Our History

Our History

1990: First store opens in Burton Upon Trent

1990
1995: Head Office and DC opens in Wolverhampton

1995
2002: Poundland is sold to Advent International

2002
2005: 300,000sqft distribution centre opens at Springvale

2005
2008: Macmillan Cancer Support partnership launches

2008
2009: First store opens in Northern Ireland

2009
2011: First Dealz stores open in Republic or Ireland

2011
2014: Poundland floats on the London Stock Exchange

2014: Dealz enters the Spanish market

2014: 350,000sqft flagship distribution centre opens in Harlow

2014
2015: Poundland celebrates 25th birthday

2015: Exceeds £1 billion turnover for the first time

2015
2016: Poundland under new ownership

2016: PEP&CO clothing brand launches

2016
2017: Twin Peaks launches (Poundland’s fastest selling own brand chocolate)

2017
2018: Dealz launches in Poland

2018
2019: First Chilled and Frozen store opens in Ashbourne

2019
2020: New PEP&CO Home range

2020: Chilled and Frozen launches

2020: Fultons Acquisition

2020
2021: PEPCO floated on the Warsaw stock exchange

2021: Poundland Foundation launches

2021: First Kits for Kids Sponsorship

2021
2022: Poundshop.com acquisition

2022: Opened our largest 19000 SQ FT store

2022: Super Saturday 10th December: We opened 8 stores in one day!

2022
2023: Acquired a number of former Wilko leases

2023: Poundland transactional website launches

2023