 | |
| Berills | Spalding | Purchased by Mawer & Collingham in 1935 after death of Albert George Berrill. Closed 1971 | | 1971 |
| Birkheads | Walton-on-Thames | Closed in the 1970s | | |
| Bishops | Falkirk | Based in Kerse Lane. | | |
| Blacketts | Sunderland | Other locations Barnard Castle Bishop Auckland Stockton-on-Tees | 1826 | 1972 |
| Blacklers | Liverpool | | | 1988 |
| Bladons | Hull | Bought by Great Universal Stores in 1954 | | |
| J D Blair & Co. | Edinburgh | Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser. | | |
| Blake & Son | Maidstone | Bought by Edward Bates in 1969. | 1865 | 1978 |
| Blanchards | Infirmary Road, Sheffield | Closed c. 1970s. | | |
| Blands | Wembley | Traded from 1991 to 2017. | | |
| Blinkhorn & Son | Gloucester | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; closed in 1953 and buildings sold to Woolworths. Other location Stroud | | |
| Blooms | Salisbury | | | |
| Blundell Brothers | Luton | Established in 1852 at Market Hill; relocated to the new Arndale Centre in 1972; bought by Debenhams and renamed as such in 1977. Other location St Albans (Succeeded Fisk & Son in 1946 as a branch of Blundell Brothers; closed in 1966; demolished to make way for Heritage Close shopping precinct.) | 1852 | 1977 |
| John Blundell | Newcastle upon Tyne | Former Howards store rebranded by UDS. | | |
| John Blundell | Ipswich | On site of former E Brand store (possible rebrand by United Drapery Stores) Opened 1956. Refurbished 1977. | | |
| John Blundell | Bristol | | | |
| Blyths | Edinburgh | | | |
| Boardmans | Stratford | Bought by Keddies in the 1970s; closed in 1984 and building demolished | | 1984 |
| Bobby & Co. | Margate | Other locations Clifton (Succeeded John Cordeux & Sons as a branch of Bobby & Co. (Drapery Trust) in 1928; closed in 1932 and premises sold to Brights.) Leamington Spa Folkestone (formerly C J Saunders; purchased 1906) Eastbourne (formerly Atkinson & Co., trading as Strange & Atkinson; purchased 1910) Torquay (formerly Robert Thomas Knight; expanded 1921 with the purchase of Iredales) Bournemouth (opened 1915 on the site of Hugh King; later extended) Exeter (formerly Green & Son, acquired 1922) Southport | 1887 | 1972 |
| Bodgers | Ilford | Opened 14 June 1890; bought by Morleys in 1959; closed 28 February 2018. | 1890 | 2018 |
| Bolingbroke & Wenley | Chelmsford | Established 1846; department store closed in April 2000 and the building was subsequently demolished. A WH Smith and H&M store opened on the site in 2001. | 1846 | 2000 |
| Bonanza | Glasgow | | | |
| Bonds | Chelmsford | Started by John Bond, brother of Robert Bond, founder of Bonds of Norwich. Moved to current location in 1870; bought by Debenhams in the 1960s; renamed Debenhams in 1973. | | 1973 |
| Bonds | Norwich | Bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1982; renamed John Lewis in 2001. | 1879 | 2001 |
| Bon Marché | Brixton | Established in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting. The store was the first purpose-built department store in London. Smith named his department store after the Au Bon Marche in Paris. Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926 and subsequently acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940. | 1877 | 1975 |
| Bon Marché | Gloucester | Started by John Rowe Pope on Northgate Street, the business was bought by the Drapery Trust in the late 1920s from the Pope family. | 1889 | 1971 |
| Bon Marché | Liverpool | Established 1877 by Lewis's; bought by Liverpool Co-Operative Society in the late 1950s before acquisition by John Lewis Partnership in 1961; incorporated into George Henry Lee. | 1877 | |
| Bon Marché | Southsea | | 1927 | 2009 |
| Bon Marché | Tunbridge Wells | Bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1946; renamed The Silk Shop; closed in 1953 and premises sold to John Perris of Croydon | 1878 | |
| Boothroyds | Southport | Bought by Broadbents of Southport; acquired by Owen Owen and merged with Broadbents to form Broadbents & Boothroyds on the Boothroyds site. | | |
| Boswells of Oxford | Oxford | | 1738 | 2020 |
| Frederick Boulton | Cirencester | Acquired by House of Fraser in 1975; renamed Rackhams in 1977; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000 | 1881 | 1977 |
| Boulton & Talbot | Stafford | Later Boultons; succeeded by Brookfields 1865 | 1743 | |
| Bourne & Hollingsworth | Oxford Street, London | Other locations Southampton (Sold in 1979 & became Bournes) | | 1983 |
| Bournes | Southampton | Succeeded Bourne & Hollingsworth 1979. | 1979 | 1983 |
| Bow's Emporium | Glasgow | Established by William Bow. Purchased by Wylie Hill & Co in 1947 | 1873 | |
| Bradley's Drapery Stores | Oswestry | Became part of Hide & Co | | |
| E Braggins & Sons | Bedford | Opened by Ezra Braggins in 1885. The family sold the business in 1968 to a local stationery, Lonsdale & Bartholomew who ran the store until 1982, selling the company to Beales | 1885 | |
| Brakes | Taunton | | | |
| E. Brand & Sons | Ipswich | Closed in the 1950s (possibly purchased by United Drapery Stores as became a John Blundell store) | 1875 | |
| Bratt & Dyke | Hanley | Closed in the late 1980s. Other locations Stafford | 1890 | |
| Bratts and Evans | Northwich | Other locations Nantwich Knutsford | 1860 | |
| Brays | Malvern | | 1895 | 2019 |
| Brice & Sons | Northampton | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores | | |
| Brindleys | Derby | | | |
| Brights | Bournemouth | Bought by J J Allen in 1960. Acquired by House of Fraser in 1969; renamed Dingles in 1973; renamed House of Fraser in the 2000s. Clifton (Opened in the former premises of Bobby & Co. as a branch of Brights 1932. Acquired by J J Allen 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; closed 1990s.) | 1871 | 1973 |
| Brightwells | Southend-on-Sea | | | |
| Bristol Guild of Applied Art | Bristol | Known as Bristol Guild or The Guild. Located on Park Street. Closed 30 May 2024. | 1908 | 2024 |
| Broadbents | Southport | Bought by Owen Owen; merged with Boothroyds of Southport to form Broadbents & Boothroyds on the Boothroyds site; Broadbents premises sold. | | |
| Broadbents & Boothroyds | Southport | Formed from the merger of Broadbents and Boothroyds, by Owen Owen, on the Boothroyds site; bought by J E Beale; renamed Beales. | | |
| Brookfields | Stafford | Succeeded Boultons. | | 1909 |
| Browns of Chester | Chester | Founded by Susannah Brown, the store was once called the Harrods of the North. Was purchased by Debenhams in 1976. | 1780 | 2021 |
| D G Brown | Harrogate | | | |
| D M Brown | Dundee | Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts 1970s; closed 2002. | | |
| J B Brown | Clayton Square, Liverpool | Purchased by Canadian and English Stores Ltd in 1962. | | 1970 |
| Brown & Philips | Deal | | 1938 | 2003 |
| John Bryants & Sons | St Ives | Bought by Eaden Lilley 2003; renamed Eaden Lilley. Bought from the receiver of Eaden Lilley by C J Townrow & Sons 2009; renamed Townrow. | 1887 | 2003 |
| W J Buckley & Co. | Harrogate | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores and subsequently acquired by the John Lewis Partnership in 1940. The store was sold to Busbys of Bradford in 1953 who rebranded the store under the Busbys name. Busbys was itself purchased by Debenhams in 1958. The store was renamed Debenhams in 1973 and continued to trade from the same site until Debenhams' closure in 2021. | | 1953 |
| A H Bull | Reading | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 1953; incorporated into Heelas. | | 1953 |
| Bulloughs | Carlisle | Bought by Hoopers 2006; renamed Hoopers 2006; closed 2013 | | 2006 |
| Bunneys | Liverpool | Bought By Greenwoods of Bradford in 1956 before being demolished. Other location Mostyn Street, Llandudno | 1881 | |
| Buntings | Norwich | Came under the control of fellow Norwich store Chamberlins. Building was damaged during World War II. Was purchased by Debenhams in 1949. | 1860 | |
| T Burberry & Sons | Basingstoke | Also known as The Emporium; succeeded by E Lanham & Son. Originally owned by Thomas Burberry and eventually part of the business grew to become luxury British fashion house Burberry. The store was sold to was sold to Edgar Lanham in 1914, before being purchased by Thomas Wallis in 1964. | | 1915 |
| Burgess | Tottenham | Opened 19th century, new building built on the site of Sanchez Almshouses in 1923; closed 1980 replaced by Tottenham Enterprise Centre. | | |
| Burgis & Colbourne | Leamington Spa | Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1963; renamed Army & Navy 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Rackhams; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000 | | |
| Burnes | Ilford | Bought by Chiesmans 1959; acquired by House of Fraser 1972; later incorporated into the Army & Navy group | | |
| T G Burrell | Chester | | | |
| Joseph Burton | Nottingham | | | |
| Busbys | Bradford | Bought by Debenhams 1958; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1978 Other locations Ilkley Harrogate | 1908 | 1973 |
| C B Butcher | Hawkhurst | | | |
| Butlers | Poole | Became part of the Co-Op | | |
| B T Butter | Weston-super-Mare | Bought by James Colmer. Acquired by Owen Owen 1973; renamed Owen Owen. | | |
| Butterfield and Massies | Barnsley | Owned by Great Universal Stores. | | |

