Retail Week Knowledge Bank has compiled a ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales during the 2012/13 financial year.

The UK’s top 50 retailers by sales during the 2013/1 financial year.

Methodology: This ranking excludes buying groups, franchised formats and opticians. Retailers that fell into administration during the year are also not included. Sales are UK retail sales ex-VAT for 2012/13, unless otherwise stated.

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RankRetailer2012/13 UK retail sales (£m)Notes
1 Tesco £43,579  
2 Sainsbury’s  £23,303  
3 ASDA £22,814 Year to December 2012.
4 Morrisons £18,116  
5 Marks & Spencer £8,951  
6 John Lewis Partnership £8,466  
7 Cooperative Group £8,289  
8 Alliance Boots £6,547 UK retail sales (opticians and chemists). 
9 Home Retail Group £5,362 Sales exclude financial services activities.
10 Kingfisher £4,316 Includes Republic of Ireland.
11 Dixons Retail £4,015 Sales are underlying. Includes Republic of Ireland. 
12 Amazon £3,600 RWKB estimate of sales of Amazon.co.uk site. Year to December 2012.
13 Next £3,369 Sales are Next Retail (UK and Ireland), Next Directory (excluding overseas sales) and Lipsy Retail.
14 Aldi £3,250 RWKB estimate. Year to December 2012. 
15 Lidl £2,975 RWKB estimate. Year to December 2012.
16 Iceland £2,605  
17 Primark £2,550 RWKB estimate. 
18 Arcadia Group £2,325 RWKB estimate. Includes BHS. 
19 Debenhams £1,896 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
20 Lloyds Pharmacy £1,721 Year to December 2012.
21 Sports Direct International £1,703  
22 The Carphone Warehouse £1,671  
23 Wilkinson £1,530  
24 TK Maxx  £1,502  
25 Shop Direct Group £1,289  
26 IKEA £1,268  
27 WH Smith £1,186 Includes a small element of international turnover. 
28 Matalan £1,125  
29 Apple Retail UK £1,100 RWKB estimate. 
30 New Look Group £1,059  
31 TJ Morris £1,058  
32 Superdrug £1,021 Year to December 2012.
33 Wickes £976  
34 JD Sports Fashion £954 RWKB estimate of UK retail sales.
35 B&M Retail £935 Year to December 2012.
36 Phones 4U £933 Year to December 2012.
37 McColl’s Retail Group £845 Year to November 2012.
38 Poundland £843  
39 H&M £777 Year to November 2012.
40 N Brown Group £755 Sales excluding international turnover of £30.2m
41 Halfords Group £746  
42 Harrods £709 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
43 River Island £701  
44 House of Fraser £696 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
45 Ocado Group £679 Year to November 2012.
46 Dunelm Group £677  
47 DFS Furniture Holdings £671  
48 Pets at Home £598  
49 Farmfoods £569 Year to December 2012.
50 Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group £567 Comprising EWM, Ponden Home and Peacocks.  

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