Whitbread

United Kingdom
Dunstable, England, United Kingdom, LU5 5XE

Company profile

Whitbread company profile

Whitbread PLC is a hospitality company. The Company operates hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. The Company operates in two segments: Hotels & Restaurants, and Costa. The Hotels & Restaurants segment provides services in relation to accommodation and food. The Costa segment consists of operations of its branded, owned and franchised coffee outlets. Premier Inn is the Company's hotel business. The Company's restaurant brands include Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Whitbread Inns. The Company operates over 730 Premier Inn hotels and over 64,000 rooms across the United Kingdom. The Company operates over 2,000 coffee shops across the United Kingdom, over 1,200 coffee stores in approximately 30 international markets and over 5,200 Costa Express self-serve units.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Phone number
+44 158-242-4200
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
10,001+ employees
Revenue range
$100M-$1B
Founded
1742-01-01, Year

Headquarters

Postal code
LU5 5XE
Country code
GB
Continent
Europe

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
IPO
Funding rounds
2
Total equity funding
$188.9M
Last funding
Post IPO Equity / 2025-12-18
Last equity funding
Post IPO Equity
Investors
3
Lead investors
1
Founders
1
Articles
334
Exited on
1948-07-09

Founders and investors

Founders

Samuel Whitbread

Lead investors

Corvex Management

Investors

Corvex ManagementLivingstone IanRichard Livingstone