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FirstGroup plc
Sign in to saveFirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company operates transport services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Key facts
- Company.name
- FirstGroup plc
- Company.logo
- FirstGroup.svg
- Company.image
- FirstGroup headquarters.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- The King Street Barracks building, in which FirstGroup is headquartered
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- 1 April 1995
- Company.area_served
- United Kingdom Ireland
- Company.key_people
- Peter Lynas Graham Sutherland
- Company.industry
- Transport
- Company.products
- Bus, coach, rail & tram
- Company.revenue
- £5,066.3 million (2025)
- Company.operating_income
- £222.6 million (2025)
- Company.net_income
- £138.3 million (2025)
- Company.num_employees
- 30,763 (2025)
- Company.subsid
- See below
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and early acquisitions
- FirstGroup and expansion
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Operations
- Corporate branding and liveries
- Current operating businesses
- First Bus
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
- East of England
- Manchester, Midlands and South Yorkshire
- North and West Yorkshire
- Greater London
- South and South West England
- Wales and West of England
- Other operations
- Northern Ireland
- Ireland
- First Rail
- United Kingdom
- Former operating companies
- Bus and coach
- Canada
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Rail
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Denmark and Sweden
- References
- External links
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company operates transport services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The creation of what became FirstGroup is closely tied to the deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. During April 1995, two acquisitive private bus operators, Badgerline and GRT Bus Group, merged to create FirstBus. The new company initially operated a fleet of 5,600 buses to provide services to numerous regions across England, Wales and Scotland. Throughout the late 1990s, FirstBus continued its policy of growth by acquisition. To this end, it acquired several former council owned operations and companies formerly owned by English, Welsh and Scottish nationalised operators.
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