Achieving pre-tax profits of nearly £50m in 2025, national retailer Wickes has seen growth across all three areas of its business, as well as continued upward momentum for its design & install division.
In its full-year results for 2025, Wickes recorded overall revenue growth of 5.9%, seeing £1.636bn in sales. £1.208bn of this came from retail sales (up by 6.5%), and £427m came from its big-ticket retail & design business (an increase of 4.4%).
This equates to £48.7m in statutory pre-tax profits, which is up by a massive 109.9% over 2024’s figure of £23.2m.
“This has been another year of strong progress against our strategy,” commented Wickes CEO David Wood. “We’ve achieved volume-driven growth across all three areas of the business, as the strength of our proposition continues to resonate with customers. I would like to thank all of my colleagues for their continued hard work and commitment.
“In Retail, we achieved record market share with particularly strong sales across timber, tiling & flooring and paint, while TradePro continues to perform strongly, growing to 643,000 active members. We’re also pleased with the performance of our Design & Installation business, which has now recorded five consecutive quarters of ordered sales growth.
“Given the strength of investment returns from our proven store refit and new store rollout strategy, we have today announced the decision to accelerate our investment for future growth. This takes our ambition to reach 300 stores nationwide – creating over 2,000 new jobs as we bring Wickes’ distinctive offer to new locations up and down the UK.”
Providing an update on the first 11 weeks of 2026, Wickes said trading so far had reflected “the strength of our balanced business model”. The retailer said that outdoor project demand had been impacted by the unusually wet weather, but it had seen continued volume growth across indoor projects and design & install.