List of companies based in Leeds

Leeds is home to the UK headquarters:
*Ainsleys - a bakers and sandwich retailer
*Asda Walmart - Supermarket chain
*Arla Foods - UK subsidiary of this Danish company
*Carlsberg UK - formerly Carlsberg Tetley
*Empiredirect.co.uk - online electrical warehouse
*First Direct - a subsidiary of HSBC
*Jet2.com - low cost airline
*Leeds Building Society - formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society
*Macfarlane Transport - a road haulage company
*Northern Foods - ready meals & food brands
*Northern Gas Networks
*Optare - a bus manufacturer
*Premier Farnell - electronic component distributor worldwide
*Q Hotels
*Rockstar Leeds
*Town Centre Securities - property developer
*Whizz-Go - city centrer Car Rental Club
*Yorkshire Bank - a subsidiary of National Australia Bank
*Yorkshire Post Newspapers - a subsidiary of Johnston Press plc
*Yorkshire Television - a subsidiary of ITV plc

Companies formerly headquartered in Leeds

*Burton - a tailor currently owned by the Arcadia Group that is headquartered in London
*J&H McLaren & Co. Steam traction and Diesel Engine Manufacturers, Taken over by Hawker Siddley & shut down in 1959.
*John Fowler & Co. Steam Traction and Ploughing engine manufacturers, Taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co.
*J Hepworth & Son - formerly a tailor it was renamed Next in the 1980s and is now based in Enderby, Leicestershire
*Kitson & Co. - Former Locomotive builders, Failed in the 1930s, & remains sold to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns.
*Leeds Permanent Building Society - also known as The Leeds it was bought by the Halifax in 1995 which in turn merged with Bank of Scotland. However there continues to be a significant HBOS office presence in the city of Leeds
*Marks & Spencer - founded in Leeds Kirkgate Market as a penny bazaar it has long since been headquartered in London.
*Planet Online - latterly known as "Energis Squared", business ISP bought by Energis and now part of Cable & Wireless.
*Schofields - a department store on The Headrow in Leeds which was bought by House of Fraser in 1988 and latterly closed in 1996.
*Thurstons - a bakers and sandwich retailer which had been taken over by Greggs in the 1990s and subsequently rebranded as Greggs.
*Waddingtons - a maker of board games which was taken over by the American toy company Hasbro and has since had production of board games moved out of the city.

See also

*Economy of Leeds


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