From kitchenware to furniture, we give customers choice, quality and value.
We offer over 50,000 products, including our own Dorma and Fogarty brands, across 170+ stores. Each is supported by a Distribution Centre, a Manufacturing Base, a Home Delivery Network, two store support offices and a customer service centre.
Today Dunelm is a market leader in the £11bn UK homewares market. With over 170 stores across the country and a successful online operation dunelm.com we offer over 50,000 products across a broad range of categories. But where did it all begin?
Founder, Bill Adderley and his wife Jean take on a stall in Leicester Market selling curtains. Within a month they make a 600% profit.
First bricks-and-mortar Dunelm store founded in Churchgate, Leicester.
10 years in and with momentum growing, first flagship store opens in Leicester, East Street, offering warehouse facilities for expansion across the region.
First superstore opens in Rotherham, offfering premium brands such as Dorma, which the company goes on to acquire.
Bill’s son Will appointed CEO of the company in 1996, following in his father’s footsteps.
Now a household name in the Midlands, Dunelm Mill opens a head office with warehouse facilities in Syston, Leicestershire.
The acquisition of a small custom-made curtains business marks mark the start of Dunelm’s made-to-measure service.
A landmark year as Dunelm opens its 50th store and a new central warehouse in Burton. The company goes on to open new stores at a rate of 10 each year.
A fully shoppable website goes live, with a dedicated warehouse below our Radcliffe store.
Dunelm Mill floated on the London Stock Exchange, marking the beginning of a new era for the company.
In Liverpool, the company opens its 100th store, having celebrated its 30th birthday in 2009.
To accommodate continued growth, Dunelm builds a new head office in Syston.
Company rebrands from ‘Dunelm Mill’ to ‘Dunelm’ – reflecting what our customers have called us for years.
Our family grew to include Worldstores.
Nick Wilkinson joins the business as our new CEO.
To accommodate our continued growth, Dunelm opens our 4th warehouse in Daventry.
To help create the joy of truly feeling at home. Now and for the generations to come.
Our shared values of 'act like owners', 'keep listening and learning', 'long term thinking', and 'stronger together' help ensure we are always finding better ways of doing things and spending our time focusing on what’s really important.
At Dunelm we recognise not only the success of our products and our stores, but also the hard work and commitment of our trusted suppliers and colleagues.
Every day, we help people create the spaces they want to live in. We’re obsessed with our product. We challenge market norms. We work together, get ideas from each other and craft things as a team. And we’re entrepreneurial. Every one of us is in the business of turning houses into homes. So it’s important you feel at home too. We know our success is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of every colleague. And that job satisfaction isn’t just made up of a competitive salary, pension and employee discount, but also support and respect, development and training, and working as a team.
Because we want to remain front of mind for home inspiration, we aim to be super easy to shop with, no matter which of our channels customers shop through. You’ll help make every experience with us as welcoming, innovative and inspiring as possible. And you’ll strengthen a culture that’s driven by our customers and everything we create for them. Together we’ll help everyone create a home they love.