John Lewis Partnership

Summary

John Lewis Partnership is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• John Lewis Partnership is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• John Lewis Partnership is in the country of GB^[4].
• John Lewis Partnership's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• John Lewis Partnership's instance of is recorded as employee-owned company^[6].
• John Lewis Partnership's founder is recorded as John Lewis^[7].
• John Lewis Partnership's headquarters location is recorded as London^[8].
• John Lewis Partnership's child organization or unit is recorded as John Lewis^[9].
• John Lewis Partnership's child organization or unit is recorded as Waitrose & Partners^[10].
• John Lewis Partnership's Commons category is recorded as John Lewis Partnership^[11].
• John Lewis Partnership's industry is recorded as retail^[12].
• John Lewis Partnership's industry is recorded as wholesale^[13].
• September 20, 1928 marks the founding of John Lewis Partnership^[14].
• 1928-09-20 marks the founding of John Lewis Partnership^[15].
• John Lewis Partnership's location of formation is recorded as Oxford Street^[16].
• John Lewis Partnership's official website is recorded as http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk^[17].
• John Lewis Partnership's topic's main category is recorded as Category:John Lewis Partnership^[18].
• John Lewis Partnership's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+98000'}^[19].
• John Lewis Partnership's legal form is recorded as public limited company^[20].
• John Lewis Partnership's legal form is recorded as B6ES^[21].
• John Lewis Partnership's different from is recorded as Lewis's^[22].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800JSUFNZLZLCVJ25^[23]

• Registered legal name: John Lewis PLC^[24]

• Legal jurisdiction: GB^[25]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[26]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES^[27]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[28]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[29]

• Entity created: 1928-09-20^[30]

• LEI first registered: 2013-10-18^[31]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-29^[32]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-30^[33]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[34]

• Registration authority: RA000585^[35]

• Authority entity ID: 00233462^[36]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[37]

Body

Founding

John Lewis Partnership's founder is recorded as John Lewis^[7]. Recorded inception include September 20, 1928^[14] and 1928-09-20^[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as Oxford Street^[16].

Operations

John Lewis Partnership's headquarters location is recorded as London^[8]. Subsidiaries include John Lewis^[9], a department store chain^[38], in United Kingdom^[39], founded in 1864^[40], headquartered in London^[41] and Waitrose & Partners^[10], a supermarket chain^[42], in United Kingdom^[43], founded in 1904^[44], headquartered in Bracknell^[45].

Industry

Industries include retail^[12] and wholesale^[13].

Why It Matters

John Lewis Partnership ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46]