This is a list of hypermarket chains sorted alphabetically by continent and country. A hypermarket is a superstore carrying a wide range of products under one roof, and theoretically allows customers to satisfy all their shopping needs in one trip.

Africa

Algeria

The Algerian chain Ardis (owned by Algerian group Arcofina) is currently operating one hypermarket in the country in Mohammadia, just outside Algiers. In the future Ardis will open 19 hypermarkets in the country; the next will open near Oran in

Bir El Djir Bir El Djir is a town located close north-east of Oran in the Oran Province, Algeria. According to the 2009 census it has a population of 171,883. University Bir El Djir hosts the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed 2022 Mediterranean Game ...

Carrefour Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, whic ...

ended their partnership with the Algerian group Arcofina on February 19, 2009. "The concept of mass distribution does not work in Algeria," added Carrefour. Before that, Carrefour had still only one store opened as of 2009 of 18 hypermarkets planned by 2012. The private group Arcofina explained that there was a delay because of difficulties in finding available land for hypermarkets. Arcofina is now focusing on opening hypermarkets in the future under the Ardis brand. * Ardis *

(defunct, but returned in 2015) *

Cevital Cevital () is the largest private conglomerate (company), conglomerate in Algeria, with interests in the agri-food sector, retail, industry and services, created by Issad Rebrab. The company's headquarters are in Kouba, Algeria, Kouba, Algeri ...

Angola

KERO KERO-TV (channel 23) is a television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on 21st Street in Downtown Bakersfield, and its transmitter i ...

Benin

* Erevan (

Système U Système U is a French symbol group retailers cooperative, comprising about eight hundred independent hypermarkets and supermarkets, headquartered in the Parc Tertiaire SILIC in Rungis, France France (), officially the French Re ...

)

Côte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Spinneys Spinneys is an Arabian multinational supermarket chain active in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman and Pakistan. It began as a railway provision merchant company, and expanded to a grocery firm importing British Empire goods t ...

LuLu Hypermarket LuLu Group International is an Indian Emirati-based multinational conglomerate company that operates a chain of hypermarkets and retail companies, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2000 by M. A. Yusuff Ali from ...

Gabon

* Géant – Mbolo

Kenya

* Game * Naivas * Nakumatt *

Tuskys Tuskys (formerly Tusker Mattress), is a Kenyan supermarket chain. It was one of the large supermarket chains in the Great Lakes Area. It employed nearly 6,150 people, 6,000+ in Kenya, and 150 in Uganda. Location The head office of Tuskys is ...

* Uchumi

Mauritius

* Hyper U * Shoprite

Mayotte

* Cora * Super U

Morocco

There are several hypermarkets operating in the country. The biggest are

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, Aswak Assalam and

. The Acima brand, which belongs to the same retail group with

, are stores that cannot qualify as hypermarkets because they are smaller. * Aswak Assalam *

Reunion

* Cora *

Géant Casino Géant Casino () is a hypermarket chain based in Saint-Étienne, France, part of the French retailing giant Groupe Casino. As of February 2016, it had 120 stores in France. History Géant opened its first hypermarket in 1970. In Dec 2015, G ...

* Hyper U

Rwanda

* Nakumatt * Simba Supermarket * T2000

South Africa

The Pick n Pay Stores chain uses the term for 14 of their largest stores in South Africa.

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also runs 24 hypermarkets under the "Checkers Hyper" name. *

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* Choppies * Game *

Makro Makro is a Dutch international brand of warehouse clubs, also called cash and carry stores. Makro was founded by SHV Holdings, a Dutch conglomerate based in Utrecht in partnership with German company Metro AG, with the first warehouse club ...

( Metro Cash & Carry) * Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket * ShopriteHyper * Superspar * USave Superstore

Tunisia

* Auchan – scheduled to open in 2012 *

* Géant

Zimbabwe

* Spar Megastore

Asia

Armenia

Bangladesh

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* Keells *

Lotte Mart Lotte Mart is a South Korean hypermarket that sells a variety of groceries, clothing, toys, electronics, and other goods, with headquarters in South Korea. Lotte Mart is a division of the Lotte Co., Ltd. which sells food and shopping services ...

