Williams & Co is one of the largest independent plumbers' merchants in the South, with branches at Fareham, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Southampton, Gosport, Littlehampton, Bognor, Chichester, Winchester, Worthing, Guildford, Aldershot, Andover, Brighton and Basingstoke.

Williams & Co was founded in 1972 by Mick Williams, as a specialist Plumbing & Heating merchant, trading out of a corner shop in Ernest Road, Portsmouth. We became a Private Limited Company in 1984, and the Portsmouth premises have been relocated twice, first to New Road, Portsmouth, and later to Claybank Road, Portsmouth where we are still trading today.

During the late 1980's and early 1990's, four more branches were added in Fareham (which is also home to our Head Office), Petersfield, Southampton and Gosport. Further expansion saw us open branches in Littlehampton, Bognor, Chichester and Winchester. In 2007 we opened branches in Guildford and Aldershot and Andover became number thirteen in February 2008. Branch number fourteen opened in Brighton in May 2008 and our fifteenth branch opened in Basingstoke in December 2009. We have plans to open two more branches within the next 18 months.

Mick Williams is still the Managing Director and majority shareholder.