### C

| Name | Location | Description | Opening | Closing | References |
| Caleys | Windsor | Established in 1810. Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1918. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 2006. | 1810 | 2006 | |
| J T Calvert | Sunderland | Bought by Hedley, Swan & Co., owners of Joplings in 1921; Calverts closed and Joplings relocated to the site. | | 1921 | |
| Cammack & Son | Boston, Lincolnshire | | | | |
| J. & W. Campbell & Co | Glasgow | Classed as one of Britain's first department stores, the retail and wholesaler warehousemen as they were called, closed their retail business in 1841 continuing as wholesalers. | 1817 | 1841 | |
| Campbell & Booker | Walton-on-Thames | Chain of department stores started by Booker Group. Succeeded by Grant Warden. Other locations: Richmond Ilford Horsham (operated as Chart & Lawrence) | | | |
| F Cape & Co. | Oxford | Established circa 1860s at St Ebbes as a drapers by Faithful Cape. The store expanded to a department store under the management of Henry Lewis, moving to 86-90 Cowley Road in 1900. The business closed in 1972 due to competitionfrom multiples. Buildings demolished. Site occupied by Fenwick c. 1978 – c. 1990. | c.1860s | 1972 | |
| Carltons | Bridlington | Succeeded Norman Jones & Co. in 1918. Bought by Hammonds in 1968; renamed Hammonds on completion of new building in 1970. | 1918 | 1970 | |
| Carmichaels | Hull | Closed in 1991 | | 1991 | |
| Catesbys | Tottenham Court Road, London | Established in 1865; incorporated in 1910; closed in 1958 | 1865 | 1958 | |
| Cavendish House | Cheltenham | Opened in 1823. Became part of House of Fraser in 1970. | 1823 | | |
| Cawdells | Watford | | | | |
| Chadds | Hereford | Established in 1929; closed on 7 June 2008. Building now partly occupied by The Entertainer (2014) | | | |
| Chadds | Lowestoft | Established in 1907. Bought by Palmers in 2004; renamed Palmers in 2009. | | | |
| Chamberlins Ltd | Norwich | Opened in 1815 by Henry Chamberlain. Was located on corner of Dove Street and Guildhall Hall, and the site became a Tesco Metro. The business controlled fellow Norwich department store Buntings. The business was purchased by Debenhams in 1949, with Chamberlins being given to Marshall & Snelgrove. Also operated a large manufacturing business. | 1815 | c.1950s | |
| W & A Chapman | Taunton | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams | | | |
| Chart & Lawrence | Horsham | Bought by Campbell & Booker in 1969 after retirement of the Lawrence family. | | | |
| Chattels of Dereham | Dereham | Opened in April 2015; closed November in 2018; formerly Palmers (1989-2015) / Nicholas Hinde & Sons (1982-1989) / Bonds (1961-1982) / Cluttens | 2015 | 2018 | |
| Chirnsides | Lancaster | | | | |
| Chopes / W H Chope & Sons | Bideford | Opened in 1898 | 1898 | | |
| City Drapery Stores | Oxford | Established in 1884. Succeeded by Webbers in 1905 | 1884 | 1905 | |
| Civil Service & Professional Supply | Glasgow | | | | |
| Civil Service Supply Association | Strand, London | | 1865 | 1982 | |
| Edward J Clarke | Harrogate | Bought by McDonalds of Glasgow in 1922; renamed McDonalds in 1922. Acquired by House of Fraser in 1951; later incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns | | | |
| Thomas Clarkson & Sons | Wolverhampton | Established in 1840. Bought by Army & Navy Stores in 1960; renamed Army & Navy in 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser in 1976; renamed Rackhams | 1840 | 1974 | |
| Clements | Watford | Established in 1898; closed in 2004 | 1898 | 2004 | |
| Clements & Brown | Taunton | Bought by James Colmer. Acquired by Owen Owen in 1973; renamed Owen Owen | | | |
| Clegg | Wilmslow | Walter Shields Clegg opened the store on the corner of Hawthorn Lane and Church Street. Became part of Macowards in 1947. | 1881 | | |
| Clover | Kirkstall | Purchased by Allders | | | |
| Walter Cobb | Sydenham | | 1860 | 1961 | |
| Cobb & Son | Stroud | | | | |
| Robert Cochran & Son | Paisley, Renfrewshire | Purchased by House of Fraser in 1964, renamed Arnotts in the 1970s | | c.1970s | |
| T B & W Cockayne | Sheffield | Established in 1829. Bought by Schofields in 1972; renamed Schofields; closed in 1982 | 1829 | 1972 | |
| Cole Brothers | Sheffield | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1927. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; renamed John Lewis in 2002. | | 2002 | |
| Colliers Stores | Liverpool | Was located in Pembroke Place. Purchased by Macowards in 1964. | | | |
| Colsons | Exeter | Established in 1792. Traded as Colson & Spark between 1829 and 1832; Colson & Gates between 1870 and 1889; Colson & Co. between 1889 and 1925. Bought by Brights in 1925; renamed Colsons of Exeter in 1925. Acquired by J J Allen in 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser in 1969; renamed Dingles in 1973; renamed House of Fraser in 2000s. | 1792 | 1973 | |
| Compton House | Liverpool | Built for retailer J.R.Jeffery in 1865; closed in 1871. Compton House holds a unique international status as a contender for the world's first department store, pre-dating Bon Marche in Paris by some five years. Building converted to a hotel in 1873 and part of the building has been occupied by Marks & Spencer since 1928 | 1865 | 1873 | |
| James Cock | Burslem | Became part of the Macowards store group. | | | |
| F W Cook | Dudley | Started by Samuel Cook, who opened a drapery in 1818 operating under the name of Dudley House. His son Samuel Quartus Cook joined in 1844 and the store became known as S. Cook & Son. The business was purchased by Alderman F. W. Cook in 1884. The business closed on the 26 April 1983 after 164 years of trading | 1818 | 1983 | |
| J W Coombs | Northwich | Located in Witton Street. Was purchased by Macowards in 1956. At some point the store was sold to London-based Warren Stores who closed the business in 1969. | | 1969 | |
| G R Cooper | Oxford | Bought by Selfridges in 1966. Original store demolished in 1973 for new store as part of Westgate development | | | |
| Copland & Lye | Glasgow | Incorporated in 1918; closed in 1970; building purchased by House of Fraser in 1971 | 1873 | 1970 | |
| Robert Corbett & Son | Portadown | Closed in the 1970s. | 1876 | c.1970s | |
| Frederick Corder & Sons | Ipswich | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into Footman Pretty on completion of new building | 1787 | | . |
| Corders | Norwich | | | | |
| John Cordeux & Sons | Clifton | Bought by Drapery Trust; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group in 1928; renamed Bobby's in 1928; closed in 1932. | | 1928 | |
| Cox & Horder | Falmouth | Bought by E Dingle & Co. in 1961 | | | |
| Cox & Painter | Great Malvern | | 1833 | | |
| James Coxon & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bought by Binns in 1929 | | | |
| Coxs | Burslem | | | | |
| Cresta House | Harrogate | Opened by Debenhams as a branch of Cresta House in premises previously occupied by the Harrogate branch of Marshall & Snelgrove. Bought by Schofields; renamed Schofields. Acquired by House of Fraser; closed. Building now occupied by Hoopers (2015) | | | |
| Peter Crisp | Rushden | | 1959 | 2009 | |
| Cuffs | Woolwich | | 1891 | 1975 | |
| Curl Brothers | Norwich | Bought by Footman, Pretty & Co in 1920s; renamed Debenhams in 1973 | 1860 | 1973 | |

### D

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Dabbles | Newport | | | 2012 |
| Dale | Edmonton Green | | c. 1880 | |
| Dale & Kerley | Eastbourne | Bought by John Barker & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; incorporated into the Army & Navy group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976; closed 1997. Building was occupied by T J Hughes until 2019 | | |
| Dallas's Colosseum | Glasgow | Succeeded Walter Wilson & Co. 1938; bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. 1942; Ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947. | | |
| Dalys | Glasgow | | | 1979 |
| Darling & Co. | Edinburgh | Purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1955. Bought by House of Fraser from Great Universal Stores in January 1961; closed. Located at 124-125 Princes Street. | | |
| G. L. Davies t/a The Emporium | Bargoed | Became a founding member of the Macowards group in 1937. Renamed Macowards; was first Macowards store to include a food hall run by Maypole Dairies. Was sold to Mr F A Jones in 1968 and returned to operating as The Emporium. | | |
| Edwin Davis | Hull | | | |
| W A Dawsons Ltd | Herne Bay | | | |
| Dawson Brothers | Hoxton | Bought by Drapery Trust; ownership subsequently transferred to Debenhams in 1970s; sold; Closed. Buildings demolished 1980s. Located at City Road / East Road junction. | 1848 | |
| Dawson & Co | Sidcup | Became part of Macowards, the store was rebranded under Macoward's Oxford Street store Thomas Wallis. | | |
| Joseph Della Porta | Shrewsbury | Bought by Hide & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed Rackhams 1975; renamed House of Fraser 2000s | | |
| Denners | Yeovil | Bought by Beales. | | |
| J F Densons | Chester | Located at 11–13 Northgate Street since 1900, the store was purchased by Macowards in 1954. | | |
| Derrys | Plymouth | Bought by Vergo Retail in 2009. | 1950 | 2010 |
| Derry & Toms | Kensington | Bought by John Barker & Co. 1920; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1973 | | |
| Dickins & Jones | Regent Street, London | Became part of Harrods group, before being taken over by House of Fraser. | 1790 | 2007 |
| Dickson & Benson | Middlesbrough | Based Linthorpe Road. Burnt down in 1942 in an arsonist attack. | 1880 | |
| George Dixon & Jameson | Dorchester | Succeeded Steele 1889; succeeded by Genge & Co. 1899. | | |
| J F Dixons | Southend-on-Sea | | 1913 | 1973 |
| Dobbins | Manchester | | | |
| Dodwells | Cheltenham | | | |
| Draffens | Dundee | Opened by William Moon and John Langlands; in 1889 business was bought by Coatbridge draper George Draffen and his brother-in-law John Jarvie, with the business known as Draffen & Jarvie, which it continued to be known after Jarvie left the business in 1891. The business renamed to Draffens of Dundee in 1948. In 1960 the company went public and left the Draffen family ownership. Bought by Debenham in 1981. | 1834 | |
| Drakes | Cheltenham | | | |
| Driscolls | Hove | Succeeded by Stuart Norris. | 1920 | |
| Z Dudley | Kingsland | Bought by Drapery Trust. | | |
| T C Dunning & Son | Maidstone | Bought by Hide & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the Army & Navy group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976 | | |
| Dupont | Penge | | | |
| Dusts | Tunbridge Wells | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group. | | |

