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{{Infobox brand▼
| name = Wilko.com Limited▼
| logo = Wilko.svg▼
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2008▼
| producttype = {{ubl|[[Grocery store|Groceries]]|[[Consumer goods]]|Garden and leisure|Pet supplies|Stationery|Toiletries|[[DIY]]}} ▼
| country = United Kingdom▼
| website = {{URL|https://www.wilko.com}} ▼
'''Wilko.com Limited''' (trading as '''Wilko''') is a retail chain owned by [[Norton Group Holdings]] (parent company of [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]] and [[Homebase]]) since 2023, prior to which it was owned by '''Wilko Limited''', founded in the United Kingdom in 1930. ▼
The retail chain '''Wilko Limited'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00365335/filing-history/MzI5ODQ0ODI5MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |website=gov.uk |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=1 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> (formerly Wilkinson Cash Stores Limited,{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited,<ref name="Incorporation">{{cite web |title=Certificate of Incorporation |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00365335/filing-history/MTkzMTgyNTlhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0 |website=[[gov.uk]] |access-date=10 October 2023 |date=13 February 1941 |language=en}}</ref> and Wilko Retail Limited<ref name="Incorporation2">{{cite web |title=Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00365335/filing-history/MzEwMTcxMTk5OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |website=gov.uk |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=4 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref>) was founded in [[Leicester]] by [[James Kemsey Wilkinson]] in 1930, and remained in the ownership of the founding family before it went into [[Administration (law)#United Kingdom|administration]].<ref name="Masud"/> The chain entered administration in August 2023 after being faced with financial and supply issues for some time, which put 12,500 jobs at risk.<ref name="Masud">{{cite news |last=Masud |first=Faarea |title=Wilko to stay open for now in race to save jobs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66460059 |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=10 August 2023}}</ref>▼
| industry = [[Retail]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1930|df=yes}}
| num_locations = 6 (1 upcoming)<ref>https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/24722116.wilko-reopen-uxbridge-store-pavilions-month/</ref>
| key_people = [[Chris Dawson (businessman)|Chris Dawson]]
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| owner = Wilko Limited (1930–2023)<br>[[Norton Group Holdings]] (2023–present)
| num_employees =
| footnotes =
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▲}}'''Wilko.com Limited''' (trading as '''Wilko''') is a British homeware and household retail chain owned by [[Norton Group Holdings]] (parent company of [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]] and [[Homebase]]) since 2023, prior to which it was owned by '''Wilko Limited''', founded in the United Kingdom in 1930.
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Norton Group Holdings acquired the Wilko brand, website and [[intellectual property]] the following month.<ref name="EveningStandard">{{cite web |last1=Saker-Clark |first1=Henry |title=The Range confirms deal to buy Wilko brand and website |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/the-range-confirms-deal-to-buy-wilko-brand-and-website-b1106924.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=14 September 2023 |language=en |date=14 September 2023}}</ref> The final stores under the previous ownership closed on 8 October 2023.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite web |last1=Hooker |first1=Lucy |last2=Masud |first2=Faarea |title=Wilko: End of an era as shops shut for good |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66995143 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=8 October 2023}}</ref> Wilko was relaunched as an online store on 12 October 2023,<ref name="Morgan">{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Aoife |title=Wilko relaunches website under new owner The Range |url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2023/10/wilko-relaunches-website/ |website=Retail Gazette |access-date=12 October 2023 |date=12 October 2023}}</ref> and as a physical store in December 2023.<ref name="Wilko">{{cite web |title=wilko confirms first three locations and opening dates for their concept stores |url=https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/corporate/wilko-confirms-first-three-store-locations-and-reopening-dates-for-concept-stores |website=Wilko |access-date=2 January 2024 |date=3 November 2023}}</ref>
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