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GIB Group 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 — 190 years before GIB Group.

Founded
1860
1670
Status
Closed 2002
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Brussels metropolitan area, Belgium
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
Not recorded
70,000
Legal form
Public limited company (Belgium)
joint-stock company
Website
Not recorded
hbc.com

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