### E

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Frank East | Tonbridge | | | |
| Eastmonds | Tiverton | Bought by Banburys of Barnstaple 1989; renamed Banburys. | | 1989 |
| Edmunds | Wood Green, London | | | |
| Elliston & Cavell | Oxford | Bought by Debenhams and renamed Debenhams in 1973. | 1835 | 1973 |
| Empire Trade Stamp Co. | Sheffield | Based 18-23 Howard Street. | | |
| Ennals & Co. | Walsall | | | |
| Esslemont & Macintosh | Aberdeen | | 1873 | 2007 |
| Ben Evans | Swansea | Established 1800s; became a subsidiary of Leslie Stores, Cardiff, before Leslirs were purchased by Great Universal Stores; closed c. 1950s. | | |
| Benjamin Beadmore Evans | Kilburn | The business was sold to Thomas Wallis & Co in 1949, the business was purchased by Littlewoods in 1953 before being sold to Howardsgate Holdings, the retail arm of Allied Bakeries in 1955. The business was sold to Harrow Stores in 1959, who were bought by Tesco in 1961, and they sold the business to Canadian and English Stores in 1962 for £200,000; closed 1971. Other locations Holloway (former North London Drapery Stores rebranded by Northgate and English Stores) Kentish Town (formerly London Drapery Stores) | 1897 | 1971 |
| Dan Evans | Barry | Closed 28 January 2006. | 1909 | 2006 |
| David Evans | Swansea | Bought by House of Fraser 1977 flagship store closed in 2005. Other locations Cwmbran (Opened as a branch of David Evans in 1961. Acquired by House of Fraser 1977; renamed House of Fraser in 2009 as the last David Evans store) Port Talbot (Opened in 1948) Cardiff | 1900 | 2009 |
| D H Evans | Oxford Street, London | | 1879 | 2001 |
| Evans & Davies | Palmers Green | | 1920 | 1980 |
| Evans & Owen | Bath | | | 1974 |
| Henry Evenden | Eastbourne | Succeeded Terry & Evenden. | | |
| Alexander Ewing & Co. | Dundee | Bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. 1941; ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947 | | |

### F

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed | References |
| G J Fairhead | llford | | 1873 | 2008 | |
| John Falconer & Co. | Aberdeen | Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation 1929. Acquired by House of Fraser 1952; renamed Frasers 1970s; closed 2002. | | | |
| Fantos | Deptford | | | | |
| John Farnon | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bought by United Drapery Stores in 1958. | 1867 | c. 1995 | |
| Fear Hill | Trowbridge | Acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Dingles; closed Other locations Frome Wells | | | |
| Finnigans | Wilmslow (previously Manchester) | Relocated from Manchester city centre to Wilmslow c. 1960s. Bought by Hoopers 1982; renamed Hoopers 1982. | | 1982 | |
| Fife Department Store | Kirkcaldy | Former Debenhams Store reopened as independent after failed 15:17 venture. | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Frederick Fish & Son | Ipswich | | | | |
| Fishpools | Waltham Cross | Now a furniture only store. | 1899 | | |
| W M Fisk & Son | St Albans | Established c. 1829–1839. Succeeded by Blundells 1946. | | 1946 | |
| Floyd & Sons | Minehead | Bought by J E Beale in 1978 and renamed Bealesons, closed 1982. | 1877 | 1978 | |
| Footman, Pretty and Company | Ipswich | Bought by Drapery Trust; incorporated with Frederick Corders and both moved to new Debenhams store built on site of old Footman's store. The company had a controlling interest in Norwich store Curl Brothers. Other location Woodbridge Harwich | 1834 | | |
| Ford's | Oakham | | 1877 | 2019 | |
| R W Forsyth | Glasgow | Relocated to former Trerons building 1983; building destroyed by fire 1986. Other location Edinburgh (Opened in 1907 & closed in the 1970s) | 1872 | 1986 | |
| Fowler & Brock | South Shields | Bought by Binns in 1927 and acquired by House of Fraser in 1953. | | | |
| E Francis & Sons | Leamington Spa | | 1840 | 1983 | |
| Frasier's | Southampton | | | | |
| Clement Freeman & Son (Freemans) | Liverpool | Located in Waverly Road. Rebuilt in 1964. Other location County Road, Liverpool | | 1974 | . |
| Frosts | Liverpool | Opened as a drapers by Thomas Frost during the 1885 in Walton Road. By 1910 the business operated out of all the stores in the block. Around 1918 the new building was constructed to house Frost department store. Building now a Weatherspoons pub | | | |

### G

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed | References |
| A W Gamage | Holborn, London | Other locations Oxford Street, London (Opened as new flagship store of the brand in 1930. Closed 8 months later. Lease sold to C & A.) Romford (Opened in Liberty Shopping Centre in 1968. Sold to British Home Stores in 1971.) | 1878 | 1972 | |
| Gamis's | Yeovil | Established by Ince Gamis as 'perfumer, hairdresser and toy dealer' and traded successively as Ince Gamis, Gamis & Hunt, Gamis & Co. and Gamis's. The business came to be owned by House of Fraser in the 1970s (possibly through a larger acquisition?) and was renamed Dingles before closing in the 1980s. The premises were bought by Denners. | 1828 | | |
| Gammons | Guildford | Small family run department store based in Surrey and Kent. Other locations Woking Chobham Cranbook Cranleigh | 1878 | | |
| Gardiner's | London | Based in Whitechapel, destroyed by fire in 1972. | | | |
| Gardiner Haskins | Bristol | Opened 1825 as a blacksmiths. Now a Home wares business. | | | |
| Garlands | Norwich | Located on London Street. Bought by Debenhams. A fire in 1970 destroyed the building and its neighbouring department store Buntings. The building was rebuilt but the store closed in 1984. | | 1984 | |
| Garatts | Woolwich | | | 1972 | |
| Gayler & Pope | Marylebone | | | | ) |
| Genge & Co. | Dorchester | Succeeded George Dixon & Jameson 1899. Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Dingles; closed 1980s. | | | |
| Gimbles | Liverpool | Owned by Gimbels and based on Great Charlotte Street. The reason that the store had an altered spelling from the American chain is not known. | 1976 | 1979 | |
| Glass's | Peterborough | | | | |
| Henry Glave | New Oxford Street, London | Established 1848; bought by Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet, purchased United Drapery Stores; Wheeler was declared bankrupt in 1931; closed 1936 | 1848 | 1936 | |
| Godfreys | Lowestoft | | | 2015 | |
| Goldbergs | Glasgow | | | | |
| Goodbans | Chiswick | | 1909 | 1974 | |
| Frederick Gorringe | Buckingham Palace Road, London | Established 1858; bought by Gresham Trust and Charles Neale Investments in 1961; rebuilt 1960s; went into administration 1968. | 1858 | 1968 | |
| Gosling & Sons | Richmond | Bought by John Barker & Co. in 1947 then acquired by House of Fraser ten years later in 1957 and closed in 1968. Reopened as Dickins & Jones on completion of the new building in 1970. Renamed House of Fraser in 2007, HOF closed their store in 2020. | 1795 | 1968 | |
| Bryce Grant | Penge | Opened in 1922 at Central Exchange, merged business with P. D. Rodgers store, before being bought by Walter Cobb. Store was closed in the 1950s business operated by H. E. Olby and Erdington. | 1922 | | |
| Grant Brothers | Croydon | Latterly of 14–32 High Street, Croydon. | 1877 | 1985 | |
| Grant Warden | Walton-on-Thames | Formerly Campbell & Booker. Bought by J E Beale; renamed Beales. | | | |
| Gravesons | Hertford | Succeeded Graveson & Robinson in 1899. | 1899 | 2001 | |
| Gray peverell | Hartlepool | Bought by Binns in 1926. | 1902 | 1992 | |
| Green & Son | Exeter | Bought by Bobby & Co in 1922. | | 1922 | |
| W S Green | St. Albans | Bought by Army & Navy Stores. | | | |
| Greenlands | Hereford | Opened by George Greenland. Further stores opened but in 1968 the business was sold to Marks & Spencer for £350,000. | 1856 | | |
| Edward Grey | Birmingham | Bought by Debenhams. Other locations Dudley Leamington Spa Stourbridge Walsall Willenhall Worcester | | | |
| Grices | Leicester | Succeeded by Rudkin Turner. | | | |
| Griffin & Spalding | Nottingham | Bought by Debenhams in 1944; renamed Debenhams. | | | |
| Grocott & Co. | Shrewsbury | Bought by Hide & Co before the end of World War II; closed mid 1960s. | | | |
| Grose Brothers | Southwark | | | | |
| Gunners | Tonbridge | Demolished in 1984. | | | |
| Guy & Smith | Grimsby | Bought by House of Fraser 1969; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1969; renamed House of Fraser 2000s | | | |

