Comet Group
![The Comet Building (opened 1982), Comet Group's offices on George Street, Hull. Photo: 2007. The group's first store was established on this street in the 1950s.](/Images/godic/202501/05/The_Comet_Building,_George_Street,_Hull_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6284741410.jpg")
![A typical Comet outlet, in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Comet_-_Park_Road_Retail_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_11686451410.jpg")
![In the late 2000s, Comet experimented with High Street branches such as this on Briggate in Leeds. They were closed shortly afterwards.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Comet_on_Briggate1411.jpg")
Comet Group was an electrical retail chain trading in the United Kingdom, latterly owned by OpCapita. The company sold consumer electronics and white goods, along with related products and services, and pioneered the concept of the out-of-town discount warehouse in the United Kingdom.