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Carrefour Group

French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation

Carrefour Group, S.A. (French: Groupe Carrefour, [kaʁfuʁ] ), is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1959Founded1
  • TickerCA on Euronext1
  • Industryholding company activities, product distribution, retail1
  • HeadquartersMassy1
  • Founded inAnnecy1
  • Websitewww.carrefour.com/en/group
  • Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.), société anonyme1

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Façade Carrefour City
Photo: Swaf75, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Carrefour Group, S.A. (French: Groupe Carrefour, [kaʁfuʁ] ), is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. By 2024, the group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue.2

The story

Founded by Denis Defforey, Jacques Defforey and Marcel Fournier in 1959, in Annecy.1

Leadership

Who has led Carrefour Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Alexandre Bompard2017–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

  • cash and carry

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Atacadão
  • Carmila
  • Carrefour
  • Carrefour City
  • Carrefour City Café
  • Carrefour Cusset
  • Carrefour Express
  • Carrefour Foundation
  • Carrefour France
  • Carrefour Location
  • Carrefour Market
  • Carrefour Mobile
  • Carrefour Montagne
  • Carrefour Planet
  • Carrefour Pontevedra
  • Carrefour Spectacles
  • Carrefour Voyages
  • Carrefour Énergies
  • Champion
  • Ed
  • Euromarché
  • GPA
  • Marché Plus
  • Promocash
All 29 subsidiaries
  • Proxi
  • Shopi
  • Supeco
  • Supeco
  • Cora since Jul 1, 2024

Also owns

  • Carrefour Argentina
  • Carrefour BIO
  • Carrefour Bon App
  • Carrefour Contact
  • Iran Hyper Star

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jul 1, 2024Acquired Cora1
  2. 2016Acquired Rue du Commerce1
  3. 1997Acquired Carrefour Česká republika1

Employees over time

  • 2021500,0011
  • 2020322,1641

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Carrefour Group revenue by year194.1B EUR in 2023+7% since 2017
025.0B EUR50.0B EUR75.0B EUR100.0B EUR2017: 88.2B EUR88.2B EUR20172023: 94.1B EUR94.1B EUR2023+7%
  • 202394.1B EUR1
  • 201788.2B EUR1

Net income

Carrefour Group net income by year11.7B EUR in 2023+33% since 2014
-1.0B EUR01.0B EUR2.0B EUR2014: 1.2B EUR1.2B EUR20142015: 980.0M EUR980.0M EUR2015−22%2016: 746.0M EUR746.0M EUR2016−24%2017: -531.0M EUR-531.0M EUR20172018: -561.0M EUR-561.0M EUR2018+6%2019: 1.1B EUR1.1B EUR20192020: 641.0M EUR641.0M EUR2020−43%2021: 1.1B EUR1.1B EUR2021+67%2022: 1.3B EUR1.3B EUR2022+26%2023: 1.7B EUR1.7B EUR2023+23%
  • 20231.7B EUR1
  • 20221.3B EUR1
  • 20211.1B EUR1
  • 2020641.0M EUR1
  • 20191.1B EUR1
  • 2018-561.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jul 18, 2017New chief executive Alexandre Bompard becomes CEO1
  2. 1959Founded Founded in Annecy1

Sources

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