Private company

Superdrug

Logo: Superdrug Stores plc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom

Superdrug Stores plc (trading as Superdrug) is a health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom, and the second largest behind Boots UK. The company is owned by AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. It was acquired as part of the buyout of Kruidvat BV in October 2002.2 It is headquartered in Croydon.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1964Founded1
  • Industrycosmetics industry, retail1
  • HeadquartersCroydon1
  • Websitesuperdrug.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company1

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Superdrug 1
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Edward assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Superdrug Stores plc (trading as Superdrug) is a health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom, and the second largest behind Boots UK. The company is owned by AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. It was acquired as part of the buyout of Kruidvat BV in October 2002.2

Corporate structure

Superdrug is part of a group headed by Cheung Kong Holdings. 44 entities, 15 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • over-the-counter drug

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1964Founded Founded1

Sources

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