Editing Wetherspoons (section)

{{short description|British pub chain}}
{{distinguish|Witherspoon (disambiguation){{!}}Witherspoon|Weatherspoon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = J D Wetherspoon
| logo = Wetherspoon logo.svg
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| former_name = J.D. Wetherspoon Organisation Limited (1983{{endash}}1992)<ref name="CompaniesHouse">{{Cite web |date=1983-03-25 |title=J D WETHERSPOON PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01709784 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=[[Companies House]] |language=en}}</ref>
| type = [[Public limited company]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{LSE|JDW}}|[[FTSE 250 Index|FTSE 250]] component}}
| genre = 
| fate = 
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1979|12|9|df=yes}}
| founder = [[Tim Martin (businessman)|Tim Martin]]
| defunct = 
| location = [[Watford]], England
| area_served = 
| key_people = [[Tim Martin (businessman)|Tim Martin]] ([[Chairperson|Chairman]])<br />John Hutson ([[chief executive officer|CEO]])
| industry = [[Hospitality industry|Hospitality]]
| products = [[Public house]]s and [[hotel]]s
| services = 
| revenue = {{increase}} £2,035.5 million (2024)<ref name=results>{{cite web | url =https://www.investors.jdwetherspoon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/10/Annual-Report-04-October-2024-1.pdf| title = Annual Report 2024| access-date = 10 February 2025| publisher = J D Wetherspoon}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} £139.5 million (2024)<ref name=results/>
| net_income = {{decrease}} £48.8 million (2024)<ref name=results/>
| aum = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 42,077 (2024)<ref name=results/>
| parent = 
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://jdwetherspoon.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''J D Wetherspoon''' (branded variously as '''Wetherspoon''' or '''Wetherspoons''', and colloquially known as '''Spoons''') is a British [[pub]] company operating in the [[United Kingdom]], Isle of Man and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The company was founded in 1979 by [[Tim Martin (businessman)|Tim Martin]] and is based in [[Watford]]. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and 56 Wetherspoon hotels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Search Here To Find Your Local Pub {{!}} All Pubs |url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs |website=J D Wetherspoon |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> Wetherspoon is known for converting unconventional premises, such as former cinemas and banks, into pubs – part of its wider engagement with local history.<ref name="smith">{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Nathan |title=History in the pub: The historiography of J.D. Wetherspoon |journal=Endeavour |date=1 March 2024 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=100889 |doi=10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100889|doi-access=free |pmid=38056312 }}</ref> The company is publicly listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 250 Index]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9544497/Good-News-Britain-Were-putting-the-pub-in-public.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9544497/Good-News-Britain-Were-putting-the-pub-in-public.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Tim | last=Martin | title=Good News Britain: We're putting the 'pub' in 'public' | date=14 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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