Retail companies in Europe

Ahold Delhaize

Netherlands · Zaandam

Dutch-Belgian retail group operating leading supermarket and e-commerce banners across Europe and the United…

Albert Heijn

Netherlands · Zaandam

The Netherlands' largest supermarket banner and the founding business of Ahold Delhaize, with a growing…

Aldi

Germany · Essen / Mülheim

The pioneering German hard-discounter whose lean, private-label model reshaped European grocery retailing and…

Auchan

France · Croix

A French hypermarket pioneer controlled by the Mulliez family, operating across France, Spain, Portugal…

Carrefour

France · Massy

One of Europe's largest grocery retailers, operating hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience formats…

Colruyt Group

Belgium · Halle

Belgium's leading grocery retailer, known for its low-price positioning and vertically integrated supply…

Conad

Italy · Bologna

Italy's largest grocery retailer, organised as a consortium of independent retailer cooperatives. Its Sapori…

Delhaize (former Belgian retail company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

E.Leclerc

France · Ivry-sur-Seine

France's leading grocery retailer by market share, run as an association of independent store owners founded…

Edeka

Germany · Hamburg

Germany's largest grocery retailer, organised as a cooperative of independent merchants backed by regional…

Groupe Schiever

France · Avallon

A family-owned French retail group operating supermarkets and hypermarkets in Burgundy and the north, partly…

ICA Gruppen

Sweden · Solna

Sweden's dominant grocery retailer, run on an unusual model where individual merchants own their stores but…

Intermarché (Les Mousquetaires)

France · Vert-le-Grand

A French retail group run by independent owner-operators, unusual for manufacturing much of what it sells…

JD.com

Germany · Deutschland

JD.com (Chinese e-commerce company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the Retail…

Jerónimo Martins

Portugal · Lisbon

Portuguese food-retail and distribution group, market leader in Portugal and Poland through its Pingo Doce…

Jumbo

Netherlands · Veghel

The Netherlands' second-largest supermarket chain, family-owned and known for its seven-point customer…

Mercadona

Spain · Valencia

Spain's dominant supermarket chain, built on an unusually deep private-label model through its Hacendado and…

Metro AG

Germany · Düsseldorf

German wholesale specialist supplying restaurants, caterers and independent retailers across Europe and Asia…

Migros

Switzerland · Zurich

Switzerland's largest retailer and a cooperative owned by its two million members, famous for refusing to…

Ocado Group

United Kingdom · Hatfield

A British online grocer that became a technology licensor, selling its automated warehouse platform to…

Picnic

Netherlands · Amsterdam

A Dutch online-only grocer that delivers from electric vans on fixed routes, with no stores and no delivery…

REWE Group

Germany · Cologne

A German retail and tourism cooperative and one of Europe's largest grocers, combining full-range REWE…

Rossmann

Germany · Burgwedel

Germany's second-largest drugstore chain, family-controlled and expanding across central and eastern Europe…

Sainsbury's

United Kingdom · London

The UK's second-largest supermarket chain and one of its oldest, founded as a Drury Lane dairy in 1869. It…

Salling Group

Denmark · Brabrand

Denmark's largest retailer, owned by a charitable foundation that channels profits back into social causes…

Schwarz Group (Lidl & Kaufland)

Germany · Neckarsulm

Europe's largest retailer by revenue, owner of the Lidl discount and Kaufland hypermarket banners operating…

Sligro Food Group

Netherlands · Veghel

The leading foodservice wholesaler in the Netherlands and Belgium, supplying restaurants, hotels, caterers…

Système U

France · Rungis

A French cooperative of independent grocers operating the U banners, with a long-running reputation for…

Tesco

United Kingdom · Welwyn Garden City

Britain's largest grocer and one of Europe's biggest retailers, with a Clubcard loyalty scheme that pioneered…

dm-drogerie markt

Germany · Karlsruhe

Germany's largest drugstore chain and a major European route to market for personal and home care, with a…

Żabka

Poland · Poznań

Poland's largest convenience chain with more than ten thousand franchised stores, and an early mover on…