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Fast Retailing 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 — 293 years before Fast Retailing.

Founded
1963
1670
Status
Active
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Yamaguchi, Japan
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
8,055
70,000
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha
joint-stock company
Listed on
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Not recorded

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