### H

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Samuel Hall | Cardiff | Located at 8-10 High Street. Bought by Macowards in 1951. | | |
| Philip Hall | Ripon | | 1950 | 2012 |
| Hamilton & Bell | Cross Gates, Leeds | | | |
| Hamilton & Bell | Evesham | Purchased by Owen Owen in 1975 | | |
| Hammonds | Hull | Bought by House of Fraser 1972; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1972; renamed Hammonds; renamed House of Fraser; closed 2019 Other location Bridlington (Formerly Carltons. Opened as Hammonds on completion of new building 1970. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1972; renamed Binns; closed c. 1995. Premises bought by Boyes and reopened in 1998.) | | |
| Handleys | Southsea | Bought by Drapery Trust; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams 1970s. | 1869 | |
| Hanningtons | Brighton | | | |
| Harper Brothers | Balham | | | |
| T J Harries | Oxford Street, London | Purchased by John Lewis in 1928 | c. 1885-1887 | |
| Harrison Gibson | Illford | Other location Bromley (Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1968; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; closed 2004. North building now occupied by T K Maxx (2015). South building demolished and site vacant (2015).) | | 2010 |
| H & D Hart | Leeds | Bought by Matthias Robinson 1938; incorporated into Matthias Robinson Leeds store (now Debenhams) | | |
| William Harvey | Guildford | Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Army & Navy; renamed House of Fraser. | | |
| Harwoods | Strood | | | |
| George Hatton | Dover | | | |
| George Henry Havelock | Sunderland | Destroyed by fire 18 July 1898; rebuilt 1900; closed 1914. Building converted to cinema. | | 1914 |
| Havens | Westcliff on Sea | Closed in 2017 becoming an online only retailer. | 1901 | 2017 |
| Hawes Brothers | Clapham Junction | One of the founding members of United Drapery Stores. Other location Morden | | |
| Hawke & Thomas | Newquay | Bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s | | |
| Hawkins | Hitchin | | 1863 | 2017 |
| Haymans | Totnes | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group | | |
| Sidney Heath | Swansea | | | |
| Heddles | Dartford | | | |
| Hedley Mitchell | Erith | Demolished in 1966. | 1890 | 1961 |
| Hedley, Swan & Co. | Sunderland | 1882–1919, renamed Joplings store when purchased by Stephen Moriarty Swan and Robert Hedley. Renamed Joplings when moved to High Street West in 1919. | | |
| Heelas & Sons Co. | Reading | Established 1854. Bought by Charles Clore 1947; sold to United Drapery Stores 1950. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1953; business of A H Bull incorporated into Heelas 1953; renamed John Lewis 2001. | 1854 | |
| Alexander Henderson | Glasgow | Bought by House of Fraser from Selincourt & Sons of London 1970; closed 1970, enabling the relocation of Pettigrew & Stephens to the site, in the same year. | | |
| William Henderson & Sons | Liverpool | Bought by Harrods 1949; acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed Binns 1975; closed 1977. | 1829 | |
| Edwin Henley | Shepton Mallet | Bought by Fear Hill. | | |
| Henry's Stores | Manchester | Opened by Henry Cohen, a Russian immigrant, as clothing stores before his son, Leonard Cohen opened the department store in 1923. Purchased by British Home Stores in 1968. Other locations Birmingham Stockport (located at 28-30 Princes Street, formerly a cinema before being replaced by a Victor Value supermarket) | | |
| H L Herbert & Co. | Kilburn | | | |
| Herbet Lewis | Chepstow | | 1878 | 2018 |
| Heywoods | Huddersfield | Destroyed by fire on 2 November 1967 | | |
| Heyworths | Cambridge | | | 1965 |
| Albert Hide & Son | Bexleyheath | Buildings replaced by Broadway Shopping Centre. | 1851 | 1979 |
| D Hill, Carter & Company | Hartlepool | Formerly Carter & Co.; merged with D Hill & Co. 1898; bought by Blacketts 1940s Other location North Shields | | |
| William Hill (Hills) | Hove | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; closed 1982 | | |
| R H O Hills | Blackpool | Bought by Hide & Co. 1965. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns; closed. | | |
| George Hilton & Sons | Haywards Heath | Main buildings demolished and site redeveloped as Orchards Shopping Centre. Former furniture building now occupied by Robert Dyas (2015). | 1882 | c.1980s |
| Hinds | Eltham | One of the founding members of United Drapery Stores. | | |
| George Hitchcock Williams & Co. | St Paul's Churchyard, London | | 1841 | 1984 |
| M C Hitchen & Son | Leeds | Sold to Littlewoods in 1952 | | |
| Hoadleys | Burgess Hill | | 1857 | 1983 |
| Holdrons | Peckham | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; sold 1948. | | |
| Hopewells | Nottingham | | | |
| Houndsditch Warehouse | Houndsditch, London | Purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1958. | | 1986 |
| David Hourston & Sons | Ayr | Purchased by House of Fraser 1949; Rebranded Arnotts; Sold in 1989 to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster; Bought by Jebreel family out of administration in 1993 and Rebranded Hourstons; Closed 2019. | 1897 | |
| Howards | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bought by United Drapery Stores; later incorporated into the John Blundell group; renamed John Blundell. | | |
| Harding Howell and Company's Grand Fashionable Magazine | Pall Mall, London | | 1809 | 1820 |
| James Howell & Co. | Cardiff | Bought by House of Fraser 1972. | | |
| John K Hubbard | Worthing | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams 1973 | | |
| T P Hughes | Tenby | Closed as a department store but continues as a homewares store Other locations Carmarthen (opened in 1932 closed in 1987.) Haverfordwest (Opened in 1922) | 1903 | 2017 |
| Hulburds | Herne Bay and Sittingbourne | | | |
| W H Hunt & Co. | Kensington | Located at 197–207 Kensington High Street. | 1889 | 1923 |
| Huntbachs | Hanley | | | |
| Hunt Brothers | Borsham | | | |

### J

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| E Jackson & Sons | Reading | | 1875 | 2013 |
| V H Jarvis | Aylesbury | Became part of the Combined English Stores group through its subsidiary Harry Fenton. | | 1980 |
| W C Jay & Co (trading as The London General Mourning Warehouse, known as Jay's Mourning Warehouse) | Regent Street, London | Opened by William Chickall Jay. The store was rebuilt to designs by Sir Henry Tanner in 1925. The store was bought by Great Universal Stores in 1946. | 1841 | |
| Jenners | Edinburgh | Founded by Charles Jenner, the Princes Street store was regarded as the premier store in Scotland. Was purchased by House of Fraser in 2000. | 1838 | 2020 |
| Jennings | Bexleyheath | | | |
| Jermyns | Kings Lynn | Bought by Debenhams in 1943. | 1872 | 1973 |
| Jessop & Son | Nottingham | | | |
| Joseph Johnson | Leicester | Acquired by Fenwick in 1962 and renamed Fenwick. | 1880 | |
| Johnson & Clark | Staines | Redeveloped in 1956. Closed mid 1980s. | | Mid 1980s |
| Jones | Bristol | Bought by Drapery Trust and renamed Debenhams in 1972. | 1843 | 1972 |
| B J Jones | Lampeter | | 1921 | 2006 |
| Edwin Jones | Southampton | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams | | |
| Richard Jones | Chester | | | |
| Thomas Jones | Middlesbrough | Bought by Binns 1923; renamed Binns; acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed House of Fraser c. 2007. | | |
| Norman Jones & Co. | Bridlington | Succeeded Makins & Bean. Bought by Mr. R. H. Carlton 1911; renamed Carltons 1918. | | 1918 |
| Jones & Higgins | Peckham | Acquired by Great Universal Stores in 1954; closed 1980. Re-opened as the Houndsditch before closing in 1984 and being demolished and replaced by Aylesham Centre. | 1867 | |
| Jones & Jones | Swansea | | | |
| Jones Brother | Holloway | Founded by William Jones, bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1927. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; closed 1990. | 1869 | |
| Joplings | Sunderland | | | 2010 |
| Jordans | Lisson Grove, London | | | |
| Joseph Johnson & Co | Leicester | Bought by Fenwicks in 1962. | 1880 | |
| Joyes | Grays | | | 1975 |

### K

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Kayes | Huddersfield | | | |
| Keddies | Southend-on-Sea | Other locations Colchester Romford Stratford, London (formerly Boardmans; closed 1984; building demolished) | 1892 | 1996 |
| H E Keightley & Son | Boston, Lincolnshire | Became part of the Macowards group. Other locations Spalding Skegness Wisbech | | |
| Kendals | Manchester | Founded in 1836 as Kendal, Milne & Faulkner, the store was bought by Harrods in 1919 and renamed to Harrods but after protests it was renamed back to Kendal Milne. The store was taken over by House of Fraser in 1959 and then renamed to House of Fraser in 2005. | 1836 | 2005 |
| Kendalls | Malvern | Bought by Macowards 1962. | 1852 | |
| Kennards | Croydon | Bought by Drapery Trust; rebranded to Debenhams in 1973. Other locations Redhill Staines (Renamed Debenhams in 1973) | 1853 | 1973 |
| Kennards | Wimbledon | Bought by Macowards in 1951 | | |
| Kerfoots | Porthmadog | | 1878 | 2018 |
| John T Killip | Wembley | | | |
| Kirby & Nicholson | York | | | |
| H J Knee | Trowbridge | H J Knee continue to trade in Trowbridge, as 'Knees Home & Electrical', from a new site. | 1879 | 2013 |
| Knight & Wakefield | Brighton | | | |
| John Knights | Redruth | Department store with branches in Helston and St. Ives. | | |

