Yes, Homebase is undergoing significant store closures in the UK after falling into administration in late 2024. While CDS Superstores (owner of The Range) acquired the brand and around 70 stores, over 50 locations are closing in early 2025, with many rebranding to The Range, B&Q, or closing entirely.
CDS Superstores acquired the Homebase website, brand and 49 of its stores to convert as The Range. Twelve of the remaining stores in the UK and Ireland were acquired by B&Q and Wickes, and the final four original Homebase stores closed in March 2025.
Yes, Homebase went into administration in late 2024, leading to many store closures, but the brand itself wasn't fully shut down; instead, CDS Superstores (owner of The Range/Wilko) bought the brand and most stores, converting them into The Range, while the Homebase website continues to operate under new ownership. Many stores closed in late 2024 and early 2025, but the brand lives on online and as part of The Range.
Homebase had recently completed a sale of 11 of its UK stores to Sainsbury's, and has exchanged on a further three locations. Many of the remaining 49 Homebase stores have now been converted into branches of B&M.
The Range closes in on Homebase deal as DIY retailer set to go into administration
Is M&S buying Homebase?
Marks & Spencer has today announced investment in twelve brand new food stores, some with over 20k Sq ft of trading space, on former Homebase sites across England, creating over 550 new jobs.
What Homebase stores will be converted to B&Q after the deal?
The deal, worth £2.5m, will see the stores converted to B&Q shops by the end of the year. They are in Altrincham in Greater Manchester, Basingstoke in Hampshire, Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, and Worcester in Worcestershire. Staff at the sites will become B&Q employees.
Damian McGloughlin, the chief executive of Homebase, said the chain had struggled during the cost of living crisis, while also facing persistently high inflation, global supply chain problems and unseasonable weather.
HomeBase is a structured transitional living program (STLP) providing transitional living assistance for young men age 16-20 (services available until age 21). The average length of stay is 6-18 months in a structured group home setting.
Homebase is to live on as a brand online and within up to 70 former stores reopened next year as branches of the Range, its new owner has announced. CDS said it would open the first three converted outlets from the collapsed DIY retailer in January under the Range Superstores name, and then 10 a month from February.
An artist impression of the new Aldi store that could be coming to Twickenham Road, Hanworth (credit: Planning application). Aldi Stores Limited has submitted a planning application to transform the former Homebase site on Twickenham Road, Hanworth, which closed its doors in March this year.
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Instead Poundland has found itself running a store closure programme as it tries to secure its future on the high street. More than 100 of its shops have either shut or been earmarked for closure since the summer. That's after the business was sold in June for a nominal £1 amid "challenging trading conditions".
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