* Lulu Hypermarket *

Bahrain

* Al Muntazah *

* Géant *

Lulu Hypermarket LuLu Group International is an Indian Emirati-based multinational conglomerate company that operates a chain of hypermarkets and retail companies, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2000 by M. A. Yusuff Ali from ...

Brunei

Giant Hypermarket GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (doing business as Giant Hypermarket) is a hypermarket and retailer chain now mainly in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia, and formerly Indonesia and Vietnam. In 2016, Giant was the largest supermarket chain ...

Cambodia

* Boeung Trabek Plaza: Open-Air Grocery & Fresh Produce Market * Lucky Supermarket by Dairy Farm International Holdings * Global House Cambodia * Makro Cambodia

China, People's Republic of

* Auchan *

* Hualian *

JUSCO is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" (or hypermarket) and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of the ÆON supermarket chain. The JUSCO name was adopte ...

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

* Wumart ;Defunct: *

Tesco Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in th ...

Georgia

* Goodwill Hypermarket

Hong Kong

There were some hypermarkets owned by

, which were closed down by 2000. As of July 2011, there were five Æon

hypermarkets, 19

Wellcome Wellcome () is a supermarket chain owned by British conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings via its DFI Retail Group subsidiary. The Wellcome supermarket chain is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong, the other being Park ...

superstores, and 43

PARKnSHOP ParknShop (styled ''PARKnSHOP'', ) is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong, the other being Wellcome. ParknShop operates more than 300 outlets in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. The first ParknShop store opened in Stanley ...

superstores there. * Æon *

superstores ;Defunct chains: *

French Polynesia

* Géant

India

* D-Mart * HyperCity *

Big Bazaar Big Bazaar was an Indian retail chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. The retail chain was founded by Kishore Biyani under his parent organisation Future Group, which is known for having a significant prominen ...

Reliance Fresh Reliance Fresh is the convenience store format which forms part of the retail business of Reliance Industries of India under its subsidiary Reliance Retail. See also *List of Indian companies India is a country in South Asia. It is the ...

* Reliance Smart * More * Spar Hypermarket * Edumart Hypermarket * Spencer's Hyper * Star Bazaar ;Defunct:

and Auchan had several hypermarkets, but both chains closed down all Indian stores in 2014 due to a financial crisis in owning European chains in that country. Auchan stores are planned to be sold to Spar Group and converted into Spar Hypermarkets as of 2016, while Carrefour stores are not yet sold to other chains.

Indonesia

* ÆON *

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Hypermart Hypermart USA was a demonstrator project operated by Walmart in the 1980s and 1990s, which attempted to combine groceries and general merchandise under one roof at a substantial discount. The hypermart concept was modeled after earlier efforts ...

* Transmart

Iran

* Iran Hyper Star * Padideh * Proma Hypermarket * Refah

Iraq

Israel

The hypermarket format in Israel was not a success because retail chains abandoned hypermarkets and later converted them into smaller discount stores. *

- Scheduled to open by late 2022 * Shufersal Big – not a hypermarket chain but currently has the largest stores

Japan

* ÆON *

Daiei , based in Kobe, Hyōgo, Kobe, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Maruben ...

* Fuji * Heiwado *

Ito-Yokado is a Japanese general merchandise and department store, originally founded in 1920. In 2005, it was reorganized, as part of a corporate restructuring, as a subsidiary of the Seven & I Holdings Co. As of March 2013, there are 178 Ito-Yokado ...

* Izumi * Nagasakiya * SEIYU (

) * Sunlive * Uny ;Defunct: *

Jordan

Tazweed Supermarket; Zaatari Refugee Camp, Mafraq

In Jordan, Carrefour has one branch in Amman (a joint venture between

Majid Al Futtaim Group Majid Al Futtaim ( ar, ماجد الفطيم) is an Emirati holding company based in Dubai. As of 2015, it owned and operated shopping malls, retail, and leisure establishments in the Middle East and North Africa with operations in 13 coun ...

and Carrefour France) and has an area of 11,000 square meters. Hypermarkets also exist in the Zaatari refugee camp in

Mafraq Mafraq ( ar, المفرق ''Al-Mafraq'', local dialects: ''Mafrag'' or ''Mafra''; ) is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north from the capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east ...

as part of the

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initiative, which led the project to establish the stores. * C-Town *

