List of largest retail companies

Last updated April 14, 2024

This list ranks the largest retail companies, according to the British international consulting firm Deloitte.

By revenue

Companies are ordered by revenue from retail operations in millions of US Dollars in FY 2020.^[1] Carrefour S.A. was excluded from 2020's report at the company’s request. The list does not include Wakefern Food Corporation with revenue of US$16.3 billion in 2017.^[2]

Rank	Name	Dominant operational format	Retail revenue (US$ millions)	Net profit margin	Headquarters
1	Walmart	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	559,151	2.5%	Bentonville	United States
2	Amazon	Non-store (E-commerce)	213,573	5.5%	Seattle	United States
3	Costco	Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club	166,761	2.4%	Issaquah	United States
4	Schwarz Gruppe	Discount store	144,254	...	Neckarsulm	Germany
5	The Home Depot	Home improvement	132,110	9.7%	Atlanta	United States
6	The Kroger Company	Supermarket	131,620	2.0%	Cincinnati	United States
7	Walgreens Boots Alliance	Drug store/Pharmacy	117,705	0.3%	Deerfield	United States
8	Aldi	Discount store	117,047	...	Essen and Mülheim	Germany
9	JD.com	Non-store	94,423	6.6%	Beijing	China
10	Target Corporation	Discount department store	92,400	4.7%	Minneapolis	United States
11	CVS Health	Drug store/Pharmacy	91,198	...	Woonsocket	United States
12	Lowe's	Home improvement	89,597	6.5%	Mooresville	United States
13	Ahold Delhaize	Supermarket	85,177	1.9%	Zaandam	Netherlands
14	Æon	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	75,077	-0.4%	Chiba	Japan
15	Tesco	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	73,888	10.6%	Welwyn Garden City	United Kingdom
16	Albertsons	Supermarket	69,690	1.2%	Boise	United States
17	Edeka	Supermarket	68,268	...	Hamburg	Germany
18	Rewe Group	Supermarket	61,853	0.6%	Cologne	Germany
19	Seven & I Holdings	Convenience/Forecourt store	52,317	3.4%	Tokyo	Japan
20	Best Buy	Electronics store	47,262	3.8%	Richfield	United States
21	Publix	Supermarket	45,204	8.8%	Lakeland	United States
22	E.Leclerc	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	44,676	...	Ivry-sur-Seine	France
23	Woolworths Group	Supermarket	41,533	3.8%	Sydney	Australia
24	IKEA	Furniture speciality	39,174	3.2%	Delft	Netherlands
25	Loblaw Companies	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	38,663	2.3%	Brampton	Canada
26	Intermarché	Supermarket	37,496	...	Bondoufle	France
27	Sainsbury's	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	36,997	-1.0%	London	United Kingdom
28	Groupe Casino	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	36,370	2.0%	Saint-Étienne	France
29	Auchan	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	36,045	2.8%	Croix	France
30	LVMH	Other Specialty	35,856	11.1%	Paris	France
31	Suning Commerce Group	Electronics speciality	34,547	-2.1%	Nanjing	China
32	Dollar General	Discount store	33,747	7.9%	Goodlettsville	United States
33	TJX Companies	Apparel/Footwear specialty	32,137	0.3%	Framingham	United States
34	HE Butt Grocery	Supermarket	32,000	...	San Antonio	United States
35	Coles Group	Supermarket	28,757	2.6%	Hawthorn East	Australia
36	Migros	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	28,457	5.9%	Zürich	Switzerland
37	Mercadona	Supermarket	28,129	2.9%	Valencia	Spain
38	X5 Retail Group	Discount store	27,310	1.4%	Moscow	Russia
39	Coop	Supermarket	25,623	2.2%	Basel	Switzerland
40	Dollar Tree	Discount store	25,509	5.3%	Chesapeake	United States
41	Groupe ADEO	Home improvement	25,425	...	Ronchin	France
42	Alibaba Group New Retail & Direct Sales	Department store	24,718	...		Hong Kong
43	Système U	Supermarket	24,435	...	Rungis	France
44	Metro AG	Cash & carry/Warehouse club	24,277	1.8%	Düsseldorf	Germany
45	Inditex	Apparel/Footwear specialty	23,431	5.4%	Arteixo	Spain
46	Ceconomy	Electronics specialty	23,310	-1.0%	Düsseldorf	Germany
47	Wm Morrison Supermarkets	Supermarket	22,640	0.5%	Bradford	United Kingdom
48	Wesfarmers	Department store/Home improvement	22,215	7.0%	Perth	Australia
