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Homebase
Logo: Home Retail Group ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Former British DIY retail chain
Homebase was a British home improvement and garden centre retailer that operated across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded by British supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GB-Inno-BM in March 1981, as Sainsbury's Homebase.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryhardware store1
- HeadquartersMilton Keynes1
- Websitewww.homebase.co.uk
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Homebase was a British home improvement and garden centre retailer that operated across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded by British supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GB-Inno-BM in March 1981, as Sainsbury's Homebase.2
Timeline
- 1979Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.homebase.co.uk1
- X (Twitter)x.com/Homebase_uk1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/homebase1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/homebase_uk1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCjuN4TecrS-BqbY65Magryw1
- WikipediaHomebase
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ9293447
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataHomebase on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHomebase on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsHomebase logo by Home Retail Group ., Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsHomebase photo by Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0