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* Tazweed Center

Kazakhstan

* Kazmart DIYEurasia RED – developer of largest Kazakhstan regional A'port shopping malls – News – Two biggest hypermarkets in Kazakhstan
* MEGA Astana * Ramstore Hyper

Kuwait

The hypermarkets operating in Kuwait are Grand Hyper division Regency Group Dubai, which operates six hypermarkets in Kuwait, in Fahaheel, Watiya, Hawally, Jleeb al Shuwaikh, Khaithan and Hassawi, and two Grand Fresh mini supermarkets in Mangaf and Abuhalifa. Géant operates one hypermarket at 360 Mall, and six other supermarkets across the country, such as Carrefour and City Centre. The Sultan Center has 11 locations in Kuwait that target expatriate shoppers. CityCentre has two hypermarkets in Kuwait, in Shuwaikh and Salmiya. Carrefour has one hypermarket at The Avenues, in Shuwaikh, a few minutes out of downtown Kuwait City. Lulu Hypermarket is the biggest hypermarket chain in GCC, and operates six outlets in Kuwait in Al Rai, Al Qurain, Al Dajeej, Salmiya, Egaila and Fahaheel.

Laos

Big C Big C ( th, บิ๊กซี ซูเปอร์เซ็นเตอร์), is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Lotus' ...

Lebanon

* Bou Khalil *

;Defunct brands: * Géant

Macau

Malaysia

* Mydin Wholesale Hypermarket * NSK Trade City *

Servay Hypermarket Servay Hypermarket (S) Sdn. Bhd. (doing business as Servay and Parkwell) is a hypermarket and retailer chain in Malaysia. It is one of the main existing retailer in East Malaysia, having over 30 branches (supermarket, hypermarket & convenient st ...

(East Malaysia only) *

Lotus's Lotus's (formerly known as Lotus Supercenter, Tesco Lotus Supercenter and Tesco Lotus) is a retail chain in Thailand founded and operated by Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, with operations in Malaysia following the acquisition of Tesco Malaysia in ...

(formerly known as

) * Econsave * Sabasun HyperRuncit Defunct: *

– taken over by AEON BiG in 2012 *

– taken over by

in 2007 *

– taken over by

in 2021

Oman

Pakistan

* Hyperstar (Carrefour) * Metro * Imtiaz supermarket

Philippines

Puregold Puregold Price Club, Inc. or simply Puregold (stylized as PUREGOLD) is a chain of supermarkets in the Philippines trading goods such as consumer products (canned goods, housewares, toiletries, dry goods, and food products, among others) on a ...

* SM Hypermarket * Super Metro

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

* Al Danube *

* City Flower Hyper Markets * Farm Superstores * HyperPanda *

* Tamimi Group *

Nesto Group Nesto Group International is a multinational retail chain incorporated by Western International Group that operates a chain of hypermarkets and supermarkets (Nesto Hypermarket, Nesto Center) headquartered in Sharjah, UAE. It was founded in 1999 b ...

Singapore

* Big Box * Cold Storage * FairPrice Xtra *

* Sheng Siong ;Defunct: *

(withdrew from the region in late 2012)

South Korea

The largest hypermarket chains are

E-Mart e-mart () is the largest retailer in South Korea. There were 160 stores across the country as of December 2016. It was founded on 12 November 1993 by Shinsegae as the first discount retailer in South Korea. E-Mart is the oldest and largest dis ...

(

Shinsegae Group Shinsegae (, ) is a South Korean department store franchise, along with several other businesses, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm is an affiliate of Shinsegae Group, South Korea's leading retail chaebol, and one of the big three d ...

( Lotte) and Homeplus. *

Costco Costco Wholesale Corporation (Trade name, doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only Big-box store, big-box retail stores (warehouse c ...

* GS Supermarket ( GS Group) * Homeplus *

Sri Lanka

* Cargills (Ceylon) PLC *

Keells Super Keells is a chain of supermarkets in Sri Lanka owned by John Keells Holdings. It is one of the three largest retail operators on the island, alongside Cargills Food City and Arpico Super Center Arpico Super Centre also popularly simply known a ...

Arpico Super Centre Arpico Super Centre also popularly simply known as Arpico is a chain of supermarkets which is also regarded as a department store, departmental store located in Sri Lanka owned by Richard Pieris & Company. The retail shopping mall was initially s ...

