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Also known as Block & Quayle, Block and Quayle, B&Q plc, B & Q, B and Q
B&Q Limited (short for Block & Quayle after the company's two founders) is a British multinational DIY, home improvement and garden centre retailing company, with headquarters in Eastleigh, England. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc. It was founded on 5 March 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle.
Key facts
- Company.name
- B&Q Limited
- Company.logo_size
- 180px
- Company.image_caption
- B&Q's logo since 2017
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.location
- Eastleigh, England, UK
- Company.locations
- 316 shops (Jan 2023)
- Company.key_people
- Graham Bell (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.revenue
- £3.8 billion (2022/23)
- Company.net_income
- £603 million (2022/23)
- Company.num_employees
- 27,000 (2023)
- Company.parent
- Kingfisher plc
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- 1969 to 1979: Early growth
- 1980s: Buyout and further expansion
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Brands
- Customers
- Corporate affairs
- Shops
- Financial performance
- International operations
- Incidents
- References
- External links
B&Q Limited (short for Block & Quayle after the company's two founders) is a British multinational DIY, home improvement and garden centre retailing company, with headquarters in Eastleigh, England. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc. It was founded on 5 March 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle.
It is the UK's largest home improvement retailer, serving both the general public and tradespeople. In contrast, its main competitor Wickes primarily caters to trade professionals. Where the British home improvement sector faced hostile competition in the 1990s, B&Q has become the dominant retailer in its sector following the demise of Focus in 2011 and Homebase in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “B&Q” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.