Hudson's Bay Company vs Peek & Cloppenburg

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 — 230 years before Peek & Cloppenburg.

Founded: 1670; 1900
Status: Closed 2025; Active
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada; Düsseldorf, Germany
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers; Heinrich Cloppenburg, Johann Theodor Peek
Employees: 70,000; Not recorded
Legal form: joint-stock company; Kommanditgesellschaft
Website: hbc.com; peek-cloppenburg.de

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