Currys

electrical retailer in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Organization business Q3246464
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Currys

Summary

Currys is a business[1]. Currys ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,907 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Currys is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Currys is in the country of Ireland[4].
  • Currys is in the country of GB[5].
  • Currys's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Currys's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[7].
  • Currys's instance of is recorded as electronics store chain[8].
  • Currys is owned by Dixons Carphone[9].
  • Currys's headquarters location is recorded as Waterloo[10].
  • Currys's Commons category is recorded as Currys[11].
  • Currys's industry is recorded as retail[12].
  • Currys's industry is recorded as industrial sector[13].
  • 1884 marks the founding of Currys[14].
  • 2009-12-15 marks the founding of Currys[15].
  • Currys's official website is recorded as https://currys.co.uk/[16].
  • Currys's product or material produced is recorded as major appliance[17].
  • Currys's legal form is recorded as B6ES[18].
  • Currys's operating area is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • Currys's operating area is recorded as Ireland[20].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+187250'}[21].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+37600'}[22].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+240530'}[23].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+43100'}[24].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+47900'}[25].
  • Currys's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54200'}[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138001E12GWLLDQQF16[27]

  • Registered legal name: Currys PLC[28]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[29]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[30]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES[31]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[32]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[33]

  • Entity created: 2009-12-15[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-09-24[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-08-05[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-09-22[37]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 07105905[40]

  • Other names: Carphone Warehouse Group Public Limited Company, Dixons Carphone PLC[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1884[14] and 2009-12-15[15].

Operations

Currys's headquarters location is recorded as Waterloo[10].

Industry

Industries include retail[12] and industrial sector[13].

Ownership

Currys is owned by Dixons Carphone[9]. Currys's product or material produced is recorded as major appliance[17].

Why It Matters

Currys ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,907 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → B935-2AD7-6646-7560-5E29
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: B935-2AD7-6646-7560-5E29, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269256|batch #269256]]"
  2. 13w ago · Vezznay · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Waterloo
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P159]]: [[Q84]], HQ/registered office is 1 Portal Way, London W3 (was Waterloo)"
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