Toolstation

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Toolstation Limited

Type	subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Founded	2003
Founder	Mark Goddard-Watts
Headquarters	Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom Netherlands France Germany Belgium
Key people	James Mackenzie (CEO)
Products	tools, building materials
Revenue	£633 million (2020) [1]
Number of employees	5000 (2021)
Parent	Travis Perkins plc
Website	toolstation.com

Toolstation is a multi-channel retailer of tools and building materials. It has more than 500 branches in the UK, 65 in the Netherlands and 23 in France. It was bought by Travis Perkins in 2014. The managing director is James Mackenzie.^[2]

History[]

Toolstation was formed in February 2003 by Mark Goddard-Watts, one of the founding family members of Screwfix Direct.^[3]

In 2012 Goddard-Watts sold his shares to Travis Perkins plc.^[4][5] A distribution centre in Middleton, Greater Manchester opened in August 2018.^[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Toolstation remained open to provide its essential products to the trade and the general public. During the initial stages of the pandemic, it adopted a click and collect based retail operation in the interest of customer and colleague safety, however this was later scrapped as the pandemic prevention restrictions were eased by Boris Johnson.^[7] Click and Collect is still available at all Toolstation sites and is the preferred method of purchasing by many.

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