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Asda

British supermarket chain

Entitysupermarket chain brick and mortar gas station chainQ297410

Also known as Asda Walmart · George at Asda · ASDA Group plc · ASDA Group · ASDA Wal-Mart Supercentre · ASDA Smart Price

Instance of: supermarket chain
, brick and mortar
, gas station chain
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 1965
Website: asda.com
, opticians.asda.com

Overview

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Asda Stores Limited, trading as Asda, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on its supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when it was acquired by large American retailer Walmart for £6.7 billion. Asda was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2014 by market share, at which point it fell into third place. As of December 2025, its market share in the UK is 11.4 per cent.

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Headquarters: Leeds postal code: LS11 5AD · country: United Kingdom · coordinates: 53.7922°N, 1.5450°W
Parent: Walmart
Formed in: Leeds
Child organization or unit: Asda Mobile
Asda Express
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1.corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2022/10/18/asda-launches-first-asda-express-convenience-stores
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Asda Rewards
Owned by: Walmart
Employees: 143,125
Industry: retail
Legal form: privately held company
Number of branches: 1,106(January 9, 2025)
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1.“All Asda Kingsthorpe Supermarket stores | groceries, grocery delivery, pharmacies, opticians, cafes, travel money”storelocator.asda.com/directoryRetrieved 2025-01-09
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Social media followers: 37,400(October 11, 2025) youtube channel id: UCC4mmbgZTljy5DSMVWMwWfw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-10-11
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506,668(January 9, 2025) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20123366
34,500(September 7, 2024) youtube channel id: UCC4mmbgZTljy5DSMVWMwWfw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-09-07
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33,900(May 27, 2024) youtube handle: Asda
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1.youtube.com/@AsdaRetrieved 2024-05-27
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519,664(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20123366
507,139(February 24, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20123366
493,424(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20123366

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