Hudson's Bay Company vs Target Corporation

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 — 232 years before Target Corporation.

Founded: 1670; 1902
Status: Closed 2025; Active
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada; Minneapolis, United States
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers; George Dayton
Employees: 70,000; 400,000
Legal form: joint-stock company; Business Corporation
Listed on: Not recorded; New York Stock Exchange
Website: hbc.com; target.com

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