The Entertainer
Retailers
Online retailers
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Est. 1981
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1,900 employees
The Entertainer is a British toy retailer founded in 1981 by Catherine and Gary Grant, with its first store in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, where it is still headquartered. It operates around 160 stores in the UK, Jersey and the Isle of Man, with franchises in Asian territories, and has sold online through thetoyshop.com since 1999. It bought the Early Learning Centre brand from Mothercare in 2019. The company has about 1,900 employees, and the founders transferred their shares to an employee ownership trust in 2025.
Full name
The Entertainer (Amersham) Limited
Address
TEAL House, Anglo Park, 67 White Lion Road, Amersham, Bucks
Amersham, HP7 9FB
Website
www.thetoyshop.comCountries of operation
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Ownership
Private
Locations
160
Product Types
Related Brands
Quick facts
- Type
- Retailers, Online retailers
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Employees
- 1,900
- Founded
- 1981