John Lewis & Partners

John Lewis plc
John Lewis & Partners
FormerlyJohn Lewis and Company Limited (1928–1982)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
GenreDepartment stores
Founded1864 (1864) in London, England, United Kingdom
FounderJohn Lewis
Number of locations
52
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Revenue £3.78 billion (2017)
£243.2 million (2017)
Number of employees
38,100 (2017)
ParentJohn Lewis Partnership
Websitejohnlewis.com
Footnotes / references

John Lewis plc (trading as John Lewis & Partners) is a British department store chain founded by John Lewis in 1864. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership plc, a holding company held in a trust on behalf of its employees as the beneficiaries of the trust. The brand was established in 1929 by Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis.

The first John Lewis store opened in 1864 on Oxford Street, London. In 2023, there are 35 stores throughout Great Britain. From 1925 to 2022, John Lewis had a policy known as "Never Knowingly Undersold," which promised to match or beat lower prices offered by national high street competitors.

The Oxford Street store received a Royal Warrant in 2008 from Queen Elizabeth II as "suppliers of haberdashery and household goods." The Reading store was awarded a Royal Warrant in 2007 as "suppliers of household and fancy goods."

The John Lewis Christmas television advert, first launched in 2007, has become an annual tradition in British culture, marking the start of the Christmas season.

The company has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 2004 to 2010, that it joined again in 2025.