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H2O 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 — 277 years before H2O Retailing.

Founded
1947
1670
Status
Active
Closed 2025
Headquarters
Kita-ku, Japan
Brampton, Canada
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
Not recorded
70,000
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha
joint-stock company
Listed on
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on H2O Retailing and Hudson's Bay Company.