Syria

* Grand Mart

Taiwan

* A.mart * RT-Mart

Thailand

Maxvalu Tokai () or MaxValu is a Japanese retail store chain. Until 2000 it was named Yaohan, but changed its name after its bankruptcy and takeover by the ÆON Group. MaxValu in other countries Thailand In 2008, the owners ÆON Group rebranded all JUSCO stor ...

* Tops Supermarket

Turkmenistan

The country's first hypermarket will be in a 100,000 square meter shopping center, in the capital

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, scheduled to open in 2014. The complex will include the hypermarket, offices, a cinema, boutiques and a parking lot that will accommodate around 1400 cars. It is yet unknown to which retailer Turkmenistan's first hypermarket will belong.

United Arab Emirates

* Géant *

Nesto Nesto Group International is a multinational retail chain incorporated by Western International Group that operates a chain of hypermarkets and supermarkets (Nesto Hypermarket, Nesto Center) headquartered in Sharjah, UAE. It was founded in 1999 b ...

Vietnam

* ÆON * Auchan *

* eMart *

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* Metro

Yemen

Europe

Albania

;Defunct: *

– 1 hypermarket in Tirana *

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– 1 hypermarket in Tirana

Andorra

* E.Leclerc * Hiper Andorra * Hiperpas

Austria

* Interspar * Maximarkt (only in the Austrian states of

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and

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) * Merkur ( Rewe Group) ;Defunct: *

* Magnet (

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)

Belarus

* Almi * Bigzz * Euroopt * Gippo (Гиппо) * Korona * ProStore

Belgium

In the early 1960s, the first Superbazar (later Maxi GB and Bigg's) hypermarkets were created in Belgium in

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, Anderlecht and

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. In 2000, the French

Carrefour Group Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which ...

took over the Belgian GB Group, all Maxi GB and Bigg's hypermarket stores were then rebranded Carrefour hypermarkets. In 2007, there were 63 hypermarkets in the country. In May 2013, there were in total 67, of which were 45 regular Carrefour hypermarkets and 15 were new Carrefour Planet hypermarkets. The

Louis Delhaize Group The Louis Delhaize Group is a Belgian retail group established in 1875 by Louis Delhaize. The principal activity is the operation of food supermarkets and hypermarkets in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Romania. On February 23, 2022, Louis Delh ...

has seven Cora throughout

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and

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. The largest hypermarket in

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is the Cora store in Anderlecht (

) with a size of 15 000 m². The second largest is the Carrefour Planet store in the B-Park shopping center in

(

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), which has a size of 14 000 m². *

* Cora

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Konzum Konzum plus d.o.o. is the leading supermarket chain in Croatia, with a tradition of 65 years. The company employs more than 10,000 people, and in Croatia has more than 600 stores in over 300 cities in the continental and coastal region. More than ...

* Robot * Tropic * FIS ;Defunct brands: * Drvopromet DP – renamed

in 2011, then

in 2014, and again

in 2017 * Maxi – renamed Tropic in 2015 * VF-Komerc – renamed

in 2007

Bulgaria

* HIT *

Kaufland Kaufland is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl. The hypermarket directly translates to English as 'buy-land'. It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain ...

Croatia

* B-Hyper * Emmezeta * Interspar *

* Plodine ;Defunct brands: * Hipermarketi Coop – renamed Interspar in 2010 * Getro *

– renamed

in 2014

Cyprus

* AlphaMega * Sklavenitis ;Defunct: *

– purchased by Sklavenitis

Czech Republic

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* Globus *

;Defunct: *

– stores taken over by

* Interspar (Spar Group) – in 2015, stores taken over by

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and rebranded Albert

Denmark

Currently, Bilka is the biggest chain of hypermarkets (operated by Dansk Supermarked); the second biggest chain was Kvickly Xtra, which were converted in 2009 to the regular Kvickly supermarkets. Opening of new hypermarkets has decreased, as of 2010, due to restrictions on store sizes to protect the stores in city centers. * Bilka

Estonia

* Maxima * Prisma * Rimi Hyper * Selver

Finland

* K-Citymarket * * * Prisma ;Defunct: * * *

France

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In France, hypermarkets are successful, and today, there are over 1000 hypermarkets in the country.

opened the first French and European hypermarket in 1963, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near

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, and has 222 hypermarkets, as of 2013. The largest hypermarket in France is the Carrefour store in Villiers-en-Bière,

