List of companies based in Leeds
Leeds is home to the UK headquarters of:
Asda's Headquarters, Asda House in Leeds
The Yorkshire Bank headquarters in Leeds
The Leeds Studios operated by Yorkshire Television
- Arla Foods - UK subsidiary of this Danish company
- Asda Walmart - supermarket chain
- Buckley London - designer costume jewellery
- Capita - FTSE 100 listed company concerned with business process outsourcing
- CYBG plc - Major UK banking group
- First Direct - a subsidiary of HSBC
- GHD - global HQ for hair fashion company
- Goldenfry Foods - food product manufacturer based in Wetherby
- Jet2.com - low cost airline
- Leeds Brewery
- Leeds Building Society - formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society
- Northern Gas Networks Limited - natural gas distributor and network
- Northern Foods - ready meals and food brands
- Optare - a bus manufacturer
- Premier Hazard – manufacturer of emergency vehicle warning equipment
- Rockstar Leeds
- Symington's - major food manufacturer (Aunt Bessies, Ragu, Golden Wonder)
- Sky plc - customer care and digital development
- Sky Betting & Gaming - betting and gaming company has headquarters in Leeds
- Wharfedale - manufacturer of audio/visual consumer items
- 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, which is headquartered in London
- J Hepworth & Son - formerly a tailor; renamed Next in the 1980s; now based in Enderby, Leicestershire
- J&H McLaren & Co. - steam traction and diesel engine manufacturers; taken over by Hawker Siddeley; shut down in 1959
- John Fowler & Co. - steam traction and ploughing engine manufacturers; taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co.
- 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; in 1995 it was bought by the Halifax, 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
- Premier Farnell - electronic component distributor worldwide (HQ now in London)
- Republic - clothing store
- Schofields - a department store on The Headrow in Leeds; bought by House of Fraser in 1988 and latterly closed in 1996
- Tetley - taken over by Carlsberg UK, based in Northampton
- Thurstons - a bakers and sandwich retailer; taken over by Greggs in the 1990s and subsequently rebranded as Greggs
- Waddingtons - a maker of board games; taken over by the American toy company Hasbro; has since had production of board games moved out of the city
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