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Big Yellow Group

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British self-storage company

Big Yellow Group plc is a self-storage company based in Bagshot, England. It is the largest self-storage company in the United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and listed on the London Stock Exchange. Big Yellow has the highest brand awareness in the sector.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industryself storage1
  • HeadquartersBagshot1
  • Websitewww.bigyellow.co.uk
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • Listed onLondon Stock Exchange1
  • LEI213800W7Q4V2ZI8LIW313
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressUNIT 2, THE DEANS, GU19 5AT Bagshot, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 036251993

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Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Big Yellow Group plc is a self-storage company based in Bagshot, England. It is the largest self-storage company in the United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and listed on the London Stock Exchange. Big Yellow has the highest brand awareness in the sector.2

Corporate structure

Big Yellow Group sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Big Yellow Group Bagshot, United Kingdom
    • BIG YELLOW SELF STORAGE COMPANY M LIMITED Subsidiary · Bagshot, United Kingdom

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded in 1998 by Nicholas Vetch, Philip Burks and James Gibson, the company has, as of 2021, 104 storage sites in the UK, 19 of which operate under the name Armadillo Self Storage. Philip Burks served as the property director of the company from 1998 to 2007.

In 2007, the company was converted into a real estate investment trust, and later that year entered into a partnership with funds managed by Pramerica Real Estates Investors to develop another 25 stores in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland.

From Wikipedia’s article on Big Yellow Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

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