Carrefour

Carrefour
Company typePublic
Euronext ParisCA
CAC 40 Component
ISINFR0000120172
Industry
Founded1 January 1958 (1958-01-01)
Founders
Headquarters,
France
Number of locations
Increase 13,894 stores (2021)[1]
Area served
Europe, Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, South Asia, East Asia, South America
Key people
[2]
ServicesCash and carry, warehouse club, discount store, hypermarket, supercenter, superstore, supermarket
Revenue
Increase 81.25 billion (2021)[3][1]
  • Increase 35.28 billion (France)
  • Increase 21.28 billion (Europe)
  • Increase 13.89 billion (Latam)
  • Increase 2.49 billion (Taiwan)
Increase €2.27 billion (2021)[3][1]
  • Decrease 768 million (Latam)
  • Increase 757 million (France)
  • Increase 718 million (Europe)
  • Decrease 78 million (Taiwan)
  • Negative increase -49 million (global functions)
Increase €1.07 billion (2021)[3]
Total assetsIncrease €47.67 billion (2021)[3]
Total equityIncrease €11.83 billion (2021)[3]
Number of employees
Decrease 319,565 (2021)[1]
Websitecarrefour.com

Carrefour (French pronunciation: [kaʁfuʁ] ) is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which, as of December 2021, comprised 13,894 stores in over 30 countries.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "2021 Registration Document" (PDF). Carrefour. 25 February 2022. pp. 9, 38. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Composition and Missions of The Carrefour Group Executive Committee". Carrefour S.A. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2021". Carrefour S.A. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Alimentation Couche-Tard takeover of Carrefour would create global retail giant". S&P Global. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.