Industry data: Top pub groups in the UK
Punch Taverns regained its position as the UK's leading pub operator in 2006 after bumping up its numbers to 9,271 following its re-acquisition of the Spirit Group.
The next largest groups were Enterprise Inns, Wolverhampton & Dudley, and Greene King.
These figures are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2006, published by the British Hospitality Association.
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TOP PUB GROUPS IN THE UK, 2006
Owner | Number of outlets | Selected brands | |
1 | Punch Taverns](http://www.punchtaverns.com/Punch) | 9,271 | |
2 | [Enterprise Inns](http://www.enterpriseinns.com/home/home_flash.html) | 8,652 | |
3 | [Wolverhampton & Dudley](http://www.wdb.co.uk/Default.asp)[](http://www.caffenero.com/) | 2,544 | Pitcher & Piano |
4 | [Greene King](http://www.greeneking.co.uk/)[](http://www.marksandspencer.com/) | 1,512 | |
5 | [Mitchells & Butlers](http://www.mbplc.com/) | 1,389 | Ember, Scream, O'Neills |
6 | [Admiral Taverns](http://www.admiraltaverns.co.uk/) | 1,214 | |
7 | Wellington Pub Co[](http://www.nestle.co.uk/Home) | 851 | |
8 | [London & Edinburgh Inns](http://www.swallowinns.co.uk/)\* | 795 | |
9 | [Pubfolio](http://www.pubfolio.co.uk/)[](http://www.tchibo.co.uk/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/uk/-/GBP/TdUkStorefront-Start) | 782 | |
10 | [JD Wetherspoon](http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/) | 646 | |
11 | [Trust Inns](http://www.trustinns.co.uk/)[](http://www.amtcoffee.co.uk/) | 506 | |
12 | [Daniel Thwaites](http://www.thwaites.co.uk/) | 424 | |
13 | [Laurel Pub Company](http://www.thwaites.co.uk/)[](http://www.morellis.com/morelligo.html) | 401 | Yates', Hogshead |
14 | [Frederic Robinson](http://www.fredericrobinson.co.uk/)[](http://www.esquirescoffee.com/) | 394 | |
15 | [Shepherd Neame | 375 |