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Ahold Delhaize

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Dutch multinational retail and wholesaling company

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (lit. 'Royal Ahold Delhaize'), commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Its name comes from the 2016 merger of two companies: Ahold (Dutch) and Delhaize Group (Belgian), which both have origins in the 1800s. Its business format includes supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, pharmacies, and liquor stores.2 Its chief executive is Frans Muller (since 2018).1 It employed about 372,000 people in 2018.1 Its revenue was €88.6 billion in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 25, 2016Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersZaandam1
  • Websitewww.aholddelhaize.com
  • Legal formnaamloze vennootschap1
  • Listed onAmsterdam Stock Exchange (AD)1

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Albert Heijn Headquarters by Niels Kim
Photo: Niels Kim, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (lit. 'Royal Ahold Delhaize'), commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Its name comes from the 2016 merger of two companies: Ahold (Dutch) and Delhaize Group (Belgian), which both have origins in the 1800s. Its business format includes supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, pharmacies, and liquor stores. Its 16 local brands employ 402,000 people at 7,716 stores across nine countries. The United States is where two-thirds of the holding company's revenue is generated.2

Corporate structure

Ahold Delhaize sits at the top of its group. 23 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Ahold Delhaize reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Ahold and Delhaize Le Lion on Jul 25, 2016.1

Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group. Delhaize Group dates back to 1867, when the Delhaize brothers opened a shop in Charleroi, Belgium. Ahold, originally named Albert Heijn N.V., started in 1887 when Albert Heijn bought the general store of his father in the Dutch town of Oostzaan, bordering the cities of Zaandam (Ahold Delhaize's current HQ) to the west and Amsterdam to the south. He gave the store his name and transformed it into a modern specialized grocery together with his wife, Neeltje Heijn. After a few years, he owned a chain of Dutch stores.

In 2018, the company experienced significant growth in the United States (Food Lion), the Netherlands, and online. Growth in Belgium has been minimal.

With around 380,000 employees in almost 7,000 stores, the company achieved a turnover of €66 billion in 2019.

From 2019 to 2022, the company funded a research project at Delft University of Technology exploring the use of robotics and artificial intelligence in retail, including the potential ability to stock groceries on shelves.

Beginning in June 2020, Ahold Delhaize implemented a partnership with Instacart to provide home delivery from more than 750 stores operated under the Hannaford, Food Lion, Giant Food, and Stop & Shop brands. The company further expanded in the United States with the acquisition of a majority stake in FreshDirect, an online grocer. As of 2021, Ahold Delhaize has plans to establish Ship2Me, an online marketplace featuring food and merchandise items, in the second half of the year.

In November 2023, Ahold Delhaize sold FreshDirect to Turkish company Getir. Part of the reason for the sale was so that Ahold Delhaize, specifically Ahold Delhaize USA, could focus more on the "omnichannel experience" and to strengthen its presence in supermarkets and online.

As of 2023, Ahold Delhaize announced the acquisition of Romanian retailer Profi for approximately €1.3 billion from Mid Europa Partners.

In 2025, Ahold Delhaize disclosed that it had been the target of a 2024 cyberattack, which resulted in the exfiltration of personal data for upwards of 2.2 million current and former employees (as well as their dependents and beneficiaries).

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In June 2026, Claire Peters was appointed as the new CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA replacing Jerry W Fleeman.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ahold Delhaize, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

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

Chief executive

  1. Frans Muller2018–now
20202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Stichting Administratiekantoor Preferente Financieringsaandelen Ahold 15.9%
  • DeltaFort Beleggingen I 10.8%
  • BlackRock 5%
  • NN Group 4.9%

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2023Acquired Profi1
  2. 1998Acquired Giant Food1
  3. 1989Acquired Gall & Gall1
  4. Succeeded Delhaize Le Lion1

Employees over time

  • 2018372,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Ahold Delhaize revenue by year188.6B EUR in 2023+46% since 2015
025.0B EUR50.0B EUR75.0B EUR100.0B EUR2015: 60.9B EUR60.9B EUR20152017: 62.9B EUR62.9B EUR2017+3%2018: 62.8B EUR62.8B EUR2018−0%2023: 88.6B EUR88.6B EUR2023+41%
  • 202388.6B EUR1
  • 201862.8B EUR1
  • 201762.9B EUR1
  • 201560.9B EUR1

Net income

Ahold Delhaize net income by year11.8B EUR in 2018+49% since 2015
0500.0M EUR1.0B EUR1.5B EUR2.0B EUR2015: 1.2B EUR1.2B EUR20152017: 1.8B EUR1.8B EUR2017+51%2018: 1.8B EUR1.8B EUR2018−1%
  • 20181.8B EUR1
  • 20171.8B EUR1
  • 20151.2B EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jul 2018New chief executive Frans Muller becomes CEO1
  2. Jul 25, 2016Founded Founded1

Sources

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