List of notable businesses founded in England, listed alphabetically with corporate logos when available. This list includes some of the largest, most profitable companies that were founded in England. The famous England companies and corporations on this list include both public and private corporations. You can find information about the popular companies on this list, such as what industry they're part of. When available you can click on the successful England company's names to find out even more about them.
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A. Le Coq is an Estonian brewery. The company was founded by Albert Le Coq in London in 1807, using a brewery in Tartu that was founded in 1826. The company was bought in 1997 and is currently ...more
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using ...more
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Accurist
Accurist Watches Ltd is a watch manufacturer, headquartered in West Hampstead, London. The company has a reputation of providing high quality watches at comparatively low prices.
Acer Records was developed from the name for Tim’s personal studio facility “Acer Studios” named so because of the red Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) that grew at the drive gateway to the studio ...more
Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK, including the ...more
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Adams Childrenswear
Barrowdrive Ltd. is a children's clothing retailer, based in Paddington, London in the United Kingdom.
Admiral Sportswear is an internationally recognised football and cricket brand. Admiral was the supplier of sports apparel to the England cricket team until 23 April 2008 and, until the end of ...more
Adventure Soft is a U.K.-based video game developer established by Mike Woodroffe, first as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games. The firm operates out of Sutton Coldfield, ...more
Ainsleys is one of the UK's premier family bakeries and has been tantalizing the tastebuds of diners for over 60 years. Over thirty Yorkshire retail stores serve freshly baked breads, cakes, ...more
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Airside
Airside was founded in 1998 by Alex Maclean, Nat Hunter and Fred Deakin. The company has won many awards including recognition from D&AD, BAFTA and Design Week. Co-founder Deakin is one half ...more
Allard Motor Company Limited was a London based low volume car manufacturer founded in 1945 by Sydney Allard which commenced from small premises in south west London. Car manufacture almost ...more
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Allied Irish Bank (GB)
Allied Irish Bank (GB) is a bank operating in the United Kingdom as a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks.
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Anglo-South American Bank
The Anglo-South American Bank was a British and Argentine bank established with the acquisition of the Anglo-Argentine Bank in 1900 by the Bank of Tarapacá and London. The new bank first ...more
Ann Summers is a British multinational retailer company specialising in sex toys and lingerie, with over 140 high street stores in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Spain. In 2000, Ann ...more
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Ant workshopVideo game
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Antics TechnologiesComputer Animation, Software industry
Antics Technologies, Ltd. is a software company based in Cambridge, England with offices both there and in Los Angeles, California, as well as in London. Antics currently develop their flagship ...more
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Apple CorpsMedia, Music, Arts
Apple Corps Ltd is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in January 1968 by the members of the Beatles to replace their earlier company and to form a conglomerate. Its name is a ...more
Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and ...more
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ARC InternationalComputer
ARC International PLC was a developer of configurable microprocessor technology and is now owned by Synopsys. ARC developed synthesisable IP and licensed it to semiconductor companies. ...more
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Argonaut GamesVideo game, Interactive entertainment, Video game industry
Argonaut Games plc was a British video game developer. Founded as Argonaut Software by teenager Jez San in 1982, the company name is a play on his name and the mythological story of Jason and ...more
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Arkus Financial ServicesFinancial Services
Arkus Financial Services was founded as IRML, in 2003 by Yves de Naurois and Peter Jeffreys. In addition to Yves de Naurois and Peter Jeffreys, IRML's founding directors were Norman Riddell, CEO ...more
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Asda Stores LimitedRetail, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
Asda Stores Ltd. is a British-based, American-owned supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile phone network, Asda ...more
