ASDA STORES LIMITED

Company number 00464777 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 5% lower than men's (20,000 or more employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 63% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles it is around the middle of the pack of 361 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 52 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 125 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 553 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,886 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 578 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 388 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 356 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,642 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

0 +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% +30% +35% +40% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 8.9% 2018/19: 7.6% 2019/20: 6.5% 2020/21: 5.5% 2021/22: 6.1% 2022/23: 4.7% 2023/24: 5% 2024/25: 4% 2025/26: 5% Median gap 2017/18: 12.5% 2018/19: 12.4% 2019/20: 11.1% 2020/21: 8.4% 2021/22: 8% 2022/23: 7.6% 2023/24: 6.6% 2024/25: 7% 2025/26: 6.5% Mean gap 2017/18: 21.5% 2018/19: 13.7% 2019/20: 17.6% 2020/21: 24.8% 2021/22: 27.3% 2022/23: 20.1% 2023/24: 15.6% 2024/25: 38.6% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 8.9% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 5% 6.5% 0% 34.3% 63.7%
2024/25 4% 7% 38.6% 35.9% 56.7%
2023/24 5% 6.6% 15.6% 35.9% 60.1%
2022/23 4.7% 7.6% 20.1% 38.2% 56.7%
2021/22 6.1% 8% 27.3% 38.1% 58.2%
2020/21 5.5% 8.4% 24.8% 38.8% 60.3%
2019/20 6.5% 11.1% 17.6% 35.3% 74%
2018/19 7.6% 12.4% 13.7% 34.9% 74.2%
2017/18 8.9% 12.5% 21.5% 34.7% 70%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.