Company type | Public limited company |
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LSE: BDEV FTSE 100 Component | |
Industry | Housebuilding |
Founded | 1958 |
Headquarters | Coalville, England, UK |
Key people | Caroline Silver (Chairwoman) David Thomas (CEO)[1] |
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Number of employees | 6,564 (2022)[2] |
Website | www |
Barratt Developments is one of the largest house building companies in the United Kingdom. It started in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1958. It is now based in Coalville, Leicestershire. It has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1968, and is in the FTSE 100 Index.
In February 2024 it agreed a deal for £2.5 billion to buy rival Redrow. The combined group would be renamed Barratt Redrow and would build roughly 22,000 homes a year. It would be the biggest house building company in the country.[3]