### L

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Lack Brothers | Thornton Heath | | 1898 | 1937 |
| Lance & Lance | Weston-super-Mare | Bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1933, the business never recovered from damage done to the store in WW2, and the store closed in early 1956. | Early 1890s | 1956 |
| The Landmark | Harrow | Opened in November 2021 replacing the Debenhams store in Harrow, | 2021 | 2023 |
| Landport Drapery Bazaar | Portsmouth | | 1870 | 1982 |
| Lanhams / E Lanham & Son | Basingstoke | Started after the purchase of the store and warehouse of T Burberry & Sons by Edgar Lanham. The warehouse was sold to Marks & Spencer in 1934. The store was sold onto Macowards in 1964 and converted to their brand Thomas Wallis. | 1915 | 1964 |
| H. Lauder & Co. | Kilmarnock | Opened by Hugh Lauder and James Brown, with the premises being destroyed by fire in 1923 and was rebuilt between 1927 and 1932.The business was acquired by House of Fraser in 1972 | 1864 | 1972 |
| Laughtons | Deal | Succeeded Baldwins; closed 2008 | | 2008 |
| Laure & McConnal | Cambridge | | 1883 | 1970s |
| Lawson & Stockdale | Grimsby | Demolished and replaced by Marks & Spencer | | 1983 |
| W. A. Lea & Sons | Leicester | | | |
| Leak & Thorp | York | Opened 11 March 1848 by William Leak on Parliament Street, before moving to Conley Street in 1869. In 1908, William Collins on joined the business, working his way up to chairman, with the family running the business until the 1980s. The store was destroyed by fire in 1933, but was rebuilt by the following year. | 1848 | |
| Leaveys | Chatham | | | |
| Legends and Wynn | Skipton | | | |
| George Henry Lee | Liverpool | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940. Other location Chester | | |
| Stanley J Lee | Edgware | | | |
| William Lefevre | Canterbury | Bought by Drapery Trust; renamed Debenhams | | 1973 |
| Leonards | Rochester | Bought by Chiesmans 1959. | | |
| Lermons | Cardiff | Became founding member of Macowards store group in 1937. | | |
| Leslies | Cardiff | | | |
| Lewis & Godfrey | Stroud | | | |
| Herbet Lewis | Chepstow | | 1878 | 2018 |
| John Lewis | Upton Park | Bought by Chiesmans and renamed Chiesmans; House of Fraser acquired the Chiesmans group and later renamed the store Army & Navy. | | 1988 |
| John Lewis | Wimbledon | Bought by Kennards and renamed Kennards; Debenhams acquired the Kennards stores and closed the Wimbledon branch | | |
| Lewis Lewis | Swansea | Opened 1860 in High Street, Swansea. Opened further stores in Briton Ferry, Neath and Llanelli. Closed 1966. | 1860 | 1966 |
| Lidstones | Walthamstow | Opened by James Lidstone after purchasing the drapery business of Thomas Brailey, and by 1899 he had started buying further shops in St James Street. In the 1930s, 2 of the shops were sold to Montague Burton, with the remaining stores being sold to the London Co-operative Society in 1946, two years before his death. | | |
| Lingards | Bradford | Originally Sunbridge Road.Bought by United Drapery Stores; New store opened The mall, Westgate. Both stores closed by UDS on 23 April 1977. | | |
| Loder & Payne | Maidstone | | | |
| London Drapery Stores | Kentish Town | Purchased by Canadian & English Stores, renamed B. B. Evans. | | |
| Longley Brothers | Bexhill-on-Sea | | | |
| Longleys | Aylesbury | | | |
| Frederick Lord Bon Marche | Grimsby | | | |
| Lowes | Wigan | Bought by Greenwood's in 1963; closed 1985. | 1887 | |
| Richard Luck & Co | Darlington | | | 1966 |
| A J Lucking & Co. | Colchester | | | |
| Lyttons | Ruislip | Purchased by John Sanders of Ealing in 1985. Renamed John Sanders. | | |

### M

* McDonalds (Glasgow) Formerly part of retail and manufacturing business, Stewart & McDonald, the retail business was separated as McDonalds in 1913. In 1922 they purchased the drapery business of E J Clark in Harrogate. The business was bought by House of Fraser in 1951. It was merged with Wylie & Lochhead and together renamed McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead 1957; renamed Frasers 1975
* McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead (Glasgow) – formed from the merger of McDonalds and Wylie & Lochhead by House of Fraser 1957; renamed Frasers 1975.
* McGill Brothers (Dundee)
* McIlroy Brothers (Hanley) – established 1883; later McIlroys. Bought by Lewis's 1935; renamed Lewis's
* Duncan McLaren (Edinburgh) Opened on the Royal Mile by Duncan McLaren in 1824, regarded as one of Britain's first department stores and in Edinburgh rivalled Jenners.
* Mackross (Cardiff)
* Macowards (Swansea) Became a founding member of the Macowards group in 1937.
* Maddox & Co (Shrewsbury) – established in the 1850s by R Maddox. Bought by Macowards; Bought by Owen Owen in 1976; renamed Owen Owen; closed c. 1990
* Maggs (Clifton)
* Makins & Bean (Bridlington) – established c. 1880s; succeeded by Norman Jones & Co.
* David Mann & Sons (Manns of Cranleigh) (Cranleigh) opened in 1887; Closed 2021.
* Marments (Cardiff) – established 1879; closed 1986
* T. C. Marsh & Co (Bristol)
* Marshalls of York (York) former Debenhams store purchased by Irvine Sellar in 1980 along with 27 Cresta Fashion stores, with the department store being rebranded as Marshalls of York.
* Marshall Roberts (Camden Town)
* Martins (Canterbury) bought by Chiesmans
* Maskreys (Whiteladies Road, Bristol) – closed 2012
* Masons & Son (Ipswich)
* Mastin Brothers (Hastings) - established 1872. Closed 1969.
* Matthew & Son (Cambridge)
* Frederick Matthews (Preston) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
* Robert Maule & Son (Edinburgh) – established 1894. Bought by Binns 1934; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed Frasers.
* Maw Till Kirke (Hull) – closed 1938; building occupied by municipal offices since 1942
* Mawer & Collingham (Lincoln) – bought by House of Fraser 1980; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns c. 1980; renamed House of Fraser c.2005
* E Mayes & Son (Southampton) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
* Medhursts (Bromley) – established 1879 by Fred Medhurst; bought by United Drapery Stores 1969; renamed Allders 1979
* Charles Meeking & Co (Holborn, London) became Albert Brown & Sons in 1884.
* Midland Drapery Company (Derby) – established 1882; purchased by Macowards in 1951; closed 1969
* C. N. Mitcham (Cambridge)
* Mogridges Torquay Closed early 1970s.
* Monteith, Hamilton & Monteith (Leeds) – established 1885, trading as 'Grand Pygmalion'; closed 1927
* J D Morant (Chichester; previously Southsea) – Established 1910; Southsea premises destroyed by bombing 1941; relocated to Chichester 1941. Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1955; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed House of Fraser 2007.
* David Morgan (Cardiff) – established 1879; closed 29 January 2005
* John Morgan & Son (Marlow) – bought by William McIlroy
* J T Morgan (Swansea)
* Morgan Squire (Leicester) – bought by J J Allen 1962; acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Rackhams c. 1976; closed 1980s
* Morgans (Ramsgate)
* Morgans (West Penwith) – bought by James Colmer 1963; closed 1970s
** Morgans (Bristol) – opened in the 1930s; bought by James Colmer in 1963
* Morris (Newport, Isle of Wight) – Formerly Edward Morris. Bought by Chiesmans 1958.
* Mortons (Faringdon)
* Moulton (Ilford) purchases by R H O Hills 1959; 1962 purchased by Lewis' for £730,000; renamed Selfridges; closed.
* J.W.Muntus (Rotherham)
* Murfitts (Hounslow)
* Murrays (High Wycombe) – Closed 1985.
* Henry A Murton (Newcastle upon Tyne)
* Musgroves (Kendal) Opened in 1860. Became part of J R Taylor, before being purchased by Beales.

