Hudson's Bay Company vs Marks & Spencer

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 — 214 years before Marks & Spencer.

Founded: 1670; 1884
Status: Closed 2025; Active
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada; Leeds, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers; Michael Marks, Thomas Spencer
Employees: 70,000; 85,813
Legal form: joint-stock company; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: hbc.com; marksandspencer.com

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