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Asda
Sign in to saveAlso known as Asda Walmart, George at Asda, ASDA Group plc, ASDA Group, ASDA Wal-Mart Supercentre, ASDA Smart Price, Smart Price
thumb|A bust of co-founder Peter Asquith outside Asda House in Leeds Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and stylised as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is located in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into Southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when
Key facts
- Company.name
- Asda Stores Limited
- Company.logo
- Asda logo.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2002
- Company.area_served
- United Kingdom
- Company.image
- Asda House, Leeds (19th July 2014) 001.JPGborder
- Company.image_caption
- Asda House in Leeds, the supermarket's headquarters
- Company.trade_name
- Asda
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
- Company.locations
- 1,106 (2025)
- Company.key_people
- Allan Leighton (chairman)
- Company.revenue
- £21.9 billion (excluding fuel, 2023)
- Company.operating_income
- >£1 billion (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 145,000 (2022)
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 143125
- Official website
- opticians.asda.com
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- Commons category
- Asda
- inception
- 1965-01-01
- location information URL
- storelocator.asda.com
- number of branches
- 1106
- social media followers
- 37400
- official jobs URL
- www.asda.jobs
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44 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980s and 1990s
- Near bankruptcy and merger prospects
- 2000s and 2010s: Walmart years
- Advertising issues
- Expansion
- Abandoned merger with Sainsbury's
- 2020s
- Acquisition by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital
- New brand identity
- £50 million store upgrade programme
- Since 2025
- Store formats
- Asda Superstores
- Asda Supercentres
- Asda Supermarket
- Asda Living
- George stores
- Asda Essentials
- Asda Petrol
- Asda Express
- Brands and services
- Just Essentials by Asda
- Chosen By You
- George clothing
- Asda Mobile
- Asda Money
- Medicine
- Asda Radio
- Asda Rewards
- Distribution
- Employee relations
- Marketing
- Campaigns
- Energy drinks
- Ethical trading
- Charities
- Market share
- Award
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A bust of co-founder Peter Asquith outside Asda House in Leeds Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and stylised as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is located in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into Southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when it was acquired by large American retailer Walmart for £6.7 billion. Asda was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2014 by market share, at which point it fell into third place. As of December 2025, its market share in the UK is 11.4 per cent.
Besides its core supermarkets, the company also acts as a white label payment card provider offering assistance for insurance and payment services under the Asda Money brand and also has a mobile virtual network operator.
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