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Auchan

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Also known as Groupe Auchan

Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest employer in the world. thumb|The first Auchan logo used from 1961 to 1983 thumb|Auchan hypermarket in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

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Key facts

Company.name
Auchan Retail International S.A.
Company.logo
Logo Auchan.svg
Company.type
Private company, SA
Company.location_city
Croix, Lille Métropole
Company.location_country
France
Company.founder
Gérard Mulliez
Company.num_locations
2,896 points of sale
Company.num_locations_year
2025
Company.area_served
France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire
Company.key_people
Edgard Bonte (Chairman)
Company.industry
Retail
Company.products
Hypermarket, Supermarket, Convenience store
Company.operating_income
billion (2020)
Company.net_income
million (2020)
Company.assets
billion (2020)
Company.equity
billion (2020)
Company.parent
ELO

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Auchan Holding S.A.
Employees
2
Revenue
62400000000
Official website
auchan-retail.com
Image
Auchan, Le Pontet, Vaucluse, France.jpg
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Commons category
Auchan
inception
1961-07-06
operating income
6810000000
net profit
3560000000
total assets
108310000000
native label
Auchan
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Mulliez family
  • Locations
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Africa
  • Russia
  • Senegal
  • Portugal
  • Elo Group
  • Slogan
  • Withdrawn ventures
  • China
  • United States
  • Morocco
  • Criticism
  • Building collapse at Savar
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • ''Auchan dégage'' ("''Leave, Auchan''")
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest employer in the world. thumb|The first Auchan logo used from 1961 to 1983 thumb|Auchan hypermarket in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

The company operates under the name Auchan in France, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Portugal, Senegal, Ivory Coast, as Alcampo in Spain, and as Aшан (Ashan) in Russia, Ukraine and Tajikistan. The company has also set up operations as Auchan in Italy, China and Taiwan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Auchan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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