Wilko currently has only a small handful of physical stores open again in the UK, not hundreds as it once did.

Quick Scoop

Before Wilko collapsed in 2023, it operated around 400 stores across the UK and employed about 12,500 people. All those original shops closed after the business went into administration.

The Wilko brand was then bought by CDS Superstores, the owner of The Range, which began reopening new Wilko-branded shops from late 2023 onwards. By mid–2024, there were five Wilko stores trading, with a sixth (Poole) scheduled to open.

So, if you’re asking “how many stores does Wilko have” right now , the accurate answer is:

  • Legacy Wilko (the old company):
    • About 400 stores at its peak, now all permanently closed.
  • New Wilko under CDS Superstores (brand revival):
    • Low single digits at first, rising to six confirmed locations (Plymouth, Exeter, Luton, St Albans, Rotherham, and Poole as a planned opening) by summer 2024.

CDS has said it hopes to grow Wilko back up to as many as 300 stores over the next several years, but most of those are still at the “planned” stage rather than open and trading.

Mini timeline

  1. Pre–2023: Wilko runs roughly 400 UK stores.
  1. August–October 2023: The company goes into administration and all 400 stores shut.
  1. Late 2023–2024: CDS Superstores acquires the brand and starts reopening a small number of Wilko stores, aiming for long‑term expansion towards 300 locations.

In other words, the “Wilko” you see on high streets today is a restarted, much smaller chain using the old brand, not the original 400‑store business.

TL;DR: Historically ~400 stores (all closed), currently only a few reopened Wilko-branded shops are operating, with an ambition to scale toward 300 over the next several years.

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