List of UK Pub Chains and Pub Brands

A pub chain is a group of pubs or bars with a brand image.

Pubs within a chain are tied houses and can, generally, only sell products which the chain owner sanctions. The brand owner, often called a pubco, may be one company, or there may be multiple financiers and, the chain, itself, may be a division within a larger company, or a single operation.

Examples include Chef & Brewer, Wetherspoons, Walkabout, Taylor Walker Pubs and All Bar One. Pubs in the chain are typically branded with the same name, however the former “Firkin” pubs tended to be variations on a theme including the word Firkin in the title.

Wetherspoons pubs have individual names, with the Wetherspoons brand prominently displayed.

List of PubCo’s (Pub Companies)

A PubCo is simply a ‘pub company’ that owns or runs a chain of multiple pubs. Here are some of the largest in the UK who each run hundreds of pubs.

List of Large Pub Chains and Pub Brands

List of Pub Breweries

A pub brewery is a pub that brews and serves its own beer. In some pubs you can see the brewery in action. Visiting these pub brewery chains you can expect they will serve their own beers at the bar.

List of Emerging Pub Chains and Pub Brands

These PubCo’s are companies that own or run a smaller chain of pubs, anywhere from 3 to 50 each.