FounderDuels

Billa 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 — 283 years before Billa.

Founded
1953
1670
Status
Active
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Wiener Neudorf, Austria
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
20,000
70,000
Legal form
Aktiengesellschaft
joint-stock company
Parent
REWE Group
Not recorded

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