### N

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Nasons | Canterbury | | 1929 | 2018 |
| Needham & Sons | Brighton | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Store demolished 1930. | | |
| Newburys | Birmingham | Bought by Lewis's 1920s; incorporated into Lewis's Birmingham. | | |
| Joseph Newhouse | Middlesbrough | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams. | | |
| R Nichol & Sons | Redhill | | | |
| Nicholsons | Bromley; previously St Paul's Churchyard, London | Bought by Debenhams; St Paul's Churchyard buildings destroyed by bombing; relocated to former cinema building in Bromley; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1990s. | | |
| Noakes | Tunbridge Wells | | 1851 | 2009 |
| Norco House | Aberdeen | | | |
| Stuart Norris | Hove | Succeeded Driscolls. Bought by Hide & Co. 1957. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed Chiesmans 1975; renamed Army & Navy; closed 1990s. | | |
| North London Drapery Store | Holloway | Purchased by Canadian and English Stores in 1961 from Provident Cloth and Supply Company. Rebranded as Benjamin Beardmore Evans as a sister store to Kilburn. | | |

### O

| Name | Location | Description | Open | Closed | References |
| Ocky White | Haverfordwest | In 2022 excavations revealed a former burial ground had existed under the former store buildings. | 1910 | 2013 | |
| Ogg Brothers | Glasgow | Located on the junction of Paisley Road West and Govan Road. | | | |
| Ordish & Hall | Burton upon Trent | | 1815 | 1983 | |
| John Orr & Sons | Airdrie | | 1858 | 2007 | |
| R P Over & Sons | Camberley | | | 1991 | |
| William Owen | Bayswater | | 1873 | | |
| Owles & Beaumont | Knightsbridge, London | Situated on the Brompton Road, the store was first purchased by John Antsee Group, before becoming part of United Drapery Stores in 1948 | | | |
| Oxleys | Wigan | A subsidiary of Canadian and English Stores, formerly Pooles Other locations Widnes (formerly Abrahmsons) St. Helens Leigh, Lancashire | | | [68][633][634][635][636][637][638] [639] |

### P

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| James Page | Camberley | Bought by United Drapery Stores; renamed Allders in 1979 | 1904 | 1979 |
| Dennis Paine & Co. | Maidstone | Bought by Chiesmans 1930; renamed Chiesmans; acquired by House of Fraser; closed c. 1983 | | |
| Palmers | Great Yarmouth | Other locations Great Yarmouth Lowestoft - Formerly Chadds Norwich Dereham Bury St. Edmunds | 1837 | 2020 |
| Palmers Stores | Hammersmith | | | c. 1980s |
| Parkers | Edinburgh | Demolished in the 1970s to make way for expansion of Edinburgh University. | | |
| J T Parrish | Byker | | 1875 | 1984 |
| Parson & Hart | Andover, Hampshire | Bought by Army & Navy in 1965, store sold to Woolworths. Other location Bromley - Purchased from P. Martin in 1940. | | |
| Pauldens | Manchester | Established in 1865 by William Paulden. The business was incorporated in 1917. The store was rebuilt in 1930, and was bought by Drapery Trust in 1931. Destroyed by fire 1957; relocated to Drilll Hall 1957; relocated to Rylands Warehouse building 1959; renamed Debenhams 1973. Other location Sheffield - Opened by Debenhams as a branch of Pauldens; renamed Debenhams 1973 | 1865 | |
| Pearsons | Bishop's Stortford | Opened as a branch of Pearsons of Enfield 1972 in premises formerly occupied by H Sparrow. Bought by Morleys Stores 2010; closed 2012. | | |
| Pearsons | Wood Green, London | Opened as a branch of Pearsons of Enfield. Closed prior to sale to Morles and now a Primark. | | |
| Pearson Brothers | Nottingham | Later Pearsons. | 1889 | |
| Joseph Peck | Rotherham | Small chain based in Yorkshire Other locations Barnsley Sheffield Worksop | | |
| Pendleburys | Wigan | Bought by Debenhams 1948; renamed Debenhams 1973. | | |
| Penningtons | Spalding | Opened in 1850 by Charles Pennington. Destroyed during World War II bombing raid in 1941. Store rebuilt, became part of H E Keightley & Son, before the former became part of Macowards, but closed in 1969. | | |
| Penrith Co-operative Society | Penrith | Non-food departments closed in 2015. | | |
| Pettigrew & Stephens | Glasgow | | | |
| Pettits | Kensington | Located at 191–195 Kensington High Street. | 1890 | 1978 |
| Pettits | Wallingford | Purchased by John Sanders of Ealing in 1985. | | |
| Gray Peverell & Co. | West Hartlepool | Bought by Binns 1926; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; closed 1992. | 1902 | |
| Philpotts | St Leonards-on-Sea | | | |
| Plattens | Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea | | 1876 | 1998 |
| William Plumpton & Son | Bury St Edmunds | Bought by Palmers in 1961; renamed Palmers. | | |
| John Polglase | Penzance | Bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s. | | |
| Pollecoffs | Pwllheli | Had branches in Caernarfon and Holyhead. No longer a department store, now operates as a ladies fashion boutique. | | |
| Ponting Brothers | Kensington | Bought by John Barker & Co. 1907. Acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1970. | | |
| Pophams | Plymouth | Opened in 1824 as Pophams & Radford before the Radford element was dropped in 1931. Bought out by Dingles in 1962 and closed shortly after. | 1824 | |
| The Poplar Stores | Wealdstone | | | |
| W F Potts | Dartford | | | |
| Pratts | Bingley | Bought by Brown Muff; renamed Brown Muff; acquired by House of Fraser. | | |
| Pratts | Streatham | Bought by Bon Marché in 1920. Acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1926. Subsequently, acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 1990 | 1867 | |
| Priors | Finchley | Bought by Owen Owen | | |
| Pugh Brothers | Llanelli | | | |
| Pullman & Sons | Nottingham | | | |
| Pyne Brothers | Deptford | | | |

### Q

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed | References |
| Quin & Axten | Brixton | Bought by Bon Marché in 1920. Acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1926. Subsequently, acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 1949 | | 1949 | |

### R

* Rackham & Co (Birmingham) – Established 1881, became part of Harrods 1955, later House of Fraser 1959.
* A L Ramsay (Elgin) – Established 1845, later A L Ramsay & Son. Bought by Benzie & Miller; renamed Benzie & Miller. Acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts; closed.
* Ranbys (Derby) Opened in 1871 by Mary & Harry Ranby at 24 Victoria Street. By 1880 they had stores in Victoria and Queen Street. The Ranbys nieces, the Ward sisters took over the business in 1917, but sold it to a Welsh company about 1939. In 1962 the store was rebuilt. It was bought by Debenhams and renamed Debenhams in 1973. Debenhams closed the store and relocated in 2007.
* Randalls (Uxbridge) – Established 1891; closed 31 January 2015.
* Rankin & Co. (Banff) – Bought by Benzie & Miller; renamed Benzie & Miller. Acquired by House of Fraser 1958; renamed Arnotts 1970s; closed 1980s.
* H L Reid (Epsom) – bought by Great Northern & Southern Stores and Wright Brothers in 1938. Company became part of Hide & Co after the reverse takeover of Great Northern & Southern Stores and Wrights. The registered office of H L Reid was changed to the address of Seccombes department store in Cardiff, though the business only ever traded at Epsom. House of Fraser bought Hide & Co in 1975. H L Reid was renamed Chiesmans and closed in 1984.
* Reid & Pearson (Aberdeen) - Opened 1905. Purchased by Scottish Drapery in 1949. In 1952 became part of House of Fraser. Closed 1955.
* Reynolds (Newport, Wales) purchased by James Howell & Co; purchased by Macowards in 1962; bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
** Reynolds (Cardiff) – Opened as a branch of Reynolds of Newport. Bought by James Howell & Co.
* Ricemans (Canterbury; previously Deal, Kent) – Relocated from Deal to purpose-built Canterbury store 1960s. Bought by Fenwick 1986; renamed Fenwick on relocation to new building 2003.
* Richards of Abergavenny (Abergavenny) Established in 1909, the business was bought by the Harrison family in 1996. The store closed in 2012.
* Rightons (Evesham) – bought by Hide & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1975
* Robbs (Birkenhead) – established 1872; closed 1982
* J Robb & Co (Belfast) - Opened in 1861. Purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1951. Closed in 1973.
* Evan Roberts (Cardiff) – Opened 1890. Closed 1983. Building demolished 1985.
* J R Roberts Stores (Stratford)
** J R Roberts Stores (Southend-on-Sea) – opened as a branch of J R Roberts of Stratford
* T R Roberts (Islington) Started in 1862, the business started as a drapers by John and Thomas Reynold Roberts, with the partnership ending in 1870. A company was created to buy the shares of the business in 1895, with Thomas Roberts retiring in 1896. The store became a full department store after purchasing rival draper, Matthew Henry Rackstraw. The store became part of Hide & Co in 1946.
* W J Roberts & Sons (Truro) – formerly Bon Marché
* Roberts Brothers (Sheffield) – In September 1896 two enterprising young brothers Charles and Arnold Roberts opened Rockingham House in The Moor. The store grew but was destroyed during World War II, with temporary stores opened in Eccleshall and London Road. The new building partially opened in 1955, fully opening in 1960. The store merged with neighbouring furniture store, Eyres, with the business closing during the 70s.
* Robinsons (Woking) – established 1934; closed 1997
* Robinson Brothers (Carlisle) – established 1889; bought by Binns 1933; renamed Binns; acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000
** Robinson Brothers (Dumfries) – opened as a branch of Robinson Brothers of Carlisle; acquired by Binns 1933; renamed Binns; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1953; closed c. 1994
* J F Rockhey (Torquay) – bought by D H Evans. Acquired by Harrods; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1959; incorporated into the Dingles group c. 1972; renamed Dingles c. 1972; closed 1980s
** J F Rockhey (Newton Abbot) – opened as a branch of J F Rockhey of Torquay; acquired by D H Evans; subsequently acquired by Harrods; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1959
* P. D. Rogers (Penge) merged with Bryce Grant
* E P Rose (Bedford) Opened in 1838 when Edward Paine Rose's father purchased an existing drapers at 51 High Street. The business moved across the road to 50 High Street before expanding to take in no. 46 to 52. The business stayed in the Rose family until the 1960s when it was bought by Debenhams, being renamed Debenhams in the 1970s.
* Matthew Rose & Sons (Hackney) – established 1868; closed 1936; premises sold to Marks & Spencer
* Roslings (Brighton) – Opened at no. 31 London Road in 1905 before extending in 1932. Store closed in 1960 being purchased by Woolworths who opened their new store in 1965.
* Rossiter & Son (Paignton) First Rossiter drapery store was opened by Srah and Jane Rossiter at Winner Street in 1858. By 1888 the store had moved to Palace Avenue. In 1934 the business became a limited company, and reached its 150th anniversary in 2008, but closed in January 2009.
* Jeremiah Rotherham & Co (Shoreditch) – established 1860; building destroyed by bombing 1941; closed 1941
* Rowans (Glasgow) opened 1846 in Buchanan Street specialising in men's clothing and sports equipment. Purchased by Austin Reed in 1974.
* William Rowe (Gosport) – bought by William McIlroy
* W. Rowntree & Sons (Scarborough) – established 1881
* F H Rowse (West Ealing) - purchased John Sanders in Ealing. Closed F H Rowse in 1980s.
* Rudkin Turner (Leicester) – Succeeded Grices.
* Rushworths (Huddersfield)
* Russell & Dorrell (Worcester) – established 1834; department store closed 2003; furniture store closed 2011

