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COMPANY PROFILE
AO World
Washing machines, freezers, cookers, TVs and more appliances online
Valuation
$673M
Market cap · Aug/2026
Revenue
$1.68B
Latest reported FY
EBITDA
$104M
Latest reported FY
At a glance
- Status
- Listed
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Salford, United Kingdom
- Listing
- IPO 2014
- Sector
- eCommerce & Marketplaces
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
- TNTech Nation
Employees mapped
2,468
incl. 2 AI specialists
Founders
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quality score
Key operators
22
quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders
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likely future founders
Talent movements
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past 12 months
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former AO World employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
LULunioEst. 2016
Neil AndrewUnited KingdomSignal score88
ABAll Things ButterEst. 2023
Toby HopkinsonUnited KingdomSignal score83
BGBy Gamers For GamersEst. 2019
Andrew KirkcaldyUnited KingdomSignal score54
BEBetmateEst. 2020
Declan DowlingUnited KingdomSignal score49
DFDr FertilityEst. 2017
Kobi McCardleUnited KingdomSignal score44
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Global footprint
Workforce by country
15
countries with
team presence
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom97.3%
🇩🇪 Germany0.8%
🇺🇸 United States0.4%
🇦🇺 Australia0.2%
🇮🇪 Ireland0.1%
Web traffic by country
5.7M
monthly visits
across markets
across markets
🇬🇧 United Kingdom105%
🇺🇸 United States0.8%
🇮🇳 India0.5%
🇦🇺 Australia0.4%
🇪🇸 Spain0.4%
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about AO World on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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