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Hudson's Bay Company vs Wertheim Department Store

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 — 205 years before Wertheim Department Store.

Founded
1670
1875
Status
Closed 2025
Closed 1952
Headquarters
Brampton, Canada
Berlin, Germany
Industry
retail
retail
Employees
70,000
Not recorded
Legal form
joint-stock company
joint-stock company
Website
hbc.com
Not recorded

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