Carrefour
Grocery retail · France
Carrefour is a French retailer that runs hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience and cash & carry stores and e-commerce, selling food and everyday goods in more than 40 countries.
What makes it different
Brazil is its second-largest market, ahead of Spain.
€17.8BNet sales in BrazilFY2025
Brazil brought in €17.8B of net sales in 2025, against €11.0B in Spain.
How big it is
How big is Carrefour?
€82.10BNet salesFY2025
15,719StoresFY2025
298,604EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
France is half the business.
- France51%€41.74B
- Latin America25%€20.48B
- Europe24%€19.88B
How the business works
Sell food, franchise stores, earn on services.
- 1Food in every format
- 2Partners run most stores
- 3Own brands, credit, ads
In mainland France 98% of convenience stores are franchised, so network growth needs little of its own capital.
Who owns it
- Galfa9.46%
- Carrix5%
- Employees (company mutual fund)1.48%
CEO: Alexandre Bompard
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1959Carrefour is created
- 1963First hypermarket in France
- 1976Own "free products" launched
- 1999Merger with Promodès
- 2014Carmila shopping-centre company created
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Carrefour's own reports.
Full profile
The rest of the story is in the app.
What Carrefour tracks32 metrics
Stores
Customer households per year
Le Club Carrefour members in France
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from9 regions
France
Europe partner stores
Spain
The full timeline21 moments
2019
2025
2026
Carrefour vs Mercadonaside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
Point your phone at a logo.
See the company behind it.
The full story in 12 chapters · compare any two companies · 335 companies, and any other on request.
Download on the App Store
