Shops & marketplaceswww.next.co.uk

Next — website check

British retailer, founded 1982, based in Leicester. Next’s website (www.next.co.uk) runs on ASP.NET. It is delivered through Akamai. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.

Logo: Next Group plc · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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.

Security

Speed & delivery

Email & domain

SEO & markup

Official siteChecked 22 Oct 2026

About the brand

Founded1982

CountryUnited Kingdom

HeadquartersLeicester

IndustryRetail · Clothing industry

Official websitewww.next.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0).

UK footprint

391

listed locations

regions

276

towns & cities

Listed as “Next”. Also listed: Next Outlet (29), Next Home (22).

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)OneTrust

Tag managersGoogle Tag Manager

CDNAkamai

Web frameworksASP.NET React

CSS frameworksMUI

JavaScript librariescore-js jQuery

Security & bot protectionAkamai Bot Manager

Hosting & delivery

Network (AS)Akamai

HTTP versionHTTP/3

TLSTLS 1.3

CertificateDigiCert Inc · valid until 2027-04-13

First response3,978 ms

Homepage weight633 KB

IPv6yes

Email & domain

Mail providerMimecast

SPFyes

DMARC policyp=reject

BIMIno

DNSSECno

CAAno

Verified servicesAdobe (Admin Console), Anthropic, Apple (domain verification), Cisco Webex, Meta Business (domain verification), Google Search Console, Jamf, Microsoft 365

SEO & social

Title59 characters

Meta description159 characters

Canonicalyes

Structured dataInteractAction, Organization, RegisterAction, SearchAction, WebPage, WebSite

Language versions0

Open Graphno

Social profiles linkedFacebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tiktok, X, Youtube

AI crawlers & robots

AI crawlers blockednone

llms.txtno

ads.txtyes

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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