List of companies based in Leeds
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Leeds is home to the UK headquarters:
- Ainsleys - a bakers and sandwich retailer
- Asda Walmart - a supermarket
- Arla Foods - UK subsidiary of this Danish company
- Carlsberg UK - formerly Carlsberg Tetley
- Direct Line Insurance - a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland
- Empiredirect.co.uk - online electrical warehouse
- First Direct - a subsidiary of HSBC
- Jet2.com Airline
- Leeds Building Society - formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society
- Macfarlane Transport - a road haulage company
- Northern Foods
- Northern Gas Networks
- Optare - a bus manufacturer
- Premier Farnell
- Q Hotels
- Rockstar Leeds
- Town Centre Securities - property developer
- Whizz-Go Car Rental
- Yorkshire Bank - a subsidiary of National Australia Bank
- Yorkshire Post Newspapers - a subsidiary of Johnston Press plc
- Yorkshire Television - a subsidiary of ITV plc
[edit] 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.
