Private company

Smart Bazaar

Logo: https://reliancesmartbazaar.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia³

Indian retail chain

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 20, 2014Founded¹

Industryretail¹
HeadquartersMumbai¹
Websitereliancesmartbazaar.com

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Reliance Smart Bazaar, formerly known as Big Bazaar, is an Indian retail chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. The retail chain was founded by Kishore Biyani under his parent organisation Future Group, which is known for having a significant prominence in Indian retail and fashion sectors. Big Bazaar is also the parent chain of Food Bazaar, Fashion at Big Bazaar (abbreviated as fbb) and eZone where at locations it houses all under one roof, while it is sister chain of retail outlets like Brand Factory, Home Town, Central, eZone, etc.²

Corporate structure

Smart Bazaar is part of a group headed by Reliance Industries Limited. 130 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Reliance Industries Limited Mumbai, India
- DEN Networks Mumbai, India
  - DEN BROADBAND LIMITED Subsidiary · Delhi, India
  - FUTURISTIC MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
- Jio Platforms Ahmedabad, India
  - ACCOPS SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Pune, India
  - REVERIE LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Subsidiary · 83.94% · Ahmedabad, India
  - RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM LIMITED Subsidiary · Ahmedabad, India
  - SURAJYA SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Ahmedabad, India
- Reliance Retail Mumbai, India
  - Smart Bazaar Mumbai
  - Reliance Trends Subsidiary
  - Tira Subsidiary · Mumbai
  - JUST DIAL LIMITED Subsidiary · 66.97% · Mumbai, India
  - JioMart Subsidiary · India
  - Reliance Smart Subsidiary · India
  - Netmeds Owned · India
- RELIANCE RETAIL VENTURES LIMITED Mumbai, India
  - METRO CASH AND CARRY INDIA LIMITED 100% · Mumbai, India
  - PURPLE PANDA FASHIONS LIMITED 91% · West Delhi, India
  - GRAB A GRUB SERVICES LIMITED Mumbai, India
  - NOWFLOATS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Hyderabad, India
  - VITALIC HEALTH LIMITED Mumbai, India
- RELIANCE STRATEGIC BUSINESS VENTURES LIMITED Ahmedabad, India
  - India Mumbai Indians (Pty) Limited 100% · Gauteng, South Africa
  - Indiawin Sports USA INC. 100% · Frisco, Texas, United States
- Jio Subsidiary · Navi Mumbai
  - LYF Subsidiary · Mumbai
- Jio Payments Bank Limited Subsidiary
- Network 18 Subsidiary · Noida
  - HomeShop18 Subsidiary · India
- RELIANCE COMMERCIAL DEALERS LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Mumbai, India
- RELIANCE DIGITAL HEALTH LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Mumbai, India
- RELIANCE ETHANE PIPELINE LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Ahmedabad, India
- RELIANCE PETRO MARKETING LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Mumbai, India
- RELIANCE SYNGAS LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Ahmedabad, India
- RELIANCE CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS LIMITED Subsidiary · 99% · Mumbai, India
- RELIANCE PROJECTS & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · 83.56% · Ahmedabad, India
- AETN18 MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- ASTERIA AEROSPACE LIMITED Subsidiary · Ahmedabad, India
- Big Music Subsidiary · India
- CATWALK WORLDWIDE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI BOKADVIRA EAST INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI BOKADVIRA NORTH INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI BOKADVIRA SOUTH INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI BOKADVIRA WEST INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI DONGRI EAST INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- DRONAGIRI DONGRI NORTH INFRA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- and 80 more

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.

The story

Founded by Kishore Biyani on Dec 20, 2014.¹

Big Bazaar was founded in 2001 by Kishore Biyani, the founder and CEO of the parent company, the Future Group.

Acquisition

In 2020, Big Bazaar was acquired by Reliance Retail, the retail division of the Reliance Industries, as part of a ₹24,713 crore ($3.36 billion) sale transaction of Future Group. However, the deal was called off on 23 April 2022 after FRL's creditors voted against going forward with it. Reliance Retail launched its new retail format by the name of Reliance Smart Bazaar, that catered to consumer needs. It offers online and offline services to the customer. Online shopping services can be availed using the JioMart platform.

From Wikipedia’s article on Smart Bazaar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Leadership

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

FounderKishore Biyani¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Reliance Retail

Owners

Reliance Industries Limited

From Wikidata.¹

Controversies and legal

Controversy

According to a September 2022 report by The New Indian Express, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) fined Reliance Smart Bazaar Rs 1.5 lakh for allegedly putting up posters and hoardings without permission. The fine included Rs 1 lakh for kiosk advertisements and Rs 50,000 for hoardings. The advertisements, placed between September 2 and 8, violated the BMC Advertisement Regulations 2006 and were deemed a public nuisance.