Tompkins Toys

Tompkins Toys is a British multinational toy retailer headquartered in,. The company was founded in 1990 after brothers Noel and Owen Tompkins purchased a member store for £3,000. After leaving the association in 1993, Tompkins Toys grew to become the UK's second-largest toy retailer behind. The company is majority-owned by the brothers through their company Tompkins Holdings, registered in with its operational HQ in.

History
Tompkins Toys was founded in 1990 by brothers Noel and Owen Tompkins after they purchased a member store in,  for £3,000. A year later, they opened a second store in, and both operated as Tompkins Toymaster. In 1993 the brothers left the Toymaster association and went independent as Tompkins Toys. They subsequently opened their third location in, although this location has since moved. The company then underwent massive expansion and, by 2000, the chain had opened its 100th store at in.

In 2015, Tompkins purchased Child World, Inc. - comprising the Child World, Children's Palace, Baby World, Kiddie Kloset, and Oliver Owl chains - for US$15 million (around £12,762,525).