Pendragon Plc.

• Public
• UK

Dow Jones Description

Pendragon PLC is the largest independent operator of franchised motor car dealerships in the UK, operating nearly 400 franchises. We also operate motor car dealerships from 9 locations in California, USA. The UK is our principal market, which accounts for 95% of the Group's revenues. Pendragon sells a broad range of makes of motor cars and commercial vehicles, has a substantial presence in the UK vehicle leasing, wholesale parts and dealer management software markets. Pendragon became a public limited company when the vehicle division of Williams PLC was de-merged in 1989, at that time operating 19 car dealerships, representing specialist and luxury franchises, in addition to a small contract hire business. Since then we have enhanced our portfolio and expanded considerably through a series of new builds and acquisitions and now represent over 30 brands operating out of nearly 400 outlets in the UK and the USA. Covering both specialist and volume brands our largest representation is with Ford where we have nearly 60 dealerships, this is closely followed by Vauxhall where we are the largest retailer in the UK. Our specialist marques range from Maserati to Mercedes-Benz, we are the UK importer for Cadillac and the largest franchised dealer for Harley Davidson outside of the USA.

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Number of Employees 15,750

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