Sign in

CA on Euronext

Carrefour Group

Carrefour Group is a French multinational retail and wholesaler based in Massy, founded in 1959.1 It was founded by Denis Defforey, Marcel Fournier and Jacques Defforey.1 Its chief executive is Alexandre Bompard (since 2017).1 It employed about 500,000 people in 2021.1 Its revenue was €94.1 billion in 2023.1

Last updated Oct 21, 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
  • LEI549300B8P6MUJ1YWTS082
  • StatusActive2
  • LEI statusIssued and current2
  • Registered address93 AVENUE DE PARIS, 91300 Massy, France2
  • Registered withInfogreffe, 652 014 0512

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Façade Carrefour City
Photo: Swaf75, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Corporate structure

Carrefour Group sits at the top of its group. 70 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Carrefour Group 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 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

All 29 subsidiaries

Also owns

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

Also consolidated

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

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

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6