FounderDuels

Hudson's Bay Company vs Kaufhof

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 — 209 years before Kaufhof.

Founded
1670
1879
Status
Closed 2025
Closed 2020
Headquarters
Brampton, Canada
Cologne, Germany
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
70,000
21,500
Legal form
joint-stock company
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent
Not recorded
Signa Holding GmbH

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