Key Facts

Wolseley operates in 27 countries throughout Europe and North America with its global headquarters near London, UK. It employs around 74,000 people with more than 5,000 branches worldwide.

• We are the World’s number one heating and plumbing distributor to the professional market.
• A leading supplier of building materials.
• We have operations in 27 countries.
• We maintain more than 5,000 branches worldwide.
• We have around 63,000 employees.
• We’re in the UK FTSE top 50 with a market capitalization of approximately £7 billion.
• Globally we had £16.2 billion of sales and £877 million of trading profit in fiscal 2007, of which Wolseley Canada contributed £619 million in sales and £42 million in trading profit. 
• We are listed on the London Stock Exchange.
• Our Global headquarters is in Reading, UK