Europe here is the whole continent, EU member or not: from Iceland and Portugal to Ukraine, with the UK, Norway and Switzerland. Our list of retail companies in Europe holds companies in 47 of its countries.
List of Retail Companies in Europe
Retail companies sell goods to consumers from shops, supermarkets, department stores and webshops. We list 7,482,614 retail companies in Europe, most of them in France (16%) and Italy (14%). One list for the whole territory, with the register number of each country. Download it as a database or pull it through our Company Data API.
7,482,614 companies indexed · Data counted on 27 October 2026
Companies7,482,614
Countries47
Largest countryFrance
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email20%
Phone36%
Website29%
CEO name81%
Live sample of retail companies in Europe
Below you see a live sample of the 7,482,614 retail companies, sorted by number of employees. Filter on country, size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a company by name.
Tesco Stores LIMITEDTesco Stores LIMITED
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tesco Stores LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Oaklands | Tesco House,shire Park | Hertfordshire | AL7 1GA | *****.com | 1919 | $63,181,901,221 | 249,663 | Corporation | 5042 | 00519500 |
| 2 | Tander, AO | Russia | Krasnodar | 185 Ul. Im. Levanevskogo | Krasnodarskiy Kray | 350002 | N/A | 1996 | $38,823,781,985 | 233,642 | Corporation | 268 | 41351125 |
| 3 | E.U.R.L. Alexandre Auto Service | France | La Ferté-gaucher | Le Bois Clement | Seine-et-marne | 77320 | *****.fr | 2006 | $579,564 | 166,519 | Corporation | N/A | 49335166200025 |
| 4 | R A T A R | Montenegro | Mojkovac | Ul. Serdara Janka Vukotica Br. 2 | Mojkovac | 84205 | N/A | 2005 | $174,489 | 164,600 | Corporation | 2 | 50267390 |
| 5 | Agrotorg, OOO | Russia | Sankt-peterburg | 90/92 Prospekt Nevski | Sankt-peterburg | 191025 | N/A | 1998 | $43,798,559,233 | 160,679 | Corporation | 226 | 50018413 |
| 6 | Asda Stores LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Holbeck | Asda House South Bank | Leeds, West Yorkshire | LS11 5AD | *****.com | 1949 | $30,137,618,332 | 131,027 | Corporation | 722 | 00464777 |
| 7 | Sainsbury's Supermarkets LTD | Unitedkingdom | Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill | 33 Charterhouse Street | London | EC1M 6HA | *****.uk | 1869 | $36,107,731,840 | 130,800 | Corporation | 2847 | 03261722 |
| 8 | Elit - M | Montenegro | Bar | Partizanski Put Bb | Bar | 85000 | N/A | 2016 | $107,866 | 102,032 | Corporation | N/A | 50762506 |
| 9 | Netto Marken-Discount Stiftung & CO. KG | Germany | Maxhütte-haidhof | Industriepark Ponholz 1 | Schwandorf | 93142 | *****.de | 1948 | $20,846,380,000 | 798,163 | Corporation | 4302 | 92224A1747 |
| 10 | Jeronimo Martins Polska S A | Poland | Kostrzyn | Ul. Zniwna 5 | Województwo Wielkopolskie | 62025 | *****.pl | 2004 | $29,516,037,386 | 81,311 | Corporation | 673 | 7791011327 |
| 11 | Amazon UK Services LTD. | Unitedkingdom | City of London | 1 Principal Place Worship Street | London | EC2A 2FA | *****.uk | 1996 | $10,928,387,950 | 66,323 | Corporation | 3718 | 03223028 |
| 12 | Marks And Spencer P.L.C. | Unitedkingdom | Paddington | Waterside House | London | W2 1NW | *****.com?extid=local | 1884 | $17,324,728,566 | 67,478 | Corporation | 1053 | 00214436 |
