Bunzl plc
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- CEO
- Frank Andre van Zanten
- Full Time Employees
- 26,777
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- York House London GL United Kingdom W1H 7JT
- IPO Date
- Jun 20, 1957
- Website
- bunzl.com
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- Bunzl plc (BNZL.L) is a British multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, England, that supplies a broad range of non-food consumables and essential products through specialist distribution services across more than 30 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, the UK & Ireland and other regions. Incorporated in 1940 with origins tracing back to 1854, the company serves six core market sectors: grocery (goods-not-for-resale such as food packaging, films, labels, cleaning and hygiene supplies, personal protection equipment to grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores); foodservice (non-food consumables including food packaging, disposable tableware, guest amenities, catering equipment, agricultural supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, safety items to hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, food processors, commercial growers and leisure); safety (personal protection equipment such as gloves, boots, hard hats, ear and eye protection, workwear, cleaning and hygiene supplies, asset protection products to industrial, construction and ecommerce sectors); cleaning & hygiene (chemicals, hygiene paper to cleaning and facilities management companies, industrial and public sector customers); retail (packaging, store supplies, cleaning and hygiene products to retail chains, boutiques, department stores, home improvement chains, office supply companies and ecommerce); and healthcare (consumables including gloves, masks, swabs, gowns, bandages, equipment, cleaning products and devices to hospitals, care homes and other facilities). Bunzl operates approximately 160 companies with around 27,000 employees, maintains over 15,000 global supplier relationships, and generates about 28% of revenue from own-brand sales, emphasizing on-time, in-full delivery tailored to customer needs. In 2025, Bunzl pursued an active acquisition strategy as part of its compounding growth model, completing multiple deals including Quindesur (Spain, foodservice and cleaning & hygiene, €14 million revenue in 2024), Gisa (Mexico, PPE especially gloves, MXN 399 million or £17 million revenue in 2024), Solupack (Brazil, own-brand packaging to food industry, BRL 106 million or £15 million revenue in 2024), Hospitalia (Chile, healthcare distribution), Caterline Catering Equipment (Ireland and Northern Ireland, commercial catering equipment, €6 million or £5 million revenue in 2024) and Anta y Jesus (Spain, cleaning and hygiene, €6 million or £5 million revenue in 2024), marking its seventh acquisition of the year and enhancing sector footprints in Europe and Latin America while complementing existing operations.
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