49	Jerónimo Martins	Discount store	21,988	1.7%	Lisbon	Portugal
50	Empire Company	Supermarket	21,582	2.7%	Stellarton	Canada
51	Meijer	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	21,000	...	Grand Rapids	United States
52	Magnit	Convenience/Forecourt store	20,874	2.1%	Krasnodar	Russia
53	AS Watson Group	Drug store/Pharmacy	20,579	...		Hong Kong
54	H&M	Clothing store	20,099	0.7%	Stockholm	Sweden
55	Fast Retailing	Apparel/Footwear specialty	18,579	4.5%	Yamaguchi	Japan
56	Reliance Retail	Supermarket	18,454	3.4%	Mumbai	India
57	e-mart	Supermarket	17,426	1.6%	Seoul	South Korea
58	Macy’s	Department store	17,346	-22.7%	Cincinnati	United States
59	Nike Direct	Apparel/Footwear specialty	17,136	...	Beaverton	United States
60	CP All	Convenience/Forecourt store	16,780	3.0%	Bangkok	Thailand
61	Conad	Supermarket	16,366	...	Bologna	Italy
62	Rite Aid	Drug store/Pharmacy	16,365	-0.4%	Camp Hill	United States
63	Kingfisher	Home improvement	15,880	4.8%	London	United Kingdom
64	BJ's Wholesale Club	Cash & carry/Warehouse club	15,430	2.7%	Westborough	United States
65	Pan Pacific International	Discount department store	15,335	3.2%	Tokyo	Japan
66	Kohl’s	Department store	15,031	-1.0%	Menomonee Falls	United States
67	Vipshop	Non-store	14,935	5.8%	Guangzhou	China
68	PetSmart	Other specialty	14,600	...	Phoenix	United States
69	Qurate Retail Group	Non-store	14,177	8.9%	Douglas County	United States
70	Yamada Denki	Electronics specialty	14,176	2.9%	Takasaki	Japan
71	Wayfair	Non-store	14,145	1.3%	Boston	United States
72	Spar Holding	Supermarket	13,864	2.3%	Gossau SG	Switzerland
73	John Lewis Partnership	Department store/Supermarket	13,858	-4.2%	London	United Kingdom
74	Gap	Apparel/Footwear specialty	13,800	-4.8%	San Francisco	United States
75	Otto	Non-store	13,783	6.2%	Hamburg	Germany
76	Lotte Shopping	Discount store	13,709	-4.2%	Seoul	South Korea
77	Coop Italia	Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore	13,642	...	Casalecchio di Reno	Italy
78	Currys	Electronics store	13,624	0.1%	London	United Kingdom
79	Metro	Supermarket	13,376	4.4%	Montreal	Canada
80	ICA Gruppen	Supermarket	13,345	3.3%	Solna	Sweden
81	FEMSA	Convenience/Forecourt store	13,058	...	Monterrey	Mexico
82	Decathlon Group	Other speciality	12,993	4.8%	Villeneuve-d’Ascq	France
83	AutoZone	Other specialty	12,632	13.7%	Memphis	United States
84	Yonghui Superstores	Hypermarket/Supercenter	12,607	1.8%	Fuzhou	China
85	Ross Stores	Apparel/Footwear specialty	12,532	0.7%	Dublin	United States
86	Cencosud	Supermarket	12,402	1.7%	Las Condes	Chile
87	S Group	Supermarket	12,229	...	Helsinki	Finland
88	Alimentation Couche-Tard	Convenience/Forecourt store	12,119	...	Laval	Canada
89	Marks & Spencer	Department store	11,951	-2.2%	Lancing	United Kingdom
90	L Brands	Apparel/Footwear specialty	11,847	7.1%	Columbus	United States
91	Menards	Home improvement	10,700	...	Eau Claire	United States
92	Dirk Rossmann GmbH	Drug store/Pharmacy	11,796	...	Burgwedel	Germany
93	Richemont	Other specialty	11,700	9.8%	Bellevue	Switzerland
94	O'Reilly Automotive	Other specialty	11,604	15.1%	Springfield	United States
95	Mercury Group	Discount store	11,600	...	Chelyabinsk	Russia
96	Kering	Apparel/Footwear specialty	11,296	16.6%	Paris	France
97	Dm-drogerie markt	Drug store/Pharmacy	11,098	1.2%	Karlsruhe	Germany
98	El Corte Inglés	Department store	11,098	-28.3%	Madrid	Spain
99	Coupang	Non-store	11,045	-4.0%	Seoul	South Korea
100	Hy-Vee	Supermarket	11,000	...	West Des Moines	United States

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References

↑ "Global Powers of Retailing | Deloitte | Consumer Business industry reports". Deloitte. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
↑ "Wakefern retail sales rise 1.5% for FY 2017". 30 October 2017.

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[1] "Global Powers of Retailing | Deloitte | Consumer Business industry reports". Deloitte. Retrieved 2021-02-20.

[2] "Wakefern retail sales rise 1.5% for FY 2017". 30 October 2017.

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