The Boots Company Overview

  • Founded
  • 1849

Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 58,000

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A
  • (Cancelled)

  • Financing Rounds
  • 2

  • Investments
  • 2

The Boots Company General Information

Description

Operator of pharmacy-led health and beauty retail stores across the United Kingdom as well as Ireland, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Thailand and Indonesia. The company's stores offer a wide range of medical, health and beauty products, enabling patients to avail suitable and prescribed products.

Contact Information

Website
www.boots-uk.com
Formerly Known As
Boots the Chemists
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Primary Industry
Specialty Retail
Other Industries
Distributors (Healthcare)
Parent Company
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Primary Office
  • PO Box 5300
  • Nottingham NG90 1AA
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 0345 000 0000

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The Boots Company Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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The Boots Company Patents

  • 1,778

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 26

    Granted

  • 214

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

The Boots Company Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202303790-D0 Hexapeptide and composition thereof Pending 15-Mar-2023
GB-202303789-D0 Pentapeptide and composition thereof Pending 15-Mar-2023
GB-202303788-D0 Tripeptide and composition thereof Pending 15-Mar-2023
EP-4140471-A1 Composition with biologically active agent Pending 31-Aug-2021 000000000 0
EP-4141877-A1 Method for identifying a solvent for a matrikine Pending 31-Aug-2021 G16C20/30 0
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The Boots Company Executive Team (6)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Sebastian James Chief Executive Officer
Sam Hunter Chief Financial Officer
Paula Bobbett Chief Digital Officer
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The Boots Company Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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The Boots Company Investments & Acquisitions (2)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000 000000 03-Jan-2019 0000000000 Application Software 0000000 0
Handbag.com 01-Jan-1999 Joint Venture Media and Information Services (B2B)
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The Boots Company Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
000000 000000 0000 Application Software North Walsham, United Kingdom 0000
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The Boots Company Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
0000000.000 01-Jan-1999 00000 0000000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
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