Carrefour

Carrefour Group
Company type	Public
Traded as	Euronext Paris: CA ; CAC 40 Component
ISIN	FR0000120172
Industry	Retail; Wholesaling;
Founded	1 January 1958; 68 years ago
Founders	Marcel Fournier; Denis Defforey; Jacques Defforey;
Headquarters	Massy, Essonne, France
Number of locations	14,000 stores (2024) France: 5,619 ; Italy: 1,489 ; Spain: 1,474 ; Belgium: 792 ; Poland 755 ; Brazil: 508 ; Argentina: 485 ; Romania: 365 ; Taiwan: 328 ; Israel: 50 ; French territories and the Dominican Republic: 180 ; Other: 1,525 ; Retail network ; hypermarkets: 1,130 ; supermarkets: 3,574 ; convenience: 8,642 ; cash and carry: 440 ; soft discount: 108 ;
Area served	Europe, Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, South Asia, East Asia, South America
Key people	Alexandre Bompard ; (Chairman & CEO); Matthieu Malige (CFO);
Services	Cash and carry, warehouse club, discount store, hypermarket, supercenter, superstore, supermarket
Revenue	€81.25 billion (2021) 35.28 billion (France) ; 21.28 billion (Europe) ; 13.89 billion (Latam) ; 2.49 billion (Taiwan) ;
Operating income	€2.27 billion (2021) 768 million (Latam) ; 757 million (France) ; 718 million (Europe) ; 78 million (Taiwan) ; Template:Increasenegative -49 million (global functions) ;
Net income	€1.07 billion (2021)
Total assets	€47.67 billion (2021)
Total equity	€11.83 billion (2021)
Number of employees	319,565 (2021) 191,707 (Europe); 115,310 (Latam); 12,548 (Asia);
Website	carrefour.com

Carrefour (IPA: /karfur/) is a French international hypermarket chain. It has many shops around the world. It is the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue and sales figures after Wal-Mart. Carrefour operates mainly in the European Union, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. It also has shops in Africa, and Asia. Carrefour means cross-road (the place where two roads meet) in French.

References

↑ "Groupe Carrefour". carrefour.com. 2024.
↑ "Composition and Missions of The Carrefour Group Executive Committee". Carrefour S.A. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2021". Carrefour S.A. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
1 2 3 "2021 Registration Document" (PDF). Carrefour. February 25, 2022. pp. 9, 38. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

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[Groupe_Carrefour-1] "Groupe Carrefour". carrefour.com. 2024.

[2] "Composition and Missions of The Carrefour Group Executive Committee". Carrefour S.A. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[AR21-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2021". Carrefour S.A. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[URD21-4] 1 2 3 "2021 Registration Document" (PDF). Carrefour. February 25, 2022. pp. 9, 38. Retrieved September 10, 2022.