### S

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Salts Brothers | Swadlincote | Established by Joseph and Enoch Salt as a drapery. A further store was opened in Moira, firstly as a butchers and grocers by their brother John, before it also becoming a drapery. Further stores were opened in Newhall, Castle Gresley and in Alvaston, Derby. Joseph emigrated to Canada, but Enoch was joined by another brother, Hezekiah. In 1925, the drapery store was joined on the opposite side of the High Street by a furniture and hardware store. | 1895 | 1982 |
| Arthur Sanders | Darlington | Bought by Binns 1922; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953. Now only surviving store to retain the Binns name. | 1770 | 1922 |
| John Sanders | Ealing | Founded as a drapers, purchased Lyttons in Ruislip, FW Rouse in West Ealing and Pettits in Wallingford. Ealing store was sold to Marks & Spencers in 1990. Business continues at Ruislip. | 1865 | |
| Eldred Sayers & Sons | Ealing | Bought by Bentalls in 1950; renamed Bentalls; relocated. Acquired by Fenwick. Bought by J E Beale from Fenwick; renamed Beales; closed | | 1950 |
| Robert Sayle | Cambridge | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1934. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; renamed John Lewis 2007. Other location Peterborough (succeeded Thomsons as a branch of Robert Sayle of Cambridge; destroyed by fire and closed 1956) | 1840 | 1956 |
| Seccombes | Cardiff | Started as George A Seccombe and Co, a fancy drapers in Queen Street. Bought by Hide & Co. in 1955; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; closed 1977 | 1895 | |
| Sheltons | Peterborough | | | |
| Sherriff & Ward | Winchester | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams. | | |
| Shinners | Sutton | One of the founders of United Drapery Stores. Renamed to Allders in 1979. | | 1979 |
| Shirers & Lances | Cheltenham | Closed in the 1970s. | | |
| James Shoolbred | Tottenham Court Road, London | | c. 1820s | 1931 |
| Shrubsoles | Kingston upon Thames | Started by William Shrubsole and Henry Knight. Shrubsole was a partner in a bank which became part of National Westminster Bank. Store was sold to Joseph Hide, becoming Hide & Co in 1873. Eventually became a Chiesmans after the House of Fraser purchase, before being branded an Army & Navy. Closed 1987 | | |
| Simes | Worcester | Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams | | |
| Sinclairs | Belfast | | | 1972 |
| Charles Sloper & Sons | Devizes | Half of store sold to Woolworths in 1933. | 1690 | 1974 |
| William Small & Sons | Edinburgh | bought by House of Fraser; closed | | |
| J C Smith | Nuneaton | Bought by Debenhams in 1929; renamed Debenhams. Other locations Bedworth (Opened as a branch of J C Smith, acquired by Debenhams then closed. Stratford-upon-Avon (Opened as a branch, acquired by Debenhams & renamed Debenhams in 1972) | | 1976 |
| R J Smiths | Aberdeen | Purchased by House of Fraser in 1981. | | |
| Smith Brothers | Dundee | | | |
| Smith Brothers | Tooting | Established in the early 1900s. The store was bought by Morleys of Brixton in 1955; renamed Morleys 2010 | c.1900 | 2010 |
| Snowball & Son | Gateshead | | 1850 | |
| Somertons | Harrow | | | |
| Sopers | Brighton | Opened by Samuel Henry Soper. Replaced by Lessons in the 1920s. | 1860 | c. 1920s |
| Sopers | Harrow | Bought by Debenhams. | | |
| Soutars Ltd | Arbroath | Known as James Soutar, at The Sign of the Eagle. Bought by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts; closed | | |
| Henry Sparrow | Bishop Stortford | Started as Sworders Ironmongery store during the mid-1800s in North Street. In 1904 it was bought by the stores clerk, Henry Sparrow. His family grew it into Bishop Stortford's only department store. In 1971 the business was sold by auction to Pearsons of Enfield. Pearsons was sold to Morleys Stores in 2010, with the Bishop Stortford store closed in 2012. | | |
| John Speed | Rotherham | | | |
| James Spence & Co. | St Paul's Churchyard, London | | | |
| Spencer Turner & Boldero | Lisson Grove, London | Established in 1837 as Boldero Ltd, the first record of the company at Lisson Grove was 1851, when William Spencer & Co was recorded in Kelly's Directory, with the census of that year listing 17 Drapery assistants and a porter, and two Drapery masters, William Boldero and Henry Turner. The company was first listed as Spencer, Turner & Boldero in 1855. The business diversified, so by late 1876 not only was it a retail drapers, but a wholesaler in a variety of goods from linen to tea, and by 1887 they are described as manufacturers and warehousemen, agents and importers. The business expanded and by 1938 operated from 61 to 85, 89-93 Lisson Grove, 1-22 Duke Street, 1-5 Devonshire Street and 2-8 Exeter Street, with a concrete bridge connecting the properties either side of Duke Street. The company lost the Exeter Street site, now known as Ashbridge Street due to bomb damage during the Blitz. The firm was last recorded in 1969 as "Spencer, Turner and Boldero Limited (including Devas Routledge and Co Ltd), wholesale textile warehousemen at 61-93 Lisson Grove, before the redevelopment of the area. | 1837 | 1969 |
| Henry Spokes | Hackney | | | |
| Spooners | Plymouth | Bought by Debenhams in 1929; merged with John Yeo and together renamed Debenhams in 1977. | 1837 | |
| St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society | Edinburgh | Opened first store 1859. Department store in Bread Street in 1892. Merged with Dalziel Society of Motherwell to form Scotmid in 1981. | 1859 | 1981 |
| Staddons | Nottingham | Department store closed; now a specialist bedroom furniture store (2015). | | |
| Staddons | Plaistow | Bought by Drapery Trust; ownership subsequently transferred to Debenhams; sold. Closed. | | |
| Staffords | Brighton | | | |
| Stagg & Russell | Leicester Square, London | Became part of the Drapery Trust | | |
| Stanleys | Birmingham | Bought by Debenhams c. 1945 | | |
| Steele | Dorchester | Succeeded by George Dixon & Jameson 1889 | 1843 | |
| T B Stephens | Stoke Newington | | | 1973 |
| Stewart & McDonald | Glasgow | The Department Store of a manufacturing business that started in 1826. The retail business was separated in 1913. | | |
| Stones | Romford | Bought by Debenhams and then renamed to Debenhams in the same year. Debenhams closed in 2021 and was replaced by the Aklu Plaza Asian mall. | 1864 | 1960 |
| Strange & Atkinson | Eastbourne | Bought by Bobby & Co. | | |
| Stringers | Stourbridge | Bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen; closed 1990. | | |
| George Sturla & Co | Liverpool | Started by George Sturla at 154 Great Homer Street, the business offered credit through Sturla cheques, and opening stores across Merseyside, the West Midlands and operating Oakes & Hulme stores. The 9 department stores were purchased by Macowards in 1968. | 1879 | |
| Style & Gerrish | Salisbury | Opened by John Style & John Large as Style & Large as wholesale linen drapers. By 1863 George Gerrish had replaced John Large, and the company name was changed. The business was bought by Debenhams prior to 1956 and in 1972 it was renamed. | 1803 | 1972. |
| Suters | Slough | Bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen Other location Uxbridge (Renamed Owen Owen) | | |
| J K Swallow & Sons | Chesterfield | | | |
| George Swan | North Shields | Bought by Shephards of Gateshead; renamed Shephards | | |
| Swan & Edgar | Piccadilly Circus | | | 1982 |

