Private company

Boyes

Logo: W Boyes & Co Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Chain of department stores in the United Kingdom

W.Boyes & Co.,Limited, trading as Boyes, is a British variety retailer, founded by William Boyes in 1881 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It has been run by generations of the Boyes family ever since.2 It is headquartered in Eastfield.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1
Boyes business premises, Queen Street (geograph 2391439)
Photo: Pauline E, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

W.Boyes & Co.,Limited, trading as Boyes, is a British variety retailer, founded by William Boyes in 1881 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It has been run by generations of the Boyes family ever since.2

Products and brands

  • variety store

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1881Founded Founded1

Sources

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