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(77) in the

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region, with an area of 25 000 m².Le top 100 des hypers
par F. Carluer Lossouarn, le 4 Mars 2010 publié dans le magazine Linéaires E.Leclerc opened its first hypermarket store in 1964 in Landerneau, near

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, and is now the dominant hypermarket chain in France, with 489 hypermarkets. Internationally, the French Carrefour is still the largest hypermarket chain in terms of size, and second-largest (after

) in terms of revenue. The other chains with the most hypermarkets in France are Géant (120 hypermarkets), Auchan (134) and Hyper U (61). In Corsica, hypermarkets are not as successful as in the rest of France; the only hypermarkets available in Corsica are Carrefour, Hyper U, E.Leclerc, Géant and

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. * Auchan *

* Cora * E.Leclerc * Géant * Géant Discount * Hyper U * HyperCasino * Intermarché Hyper *

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* Maxi Coop * Migros MMM * Record ( Grosbliederstroff) ;Defunct: *

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– all became

in 2000 *

Eroski Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain (excluding franchises). It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group. The establishments vary in size from the la ...

Euromarché Euromarché (''Euromarket'') was a French hypermarket chain. The first store opened in 1968 in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. In June 1991, the group was rebought by its rival, Carrefour, for 5,2 billion francs. In June 1991, there were 77 Euromarché hy ...

* Hyper Cedico * HyperChampion * Mammouth – The first Mammouth store opened in 1969 near Troyes, and the last store closed in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen on 3 October 2009 after a 10-year delay to close the last store, as it was considered too small for an Auchan hypermarket, but too large for an ATAC supermarket. *

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– first store opened in

in 1968; last closed in 2002 * Record – operated from 1967–2008; however there is a Record store still operating in Grosbliederstroff * Rond Point * Super Suma – became ATAC * L'Univers

Germany

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, the biggest hypermarket brands are Real ( METRO AG),

(which belongs to Lidl), and Marktkauf (which is a brand of AVA, which in turn belongs to

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). However, for various reasons, such as the strong competition by more focused discounters such as

Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when ...

and

Lidl Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 11,000 stores across Europe and the United States. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the Schwarz Group, whi ...

, as well as legal restrictions on store size, pricing policy, and opening times, the hypermarket concept is not as widespread in Germany as in other countries. * E-Center * Famila * Globus * HIT *

* Marktkauf * Plaza *

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* Rewe Center ;Defunct: * Extra Future Store – first store opened in 2003 in

Rheinberg Rheinberg () is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. north of Moers and south of Wesel. It comprises the municipal districts of Rheinberg, Borth, Budberg, an ...

; taken over by

in 2008, which converted it to new Real Future Store hypermarkets * Interspar – all stores were taken over by Wal-Mart in 1998 * Toom – rebranded to Rewe Center in 2014 *

Wal-Mart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

– moved into Germany in 1997 by taking over Wertkauf stores, followed by Interspar stores the year after, but failed to use its American approach in Germany; in 2006 the remaining 85 hypermarkets were changed to Real hypermarkets. * Wertkauf – first store opened in 1958 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, its

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

store was the largest hypermarket in Europe when it opened in 1968; all stores were taken over by Wal-Mart in 1997

Greece

* Grand Masoutis * Elephant * Sklavenitis ;Defunct: *

– bought by Sklavenitis

Hungary

The biggest hypermarket presence is

. Other hypermarkets include Auchan, Metro ( Cash & Carry) and InterSpar, which operate several hypermarkets in the country. * Auchan * Interspar *

;Defunct: * Cora (acquired by Auchan)

Iceland

* Bónus (supermarket only) *

* Hagkaup

Ireland

* Dunnes Stores * Tesco Ireland (Tesco Extra stores)

Italy

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland, the term is ''ipermercati''. * Bennet *

* Conad Superstore / Conad Ipermercato * Crai Superstore / Ipermercato Crai * Esselunga Superstore * Il Gigante * Interspar / Iperspar * Iper * Ipercoop * IperSimply ( Auchan) * Italmark * PAM (Pam Superstore / Panorama and Superal) * Sidis (Ipersidis, Sidis Superstore, Oasi, Migross Superstore, La Girandola, Decò Superstore, L'IperConveniente, MioMercato Superstore and Iper MioMercato) * Sigma (Sigma Superstore / IperSigma and Ipersì Sigma) * Sisa Superstore / IperSisa * Super Spaccio Alimentare ;Defunct: * Auchan City – sold to

