Boots in numbers

We are the largest health and beauty retailer in the UK and are at the heart of community pharmacy supporting patients nationwide. Here are some of the key numbers from across our business:

Team members

  • We employ around 51,000 Boots UK, No7 Beauty Company, Boots Ireland and Boots Opticians team members
  • Over 5,000 are registered pharmacists
  • Over 12,200 Boots Pharmacy Technicians, Dispensers, Advisors and Healthcare Sales Assistants
  • We have over 1,300 Boots Beauty Specialists in our stores
  • Over 2,200 Boots Macmillan Information Pharmacists (BMIPs) and 600 Boots Macmillan Beauty Advisors (BMBAs)

Store footprint

  • We have over 1,800 stores
  • Over 130 stores with a reinvented healthcare area and over 180 reinvented beauty halls
  • Over 600 donation points for The Hygiene Bank, and Recycle at Boots deposit points available in over 800 stores

Boots.com and omnichannel

  • Boots.com is the UK’s number one most visited health and beauty website
  • Over 16.9m active Boots Advantage Card members
  • On-demand delivery available from over 250 stores via Deliveroo, Uber Eats and JustEat
  • The Boots App has 8.1m active users
  • Boots.com operates with plastic-free deliveries*

Healthcare

  • Boots is number one for dispensing prescription items in the UK and dispenses millions of prescription items per week
  • Over 600 retail healthcare brands available and almost one in two healthcare products sold are Boots own brand
  • Deliver 180 healthcare services on behalf of the NHS and privately 

Beauty

  • The UK's favourite beauty retailer
  • Over 500 beauty, skin care and haircare brands available
  • Launched over 20 new beauty brands and over 2,300 lines since September 2024
  • Exclusive home of No7 – the UK’s number one skincare brand

 *All figures accurate as at 30 November 2024 

*Aside from 0.2% of orders. These orders are packed in bioplastic, a compostable, starch-based material that is sustainably created while also being durable enough for large items, to withstand transport to customers.