The AA
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"The Automobile Association" redirects here. For other uses including other clubs doing business as “The AA”, see Automobile Association (disambiguation).
AA Limited, trading as The AA (formerly AA plc), is a British motoring association.
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The AA[1] | |
Company type | Private limited company |
Industry | Automotive services |
Founded | 1905 (1905) |
Headquarters | Fanum House, Basingstoke, England |
Revenue | £995 million (2020)[2] |
£257 million (2020)[2] | |
£107 million (2020)[2] | |
Number of employees | 7,454 (2017)[2] |
Parent | TowerBrook Capital Partners Warburg Pincus |
Website | https://www.theaacorporate.com/ |
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Founded in 1905, it provides vehicle insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services. The association demutualised in 1999, to become a private limited company, and from 2014 a public limited company (PLC). In 2002 the AA Motoring Trust was created to continue its public interest and road safety activities.
In 2021, a consortium led by Tower Brook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of AA Limited (formerly known as AA PLC).