Coop Italia Coop is a system of Italian consumers' cooperatives which operates one of the largest supermarket chains in Italy. Its headquarters are located in Casalecchio di Reno, Province of Bologna.Ipercoop * Billa Superstore – closed in 2013 and rebranded Conad and

* CittàMercato – rebranded Auchan * Cityper – rebranded IperSimply * E.Leclerc – rebranded Conad in 2014 due to the end of the joint-venture between the two chains * Euromercato – rebranded Carrefour * IperAffi – owned only one hypermarket in Affi; rebranded IperOrvea in 2015 * IperCoopca – closed in 2015 due to Coopca's failure * IperLeDune – rebranded Interspar in 2015 * IperPellicano – closed in 2013 due to Lombardini Holding's bankruptcy * IperStanda – rebranded Billa Superstore in 2010 * Iperstore GS – rebranded Carrefour * Megasidis – sold to Auchan in 2012 and then to

Coop Italia Coop is a system of Italian consumers' cooperatives which operates one of the largest supermarket chains in Italy. Its headquarters are located in Casalecchio di Reno, Province of Bologna.Maxima * Mego * Rimi Hyper * Sky ;Defunct: * Prisma

Lithuania

There are several hypermarkets, like the homegrown chain of Maxima supermarkets in Lithuania, which range in sizes from neighborhood convenience stores to giant supercenters or hypermarkets that stock over 65,000 SKUs. The chain has 499 (as of 2013) stores open throughout Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria (branded as T-Market) and Poland (branded as Aldik Nova). * Maxima * Norfa * Rimi Hyper ;Defunct: * Prisma

Luxembourg

* Auchan *

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* Cora

Malta

* Pavi Supermarket (1 hypermarket)

Moldova

* Nr 1

Monaco

(1 hypermarket)

Netherlands

In the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

hypermarkets were not a success; there were several attempts of retailers like

and SHV but they all eventually failed. In 1971, Schuitema opened their first Dutch hypermarkets, Famila and

with Miro in Vlissingen. In 1973, SHV Holdings opened Trefcenter. Shortly after, Maxis was created by

De Bijenkorf De Bijenkorf (; literally, "the beehive") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The chain is owned by Selfridges Group, which also owns Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's ...

. However, all these hypermarkets failed, and all closed in the 1980s. In the late 1990s, the American chain A&P started operating supermarkets and several hypermarkets by taking over old Maxis stores. The A&P chain wasn't very successful. C1000 took over the stores in 2000–2003, and the hypermarkets were converted to C1000 supermarkets. Since 2006, the German chain Famila (currently operating hypermarkets in the north of

and

) has tried to return in the Netherlands by opening a Dutch hypermarket in Emmen and then expanding in a few years to about 25 hypermarkets between 4,500 and 7,000 square meters. J. Bünting Beteiligungs AG from Leer (Germany) had therefore opened an office in Drachten. However, as of 2013 there were still no Famila stores in the country. On March 27, 2013, the largest supermarket of the Netherlands was opened by

Jumbo Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and t ...

in the city of Breda, called Jumbo Foodmarkt. With around 6,000 square meters, this store can be considered a hypermarket, but does not offer non-food products, which is unlike most hypermarkets. The second Jumbo Foodmarkt will open with a size of 7,000 square meters in the unfinished Focus-U-Park shopping center of 30,000 square meters in Steenwijk. This store will sell non-food products, and will be the first real hypermarket in the Netherlands since 2000. * Albert Heijn XL (2,800–4,500 m²) *

Foodmarkt (6,000–8,000 m²) ;Defunct brands: * A&P Hypermarkt * Famila *

Maxis Maxis is an American video game developer and a division of Electronic Arts (EA). The studio was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun, and acquired by EA in 1997. Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including '' The Sims ...

* Miro * Trefcenter

North Macedonia

;Defunct: *

– 1 hypermarket closed in 2016

Norway

There are Coop Obs! owned by Coop Norge, which operates 24 hypermarkets through the country. Coop Norge also owns three Smart Club outlets (

Warehouse club A warehouse club (or wholesale club) is a retail store, usually selling a wide variety of merchandise, in which customers may buy large, wholesale quantities of the store's products, which makes these clubs attractive to both bargain hunters ...