| 13 | Poczta Polska S A | Poland | Warszawa | Ul. Rodziny Hiszpanskich 8 | Województwo Mazowieckie | 00940 | *****.pl | 1992 | $1,881,635,664 | 52,860 | Corporation | 37028 | 5250007313 |
| 14 | Dino Polska S A | Poland | Krotoszyn | Ul. Ostrowska 122 | Województwo Wielkopolskie | 63700 | *****.pl | 2007 | $9,168,276,665 | 52,743 | Corporation | 11 | 6211766191 |
| 15 | El Corte Ingles SA | Spain | Madrid | Calle Hermosilla 112 | Madrid | 28009 | *****.es | 1952 | $12,294,325,579 | 50,305 | Corporation | 1863 | A28017895 |
| 16 | Atb-Market TOV | Ukraine | Dnipro | 40 Pr. Oleksandra Polia | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 49101 | *****.com | 1999 | $5,845,842,272 | 46,649 | Corporation | 2 | 30487219 |
| 17 | Co-Operative Group LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Manchester | 1 Angel Square | Manchester, Greater Manchester | M60 0AG | *****.coop | 1863 | $14,880,982,725 | 53,415 | Corporation | 4020 | IP00525R |
| 18 | Lenta, OOO | Russia | Sankt-peterburg | D. 112 Litera B, Ul. Savushkina | Sankt-peterburg | 197374 | *****.com | 2003 | $6,598,148,184 | 44,958 | Corporation | 75 | 71385386 |
| 19 | Waitrose LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Bracknell | Doncastle Road | Bracknell Forest | RG12 8YA | *****.com | 1904 | $10,483,500,483 | 44,900 | Corporation | 459 | 00099405 |
| 20 | Salling Group A/S | Denmark | Brabrand | Rosbjergvej 33 | Midtjylland | 8220 | *****.com | 1956 | $12,907,257,760 | 43,972 | Corporation | 848 | 35954716 |
| 21 | Dm-Drogerie Markt GMBH + CO. KG | Germany | Karlsruhe | Am Dm-platz 1 | Karlsruhe | 76227 | *****.de | 1974 | $8,512,347,480 | 42,663 | Corporation | 3026 | 68159A102711 |
| 22 | Next Retail LIMITED | Ireland | Dublin | 70 Sir John Rogerson'S Quay | Dublin | N/A | N/A | 2002 | $282,807 | 40,902 | Foreign company | 943 | 904898 |
| 23 | Torgovy Dom Perekrestok, AO | Russia | Moskva | D. 28 Str. 4, Ul. Srednyaya Kalitnikovskaya | Moskva | 109029 | N/A | 1994 | $13,220,948,686 | 40,240 | Corporation | 226 | 34589240 |
| 24 | Amazon EU S.A R.L., Niederlassung Deutschland | Germany | München | Anni-albers-str. 21 | München | 80807 | *****.de | 2004 | $5,628,522,600 | 36,000 | Foreign company | 3718 | 80333B218574 |
| 25 | Lidl Great Britain LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Malden Rushett | Lidl House | London | KT5 9NU | *****.uk | 1994 | $14,582,116,090 | 34,697 | Corporation | 6633 | 02816429 |
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Request Free SampleWhich countries have the most retail companies?
Europe here is the whole continent, EU member or not: from Iceland and Portugal to Ukraine, with the UK, Norway and Switzerland. Each country has its own business register and company number. The list carries them all in one file.
Retail companies per country, 47 countries
- 1France1,185,626 (16%)
- 2Italy1,065,728 (14%)
- 3The UK805,282 (11%)
- 4Germany653,970 (9%)
- 5Poland592,206 (8%)
- 6Spain433,722 (6%)
- 7Romania275,395 (4%)
- 8Bulgaria233,940 (3%)
- 9The Netherlands233,789 (3%)
- 10The Czech Republic222,726 (3%)
- 11Belgium197,552 (3%)
- 12Greece195,251 (3%)
- 13Russia192,223 (3%)
- 14Austria125,118 (2%)
- 15Hungary114,995 (2%)
France and Italy together hold 30% of the retail companies in Europe. The list carries each country's own register number, so you can match it against the local register. The other 32 countries hold 955,091 more.
