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Home & designwww.diy.com

B&Q — website check

British DIY retailer, founded 1969, based in Chandler's Ford. B&Q’s website is www.diy.com; we did not detect a known CMS or shop platform. It is delivered through Amazon CloudFront. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.

Logo: B&Q · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
82
Brand Web Indexout of 100

Share of 26 technical checks the site passes: security, speed, email and SEO. A measurement of the website — not a popularity ranking.

89
Security
40
Speed & delivery
88
Email & domain
91
SEO & markup
Official siteChecked 22 Oct 2026

About the brand

Founded1969
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersChandler's Ford
IndustryHome repair · Hardware store
Part ofKingfisher plc
Official websitewww.diy.com

Facts: Wikidata (CC0).

UK footprint

33
listed locations
23
regions
30
towns & cities

Listed as “B&Q Garden Centre”.

Store counts compiled from public map listings, October 2026. Listings are grouped by the name they carry; a company’s own store count can differ.

Built with

AnalyticsUniversal Analytics (legacy)
Cookie consent (CMP)TrustArc
Tag managersTealium iQ
CDNAmazon CloudFront
Live chat & supportZendesk
CSS frameworksTailwind CSS
A/B testingOptimizely

Hosting & delivery

Network (AS)Bt Uk As Btnet Uk Regional Network
HTTP versionHTTP/3
TLSTLS 1.3
CertificateGlobalSign nv-sa · valid until 2027-02-18
First response3,519 ms
Homepage weight619 KB
IPv6no

Email & domain

Mail providerOwn mail server
SPFyes
DMARC policyp=reject
BIMIyes
DNSSECno
CAAyes
Verified servicesAmazon SES / AWS, Meta Business (domain verification), GlobalSign, Google Search Console, Microsoft 365

SEO & social

Title42 characters
Meta description154 characters
Canonicalyes
Structured dataOrganization, SearchAction, WebSite
Language versions3
Open Graphyes
Social profiles linkedFacebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tiktok, X, Youtube

AI crawlers & robots

AI crawlers blockednone
llms.txtno
ads.txtno
security.txtno

Checklist

Security

  • HTTPS by default
  • HSTS header
  • TLS 1.3
  • Content-Security-Policy
  • X-Content-Type-Options
  • Referrer-Policy

Speed & delivery

  • HTTP/3
  • IPv6
  • First response under 1.5 s
  • Homepage under 1.5 MB

Email & domain

  • SPF record
  • DMARC record
  • DMARC enforced (quarantine / reject)
  • BIMI logo record
  • DNSSEC
  • CAA record

SEO & markup

  • Title tag 10–70 characters
  • Meta description
  • Canonical link
  • Exactly one H1
  • Structured data (JSON-LD)
  • Open Graph title and image
  • All images have alt text
  • XML sitemap
  • robots.txt
  • security.txt

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Data from our own crawler: homepage, DNS, TLS and robots.txt of each brand’s official website. coolbrands.uk.com is an independent catalogue. It is not affiliated with Superbrands (UK) Ltd or the CoolBrands® awards programme, and does not publish their results.

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