Private company

Tesco Bank

Logo: tescobank.com3

British retail bank

Tesco Bank is a British retail banking brand operating as a trading name of Barclays. It was launched in July 1997 as part of a 50:50 joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco, the largest supermarket in the United Kingdom, employing 2,800 people.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Graeme Yuill, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Tesco Bank is a British retail banking brand operating as a trading name of Barclays. It was launched in July 1997 as part of a 50:50 joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco, the largest supermarket in the United Kingdom, employing 2,800 people.2

Corporate structure

Tesco Bank is part of a group headed by Tesco. 58 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Tesco Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
    • Dunnhumby London, United Kingdom
    • Tesco Bank Edinburgh
    • Tesco Stores ČR Praha, Czechia
    • Tesco Mobile Subsidiary · 50% · Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
    • Booker Group Subsidiary · Wellingborough, United Kingdom
      • Family Shopper Stores Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Dobbies Garden Centres Subsidiary · Lasswade, United Kingdom
    • Jack's Subsidiary · Welwyn Garden City
    • Stewarts Supermarket Limited Subsidiary
    • Tesco Extra Subsidiary
    • Tesco Franchise Stores ČR Subsidiary · Prague, Czech Republic
    • Tesco-Global Zrt. Subsidiary · Budaörs, Hungary
    • Lotus's Stake · 25% · Bangkok
    • Lazada Group Stake · 21% · Singapore
      • RedMart Subsidiary · Singapore
      • Lazada Philippines Subsidiary · Philippines
    • Avantil Services Company DAC Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
    • DUNNHUMBY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • DUNNHUMBY IT SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
    • Dunnhumby USA Subsidiary · United States
    • One Stop Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • ONE STOP STORES LIMITED Subsidiary · Walsall, United Kingdom
    • TESCO (OVERSEAS) LIMITED Subsidiary · Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
    • TESCO (POLSKA) SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ Subsidiary · Kraków, Poland
    • TESCO BENGALURU PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • TESCO CORPORATE TREASURY SERVICES PLC Subsidiary · Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
    • TESCO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Subsidiary · Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
    • Tesco Europe Subsidiary
    • and 27 more

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

Products and brands

  • financial services

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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