C&A 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 — 171 years before C&A.
- Founded
- 1841
- 1670
- Status
- Active
- Closed 2025
- Headquarters
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Brampton, Canada
- Industry
- retail
- retail
- Founders
- Clemens Brenninkmeijer, August Brenninkmeijer
- Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers
- Employees
- 27,000
- 70,000
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- joint-stock company
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on C&A and Hudson's Bay Company.