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Virgin Group

Logo: Virgin Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

British multinational conglomerate

Virgin Group Limited is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate based in London, England, founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970. Virgin Group is recorded by Companies House as incorporated in 1989 and classified as a holding company, although its commercial activities began in the 1970s.² It employed about 69,000 people.¹ Its revenue was £16.6 billion in 2019.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Feb 1970Founded¹

Industryair cargo, economics of banking, food industry, health care industry, music industry¹
HeadquartersLondon¹
Founded inLondon¹
Websitewww.virgin.com
Legal formprivate company limited by shares, public company¹
Listed onLondon Stock Exchange¹
LEI213800EXM4U195QL6483³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressWHITFIELD STUDIOS, W1T 2NS London, United Kingdom³
Registered withCompanies House, 03609453³

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Virgin Group Limited is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate based in London, England, founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970.²

Corporate structure

Virgin Group sits at the top of its group. 56 entities, 12 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Virgin Group London, United Kingdom
- Virgin Active Subsidiary · London
- Virgin America Subsidiary · Burlingame
- Virgin Atlantic Subsidiary · Crawley
  - Air Nigeria Subsidiary · Ikeja
- Virgin Australia Subsidiary · Brisbane, Australia
  - Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Subsidiary · Perth
  - VA BORROWER 2024 PTY LTD Subsidiary · South Brisbane, Australia
  - VA BORROWER 2026 NO.1 PTY LTD Subsidiary · Brisbane, Australia
  - VA BORROWER 2026 NO.2 PTY LTD Subsidiary · Brisbane, Australia
- Virgin Australia Holdings Subsidiary · Brisbane, Australia
  - Pacific Blue Airlines Subsidiary · Christchurch
  - Tiger Airways Australia Subsidiary · Melbourne
  - V Australia Subsidiary · Sydney
  - Virgin Samoa Subsidiary · Brisbane
- Virgin Brides Subsidiary · London
- Virgin Care Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Virgin Cars Subsidiary · London
- Virgin Experience Days Subsidiary · Bourne End, United Kingdom
  - Virgin Gifts Subsidiary · United States
- Virgin Fibra Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
- Virgin Films Subsidiary
- Virgin Galactic Subsidiary · Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
  - The Spaceship Company Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
  - FANME Development, LLC Subsidiary · New Mexico, United States
  - Galactic Co., LLC (formerly TSC, LLC) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
  - Galactic Enterprises, LLC (formerly Virgin Galactic, LLC) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
  - Vehicle Holdings, Inc. (formerly TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc.) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
  - Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
  - Virgin Galactic, LLC (formerly VGH, LLC) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Virgin Green Fund Subsidiary · London
- Virgin Holidays Subsidiary · Crawley, United Kingdom
- Virgin Holidays Cruises Subsidiary · Swindon
- Virgin Hotels Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- Virgin Limited Edition Subsidiary · London
- Virgin Megastores Subsidiary · London
- Virgin Mobile Subsidiary · London
  - Virgin Mobile Polska Subsidiary · Warsaw
- Virgin Mobile France Subsidiary · France
- Virgin Mobile India Subsidiary · New Delhi
- Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia Subsidiary
- Virgin Mobile South Africa Subsidiary · South Africa
- Virgin Money Subsidiary · Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Virgin Money UK Subsidiary · Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
- and 13 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Virgin Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Founded by Nik Powell and Richard Branson on Feb 1970, in London.¹

The Virgin brand's early history is that of Virgin Records, founded in 1970 by Richard Branson and Nik Powell as a recorded-music retailer, first via mail order and in 1971 with a physical store. The name reflected their status as metaphorical virgins in business.

According to Branson, the signature-style logo, introduced in 1978, was based on one that designer Ray Kyte scribbled on a napkin after a design meeting. (An unrelated 1973 pictorial logo for the Virgin record label was designed by Roger Dean.) Branson has described the "V" in the 1978 logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval.

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

Leadership

Who has led Virgin Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderNik Powell¹
FounderRichard Branson¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Richard Branson

Subsidiaries

All 31 subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

201916.6B GBP¹

Controversies and legal

Controversies

In 2017, Virgin Care received significant media coverage for suing clinical commissioning groups in Surrey after it lost out on an £82 million National Health Service (NHS) contract to provide children's health services across the country. The NHS bodies settled out of court with a £328,000 payout. More than 100,000 people backed a petition calling on the company to stop "dragging the NHS through the courts". Virgin Care was sold in 2021 and rebranded HCRG Care.