). Other hypermarkets include EuroSpar, a hypermarket brand of

Spar SPAR, originally DESPAR, styled as DE SPAR, is a Dutch multinational that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1932, by Adriaan van Well, ...

, and ICA AB, with ICA Maxi stores. *

Coop Obs! Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun. History The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked. Prior t ...

* Eurospar * Smart Club ;Defunct: * Kvickly Xtra (defunct since 2010; earlier known as Obs!) * ICA Maxi (defunct since 2012)

Poland

* Auchan * bi1 *

* E.Leclerc *

;Defunct: *

– acquired by Auchan in 2012

Portugal

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, there are a considerable number of hypermarket chains in operation, including

Continente Continente is a retail chain that belongs to Sonae Distribuição, the largest retailer in Portugal. The hypermarket Continente chain is in spread all over continental Portugal as well on Madeira and in the Azores. The supermarket chain Continen ...

(the biggest and the first Portuguese chain to go international), Auchan,

Pingo Doce Pingo Doce (Sweet Drop in English) is one of the largest supermarket operators in Portugal, with almost 400 stores (Continente (Supermarket), Continente is the largest food retailer, operating over 550 stores, while Minipreço has more than 500) ...

and Intermarché. Most of these chains also operate supermarkets and smaller stores. * Auchan *

(

Sonae Sonae is a multinational business group based in Maia, Porto District, Portugal. It is present in 90 countries, operating in several sectors, including retail, financial services, shopping centres management, software and information systems, ...

group) * E.Leclerc * Intermarché *

(

Jerónimo Martins Jerónimo Martins SGPS, SA (JM) is a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialised retail. It operates more than 4,900 stores in Portugal, Poland, and Colombia. The group is the majority owner of Jerónimo Mart ...

group)

Romania

* Auchan *

* Cora *

;Defunct: *

– acquired by Auchan in 2012

Russia

* Auchan (Ашан) * Globus * Karusel (Карусель) * Lenta (Лента) * Liniya (Линия) * Magnit (Russia's largest retailer) * Nash Hypermarket (Наш Гипермаркет) * OK (О'Кей) * Prisma *

* Vester (Вестер) ;Defunct: *

– acquired by Auchan in 2012

Serbia

* DIS *

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* SuperVero (Veropoulos) *

Tempo Centar Tempo Centar (formerly: Tempo Cash & Carry) is a Serbian hypermarket chain and a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize. History Tempo was founded in 2003, with headquarters located in Belgrade, Serbia. The first Tempo store, with 8,000 m2 of floor space, o ...

(Delhaize) ;Defunct: * Tuš

Slovakia

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;Defunct: *

Slovenia

* E.Leclerc * Interspar (Spar Group) *

* Tuš

Spain

* Alcampo ( Auchan) *

* E.Leclerc *

Hipercor Hipercor S.A. is an upscale chain of hypermarkets in Spain, belonging to the same group as El Corte Inglés. It has its head office in the El Corte Inglés head office building in Madrid. Hipercor generally stocks a wide range of household and f ...

;Defunct: *

– rebranded to Carrefour * Sabeco – rebranded to Alcampo

Sweden

* City Gross *

Coop Forum Coop Forum is a Swedish hypermarket A hypermarket (sometimes called a hyperstore, supercentre or superstore) is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide ran ...

* ICA Maxi

Switzerland

There are currently two chains operating hypermarkets in the country. Coop Switzerland owns 13 hypermarkets throughout the West, with the biggest stores situated in

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

and

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

. The Migros chain has 11 MMM hypermarkets, including some in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, and two in France which are both near

, one in Thoiry and Étrembières. Until 22 March 2013, Casino-Magro had several HyperCasino hypermarkets in Switzerland until the bankruptcy of the Magro group. * Coop * Migros (MMM) ;Defunct: *

* HyperCasino

Turkey

(acquired by Big C in Jan 2011) *

Migros Türk Migros () is Switzerland's largest retail company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a cooperative federation (the Federation of Migro ...

(5M MİGROS) *

and many other local hypermarkets ;Defunct: *

Jusco is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" (or hypermarket) and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of the ÆON supermarket chain. The JUSCO name was adopte ...

