Goodmans Industries was founded in 1923, 1925, or 1926, in
Wembley,
Middlesex. In 1964, Rentaset merged with
Radio Rentals and became known as Radio Rentaset. In 1967, Goodmans was merged with the acoustic division of
Plessey Components Group, based in
Havant,
Hampshire, and became a subsidiary of a new company, Goodmans Loudspeakers Ltd. Goodmans moved to Downley Road, Havant in 1970. That same year, in 1987, the company purchased fellow loudspeaker maker
Mordaunt-Short, then in September of that year announced a merger with
Tannoy, resulting in the largest audio equipment company of Britain. Goodmans Loudspeakers became a subsidiary of the newly created Tannoy Goodmans Industries (TGI). Along with these three brands, the TGI group also owned the Epos and Creek Audio brands. The company later moved to Ridgeway in Havant. TGI floated on the stock exchange, becoming the first company to do so following the
Black Monday crash.Goodmans was the shirt sponsor of the English football team
Portsmouth F.C. from 1989 to 1995. Goodmans effectively split in 1991, with
OEM loudspeaker builder Goodmans Loudspeakers Limited (GLL) set up as a separate company. On the other hand, the part of Goodmans marketing foreign-made products like
in-car entertainment and television sets and became a subsidiary, Goodmans Industries Limited. The Alba Group also owned and marketed Alba,
Bush and
Hinari branded electronics. when their Alba and Bush brands were purchased by the
Home Retail Group. The Goodmans brand was sold by Harvard International to the B&M Group in 2022, which had been a long time licensee selling Goodmans products in its
B&M retail stores. ==Product range==