### T

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| R R Talbot | Weymouth | Was purchased by the Drapery Trust in 1928 and transferred to Plummer Roddis | | 1928 |
| Tanner & Chart | Horsham | Became part of William Mcllroy/Mcllroys. | | |
| William Tarn & Co | Elephant and Castle | | c. 1799 | |
| Fred Taylor | Yeovil | Purchased by Plummer Roddis in the 1940s. | 1913 | c. 1940s |
| Frederick Taylor & Son | Lambeth | | | |
| Joshua Taylor | Cambridge | | | 1990s |
| J R Taylor | St Annes-on-Sea | Purchased Blackburn firm Mabel Stevenson in the 1950s. Other location Bolton - Store was formally Whiteheads. | 1901 | 2015 |
| W M Taylor | Erdington | Bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Other locations Kings Heath Sutton Coldfield | | |
| Taylors | Basildon | Bought by House of Fraser 1979; incorporated into the Army & Navy group; renamed Army & Navy. | | |
| Taylors | Clifton | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams | | |
| The House That Jack Built | Aston | | | |
| Thomas Brothers | Southend-on-Sea | Located in Southchurch Avenue in two buildings either side of Prittlewell Path, located where the Victoria Shopping Centre now stands. | | |
| B Thomas | Helston | Bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s | | |
| W C Thompson (trading as Liverpool House) | Sunderland | | 1867 | |
| Patrick Thomson | Edinburgh | Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts 1976; closed | | 1976 |
| Thomsons | Peterborough | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; renamed Robert Sayle; destroyed by fire and closed 1956 | | |
| Thornton Varley | Hull | Originally R Thornton, bought by Debenhams in 1953; renamed Debenhams 1970s. | | |
| Thurman & Malin | Derby | | 1879 | 1970 |
| J H Tobys | Nottingham | Opened 1929 by James And Florence Hartley. Toby was James' nickname. The business was sold to Grant-Warden of Walton on Thames in 1968 when Florence died. It closed in 1982. | 1929 | |
| Treron et Cie | Glasgow | Established by Walter Wilson. | 1896 | |
| Trewin Brothers | Watford | Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1918. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940. | | |
| Trippetts | Bradford | | 1887 | |
| Thomas Tucker | Exmouth | Bought by Benzie family, of Benzie & Miller, 1958; closed 2007. | 1801 | 2007 |
| Tuckwood's Stores | Sheffield | Located in Fargate, the Department store sold groceries, household goods, medicines and had both a restaurant and a café. | | |
| Tudor Williams | New Malden | Dorking site operates a bed shop | 1919 | 2019 |
| Tuttles | Lowestoft | Bought by Debenhams c. 1960; sold c. 1973 closed. | | |
| Tyrers | St Helens | | 1888 | 2016 |
| Tyrell & Green | Southampton | Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1934; renamed John Lewis on relocation to new building 2000. | 1897 | 2000 |

### U

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed | References |
| E Upton & Sons | Middlesbrough | Main store in Linthorpe Road, had further branches in South Bank and Redcar. | | | |

### V

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| Verity & Sons | Doncaster | Bought by Owen Owen in 1950; renamed Owen Owen. Bought by House of Fraser from Owen Owen 1975; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns; converted to an outlet store; renamed House of Fraser Outlet. | 1865 | |
| Vinalls | Eastbourne | Established 1870s. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1947; sold to McCartney Stewart. Site now occupied by part of Marks & Spencer and south-eastern section of Arndale Centre (2015). | | |
| Vivian Brothers | Camborne | | 1839 | |
| Vokins | Brighton | Established 1882 as 'Leeson & Vokins'. Traded as 'Leeson & Vokins' 1882–1937; W H Vokins 1937–1983; Vokins 1983–1997; closed 1997. Vokins continued to trade as 'Vokins Furniture & Beds' from a site in Hove until closure in 2015. | 1882 | 1997 |

### W

| Name | Location | Description | Opened | Closed |
| W J Wade | Brighton | Store rebuilt in 1930. Bought by Macowards in 1959; bought by Owen Owen in 1975. | 1890s | |
| Thomas Wallis & Co. | London | Holborn building was destroyed during the blitz and the store moved to stores between 445 and 556 Oxford Street in 1941. Store was bought by Macowards in 1961 but the Oxford Street store was closed in 1969 and the lease sold to Littlewoods. Other locations Streatham Guildford Sidcup (formerly Dawsons & Co) Bromley Newbury Basingstoke (formerly Lanhams) | 1825 | |
| John Walsh | Sheffield | Bought by Harrods. Acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed Rackhams 1970s; renamed House of Fraser 1980s; closed 1998. | | 1972 |
| Walter Brothers | Worthing | Based on South Street. | 1846 | 1971 |
| Waltons | Exeter | Store now part of Marks and Spencer site. Other location Exmouth - Closed in 1982. | 1905 | 1972 |
| E L Ward | Cheltenham | | | |
| Wards | Seven Sisters | Still known locally as Ward's Corner. | 1901 | 1972 |
| Henry Warren & Son | Newton Abbot | Bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s | | |
| Warwick House | Birmingham | Birmingham's first department store, later on became part of Marshall & Snelgrove. | 1839 | |
| Warwick House | Malvern | | 1842 | 1992 |
| Waterloo House | Newcastle upon Tyne | Based on Thornton Road. | | |
| Watt & Grant | Aberdeen | | | |
| Waymarks | Tunbridge Wells | Bought by Chiesmans. | | |
| J C Webber & Sons | Maidenhead | Purchased by Great Universal Stores. | | |
| Webbers | Oxford | Succeeded City Drapery Stores 1905. Bought by Hide & Co. 1952; closed 1971 | | |
| Weekes | Tunbridge Wells | Bought by Hoopers & renamed to Hoopers. | | |
| Wellsteeds | Reading | Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams in 1973. | 1870 | 1973 |
| Welwyn Department Store | Welwyn Garden City | Established in 1939 replacing the earlier Welwyn Stores which had opened in 1921, by the Welwyn Garden City Trust. The business was purchased by Garfield Weston though his subsidiary Howardsgate Holdings in the 1950s, before being moved to his company Associated British Foods in 1963. It was bought by the John Lewis Partnership in 1983 and renamed John Lewis in 1984. | 1939 | 1984 |
| Wengers | Newcastle upon Tyne | Opened in the 1960s by Sam Wenger in the former Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company headquarters. | 1960s | 1983 |
| West's | Ilford | Purchased by R H O Hills in 1959. | | |
| Wheatley & Whiteley | Leeds | | | |
| Whitakers | Bolton | Bought by Beales in 1996, renamed to Beales in 2011 then closed in 2018. | 1829 | 2011 |
| Henry White | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | | |
| Rocky White | Haverfordwest | | 1910 | 2013 |
| W E White & Son | Guildford | Occupied by Marks & Spencer since the 1960s | | |
| Thomas White & Co. | Aldershot | Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1961; renamed Army & Navy; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1980s | | |
| White & Ellis | Ramsgate | | | |
| White House | Derby | Located in Babington Road. Owned by Cattles Holdings, formerly Hull Clothing & Supply at one point. | | |
| R Whitehead & Son | Bolton | | | 2001 |
| William Whiteley | London | | | |
| Frederick Wickham | Tunbridge Wells | Succeeded by Mary Lee in the 1930s. | | |
| Wickhams | Mile End Road, London | | | |
| Wildings | Newport | Other location Thornbury | | |
| Williams & Cox | Torquay | Building bought by Hoopers and reopened as the first Hoopers store 1982. | 1982 | |
| Williams & Griffin | Colchester | | | |
| Williamson & Cole | Clapham | | | |
| Willis Ludlow | Hull | Other location Leeds | | |
| Wills | Rushden | Went into liquidation. Other locations Wellingborough - Opened in 1936. Kettering - Opened in 1938 & closed in 1986 | 1922 | 2010 |
| Wilson | Stockton on Tees | Moved to 55 High Street in 1888. | 1856 | 1968 |
| G L Wilson | Dundee | | 1894 | 1971 |
| James H Wilson | Crouch End | Bought by Hide & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; closed. | | |
| Walter Wilson & Co. | Glasgow | Trading as 'Grand Colosseum'; bought by Dallas's 1936. | 1873 | |
| Wilson & Co. | Brentwood | Building destroyed by fire in 1909. Store re-opened with new grand building and became known as Wilson's Corner. | 1883 | 1978 |
| Winch & Blatch | Sudbury | Homeware store sold to C J Townrow & Sons. | 1850s | 2020 |
| Fred Winter | Stratford upon Avon | | 1858 | 2019 |
| WS Wood | Colwyn Bay | Opened as a ladies shop. Expanded over the next 20 years into a department store. New building by Sidney Colwyn Foulkes completed in 1933. Acquired by Macowards in 1956. Purchased by Owen Owen. Sold by Owen Owen to Co-op Retail Services. Building as grade II listing. | 1912 | |
| Woodward's | Leamington Spa | On corner of Regent Street and the Parade. Store was closed by then owners Merchant Retail on 31 July 2004, contributing £300,000 profit to the group. The building was sold to Atlantic Property Developments plc who demolished the building in 2005. | 1908 | 2004 |
| Wood & Selby | Glasgow | Opened by James Wood, purchased by House of Fraser in 1952. | 1880s | |
| Woolland Brothers | Knightsbridge | New building completed 1901. Bought by Debenhams 1949; closed 1967. Building demolished. Site now occupied by The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel (2015). | 1869 | 1967 |
| John Woollright & Co. | Liverpool | | | |
| Wright Brothers | Richmond | Bought by Hide & Co. 1940. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975. Bought by Owen Owen from House of Fraser 1976; renamed Owen Owen; closed 1990; premises sold to Tesco. Building now occupied by Tesco Metro (2015). | | |
| Wright & Co. | Middlesbrough | Established by Lawrence Wright & Richard Archibald and known as Wrights Tower House. Richard Archibald retired in 1895. Refurbished in 1956. Closed in 1986. Building demolished 1987. | 1862 | |
| R. Wylie Hill | Glasgow | Founded by Robert Wylie Hill, grandson of Robert Wylie and great nephew of William Lochhead. The business at 20 Buchanan Street burnt down, but was rebuilt with input in the details designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1888. The business was bought by newsagents John Menzies in 1974 and closed. | 1883 | 1974 |
| Wylie & Lochhead | Glasgow | Bought by House of Fraser 1957; merged with McDonalds and together renamed McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead 1957; renamed Frasers 1975. | | |

### Y

| Name | Location | Description |
| John Yeo | Plymouth | Bought by Debenhams in 1964; merged with Spooners and together renamed Debenhams in 1977. |
| S Young & Son | Sevenoaks | One of the founder members of United Drapery Stores; closed 1977; became a Bejams Freezer store 1979, currently an Iceland |
| Youngs | Falkirk | Based in Princes Street. |