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B&Q LIMITED

Company number 00973387 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 0.4% lower than men's (20,000 or more employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 87% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles it is in the top quarter of 363 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 554 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,894 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%: 579 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%: 389 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 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 9,656 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.

-125% -100% -75% -50% -25% 0 +25% +50% +75% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 2% 2018/19: 2.6% 2019/20: 0.7% 2020/21: 1.1% 2021/22: 1.2% 2022/23: 0.7% 2023/24: 0.5% 2024/25: 0.4% 2025/26: 0.4% Median gap 2017/18: 8.8% 2018/19: 9.8% 2019/20: 7.8% 2020/21: 9.5% 2021/22: 7.3% 2022/23: 7% 2023/24: 5.6% 2024/25: 5.4% 2025/26: 4.8% Mean gap 2017/18: -23.1% 2018/19: -103.3% 2019/20: 11.4% 2020/21: 0% 2021/22: 10.6% 2022/23: 17.9% 2023/24: 73.3% 2024/25: 19.2% 2025/26: 56.6% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 0.4% 4.8% 56.6% 40.5% 52.2%
2024/25 0.4% 5.4% 19.2% 41.5% 48.4%
2023/24 0.5% 5.6% 73.3% 42% 49.5%
2022/23 0.7% 7% 17.9% 42.7% 50.1%
2021/22 1.2% 7.3% 10.6% 40.7% 50.5%
2020/21 1.1% 9.5% 0% 37.9% 45.6%
2019/20 0.7% 7.8% 11.4% 42% 50.4%
2018/19 2.6% 9.8% -103.3% 36.3% 51%
2017/18 2% 8.8% -23.1% 38.3% 47.8%

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.