Sector · 32 companies · 3 battles · 6 VS
Homes, pets and care
Housebuilders, property portals, vets and care: the companies behind where we live and who looks after us.
The biggest here by turnover is Balfour Beatty at £9.5bn, followed by Barratt Redrow at £5.6bn.
Battles
Housebuilders
Building an empire, or on shaky foundations?
Barratt Redrow · Persimmon · Taylor Wimpey · Bellway · Vistry · Crest Nicholson · Bloor Homes · Miller Homes
Vet groups
Top dog, or in the doghouse?
Medivet · IVC Evidensia · CVS Group · VetPartners · Pets at Home
Property and car portals
Location, location, domination
Rightmove · Zoopla · Autotrader
VS Series
Rightmove v Zoopla
The property portals: the same houses, very different businesses
Taylor Wimpey v Persimmon
Two of Britain's biggest housebuilders, brick by brick
Autotrader v Rightmove
Two online marketplaces, cars against houses
IVC Evidensia v CVS Group
Two of the UK's biggest vet groups, and what a trip to the vet pays for
Wren Kitchens v Howdens
Showroom against trade counter: two ways to sell a kitchen
Barratt Redrow v Persimmon
Bricks, mortar and billions: the UK housebuilders compared on turnover, profit and margin.
Companies
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