Poundland

British variety store chain
Organization business Q1434528
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Poundland

Summary

Poundland is a business[1]. Poundland ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,140 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Poundland is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Poundland is in the country of GB[4].
  • Poundland's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Poundland's instance of is recorded as variety store chain[6].
  • Poundland's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[7].
  • Poundland's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Poundland's founder is recorded as Steven Smith[9].
  • Poundland is owned by Steinhoff International[10].
  • Poundland's headquarters location is recorded as Willenhall[11].
  • Poundland's Commons category is recorded as Poundland[12].
  • Poundland's industry is recorded as retail[13].
  • April 1990 marks the founding of Poundland[14].
  • 1990-04-25 marks the founding of Poundland[15].
  • Poundland's official website is recorded as https://www.poundland.co.uk/[16].
  • Poundland's product or material produced is recorded as grocery store[17].
  • Poundland's legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[18].
  • Poundland's legal form is recorded as H0PO[19].
  • Poundland's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+121243'}[20].
  • Poundland's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+120913'}[21].
  • Poundland's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+121747'}[22].

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): 213800O81ZIP7VFYVM51[23]

  • Registered legal name: Poundland Limited[24]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[25]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[26]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): H0PO[27]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[28]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[29]

  • Entity created: 1990-04-25[30]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-02-10[31]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-02-03[32]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-02-15[33]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[34]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[35]

  • Authority entity ID: 02495645[36]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[37]

Body

Founding

Poundland's founder is recorded as Steven Smith[9]. Recorded inception include April 1990[14] and 1990-04-25[15].

Operations

Poundland's headquarters location is recorded as Willenhall[11].

Industry

Poundland's industry is recorded as retail[13].

Ownership

Poundland is owned by Steinhoff International[10]. Poundland's product or material produced is recorded as grocery store[17].

Why It Matters

Poundland ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,140 views/month).[2] Poundland has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Poundland is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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.

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

  1. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [37] . 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.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 B2F7-ADD1-9CB5-5DC6-238F
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: B2F7-ADD1-9CB5-5DC6-238F, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry retail
    Owned by Steinhoff International
    Instance of
    Instance of business, variety store chain, brick and mortar +1
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:پاؤنڈ لینڈ]]"
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