FounderDuels

Ahold vs Hudson's Bay Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hudson's Bay Company is the older of the two, founded in 1670 — 217 years before Ahold.

Founded
1887
1670
Status
Closed 2016
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Zaandam, Netherlands
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
85,000
70,000
Legal form
naamloze vennootschap
joint-stock company
Listed on
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Ahold and Hudson's Bay Company.