A brief history of Orridge Business Sales

In 1846 Benjamin Orridge, who was Queen Victoria’s pharmacist and a founder member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society had the inspiration to assist his fellow pharmacists to sell their businesses for the best possible price. He set up his business in Ludgate Hill in London and thus started the successful agency of Orridge & Company. Some interesting old adverts from the 19th century are in the downloads section of the website.

Orridge & Company eventually started a successful stocktaking business but the business sales agency was separated from the stocktaking business in 2000, to enable the present owners to concentrate solely on pharmacy sales. The dental practice agency was started in 2001 and whilst it only accounts for between 5% and 10% of our transactions each year, has a strong reputation and has become a very successful part of our business.

The business is now owned by Nick Holland-Brown and his family. Nick, who joined Orridge & Company in 1968 comes from a family with a history of pharmacy. His grandfather owned several pharmacies in the Midlands between the 1930’s and 1950’s.

What differentiates us from our competitors

Perhaps the most important difference is that valuing and selling pharmacies and dental practices is ALL that we do. Unlike our competitors who are also stocktakers, accountants, consultants, locum agencies or cleaning companies, we are business sales agents through and through. We concentrate 100% of our time and effort on selling our clients’ businesses.

We are a thriving and energetic company, dedicated to selling businesses on a national basis throughout the United Kingdom. Our team of Regional Sales Managers all have defined areas giving them a thorough local knowledge of the market and are strongly committed to achieving the best available deals for our clients.

Whilst we are still a personal and approachable company, we are the biggest and most successful by far and continue to invest heavily in new technology to stay ahead of the competition and maintain our position as No 1 in Business Sales. This continual investment improves the efficiency of our staff and our clients benefit from increased attention to detail, improved standards of service and speedy transactions.

We have been selling pharmacies for over 160 years. No one has as much experience of the pharmacy market as Orridge Business Sales.