Largest retail companies in Europe
The biggest retail companies in Europe by staff and by revenue, the largest in France and the oldest. Click a name for the record.
Tesco Stores Limited is the largest retail company in Europe by headcount. 43,455 retail companies employ 50 people or more; 21,801 employ 100 or more.
83,401 retail companies in Europe turn over more than $5 million a year; 44,341 more than $10 million. Branches of foreign groups are left out: their records carry the group's turnover.
France has the most retail companies in Europe: 1,185,626, or 16% of the list. These are its largest by headcount.
7,932 retail companies in Europe in our data were founded before 1900.
Most retail companies in Europe are very small: 89% have 1 to 4 employees, and 87% report under $500K in yearly revenue.
By employee size
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 6,190,319 | 89% | |
| 5-9 | 455,170 | 7% | |
| 10-19 | 176,010 | 3% | |
| 20-49 | 90,470 | 1% | |
| 50-99 | 21,654 | 0% | |
| 100-199 | 13,643 | 0% | |
| 200-499 | 5,207 | 0% | |
| 500+ | 2,951 | 0% |
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 2,844,580 | 45% | |
| $100K-$500K | 2,627,119 | 42% | |
| $500K-$1M | 386,419 | 6% | |
| $1M-$5M | 347,734 | 6% | |
| $5M-$10M | 39,060 | 1% | |
| $10M-$50M | 32,895 | 1% | |
| $50M+ | 11,446 | 0% |
How many retail companies started this year?
This year 280,233 new retail companies registered in Europe, after 457,127 last year.
Founded per year
- 284,5092022
- 332,1252023
- 376,5322024
- 457,1272025
- 280,2332026 so far
Started in 2026
Legal forms of retail companies in Europe
42% of the retail companies in Europe are sole traders.
- Sole traders3,111,054
- Corporations2,702,974
- Partnerships451,168
- Foreign companies20,192
- Cooperatives13,567
- Non-profit8,638
- Other or unknown1,175,021
Which retail companies are part of a group?
1,449,323 of the 7,482,614 retail companies in Europe (19%) are part of a chain or group: 479,028 head offices or parent companies and 970,295 branches. The other 6,033,291 (81%) trade from a single location. All 44 of the 44 largest retail companies in Europe by revenue belong to a group.
Chains and single locations
| Location | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single location | 6,033,291 | 81% | |
| Head office | 479,028 | 6% | |
| Branch | 970,295 | 13% |
Largest groups in this list
- 1Carrefour Hypermarches7,459 in group
- 2Lidl Great Britain Limited6,633 in group
- 4Tesco plc5,042 in group
- 5Aldi Stores Limited4,974 in group
The groups are counted from the 44 largest companies in this list by revenue, not from all 7,482,614; our API cannot yet filter on group size. The chain count above covers the whole list.
What do retail companies do?
Retail companies buy from manufacturers and wholesalers and sell to the public, from corner shops and specialist stores to supermarket chains, department stores and online retailers. They compete on range, price and location, and many chains now run shops and webshops side by side.
Our data comes from the business registers of 47 European countries, where retail companies are classified under SIC major group 52 (building materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers), major group 53 (general merchandise stores), major group 54 (food stores), major group 55 (automotive dealers and gasoline service stations), major group 56 (apparel and accessory stores), major group 57 (home furniture, furnishings, and equipment stores) and major group 59 (miscellaneous retail). In NACE, the European code those registers use, 6,268,127 of them (84%) sit in division 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
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Our data holds 7,482,614 retail companies in Europe, counted on 27 October 2026.
France, with 1,185,626 retail companies or 16% of the total, followed by Italy (1,065,728) and the UK (805,282).
Most retail companies in Europe are very small: 89% have 1 to 4 employees, and 87% report under $500K in yearly revenue. The largest by employees is Tesco Stores Limited in Oaklands with 249,663 employees.
This year 280,233 new retail companies registered in Europe, after 457,127 last year.
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