Hudson's Bay Company vs INGKA Group

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 — 312 years before INGKA Group.

Founded: 1670; 1982
Status: Closed 2025; Active
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada; Leiden, Netherlands
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers; Ingvar Kamprad
Employees: 70,000; 166,985
Legal form: joint-stock company; besloten vennootschap
Parent: Not recorded; Stichting INGKA Foundation
Website: hbc.com; ingka.com

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