(replaced by Max Value)

Ukraine

* Auchan * Eko-Market * Epicentr K * Mega Market * Novaya Linia *

Novus Novus ("new" in Latin) may refer to: Companies * Novus Biologicals, a biotech company based in Littleton, Colorado, US * Novus Entertainment, a Canadian telecommunications company * Novus International, an animal health and nutrition company * Nov ...

* Velika Kishenia ;Defunct: *

– acquired by Auchan

United Kingdom

The largest chains in the UK are Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's, which all operate hypermarkets in the country. *

Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...

Sainsbury's J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company ...

Tesco Extra Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in th ...

;Defunct: *

– first Carrefour store opened in the 1970s; UK business was sold to Gateway/

Somerfield Somerfield (; originally Gateway) was a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company also previously owned the Kwik Save chain of discount food stores. The company was taken over by the Co-operati ...

in 1990 and later was sold to

* Sainsbury's Savacentre – joint ventures between

and BHS, later rebranded Sainsbury's Superstores

North America

Canada

Loblaw Companies Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel. Loblaw operates a private ...

owns and operates: **

Atlantic Superstore Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain operates 54 stores in the Maritimes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It is owned by George Weston Limited through Loblaw Companies Limited, and operates unde ...

Real Canadian Superstore Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of supermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to Superstore, or, less commonly, RCSS. Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the ...

and in Quebec Maxi & Cie. * NorthMart (in the territories and

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

) * Walmart Supercentre

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

* Hipermercados Olé * La Sirena *

Honduras

Mexico

Casa Ley Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in Culiacán founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Coahuila, Durango, Gua ...

* Chedraui *

Soriana Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and a major retailer in Mexico with more than 824 stores. Soriana is a grocery and department store retail chain headquartered in Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The company is 100% capita ...

* Walmex (

) ;Defunct: *

– all rebranded

in early 2000s * Comercial Mexicana – purchased by Soriana in 2016 and defunct by May 2018

Nicaragua

* PriceSmart *

Panama

* PriceSmart

United States

Stores in the United States tend to be single-level enterprises with long operating hours; many of them, especially Walmart, are open 24 hours a day (except on certain holidays). The term "hypermarket" is not in general use in the US.

Warehouse store A warehouse store or warehouse supermarket is a food and grocery retailer that operates stores geared toward offering deeper discounted prices than a traditional supermarket. These stores offer a no-frills experience and warehouse shelving stocke ...

s such as

and

Sam's Club Sam's West, Inc. (doing business as Sam's Club) is an American chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Walmart Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton as Sam’s Wholesale Club. , Sam's C ...

are popular alternatives to discount superstores (hypermarkets) for much the same shopping requirements, requiring an annual membership, purchase of larger sizes of packaged groceries, and a more limited selection of brands and styles. * Fred Meyer – now a division of Kroger * Kroger Marketplace *

Meijer Meijer Inc. (, ; stylized as meijer) is an American supercenter chain that primarily operates throughout the Midwest. Its corporate headquarters are in Walker, Michigan, which is a part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Founded in 1934 ...

* Smith's Marketplace – nameplate for hypermarkets operated by another Kroger division, Smith's Food & Drug; in a 2004 corporate reorganization, Smith's took over the Utah operations of Fred Meyer *

SuperTarget Target Corporation (doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a compon ...

* Walmart Supercenter ;Defunct: * American Fare – division of

Kmart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inc ...

/ Bruno's * Auchan – tested in the Houston and Chicago areas; Houston stores closed in 2003 *

bigg's Remke Markets is a chain of American supermarkets in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Remke Markets was founded in 1897 as a meat market in Covington, Kentucky, by William Remke, the supermarket has grown and now has 6 locations. Th ...

– merged with Remke Markets and lost general merchandise section (see Remke Markets bigg's) *

– opened hypermarkets in Philadelphia and Voorhees Township, New Jersey, in 1988 and 1992 respectively; both closed in 1993. Some associates wore roller skates to facilitate moving about the large building. The Voorhees location now houses a Kohl's department store, a Raymour & Flanigan furniture store, and a Marshall's discount clothing store. The Philadelphia location (an outparcel of the

Philadelphia Mills Philadelphia Mills (formerly and still referred to as Franklin Mills) is an enclosed shopping mall in Northeast Philadelphia, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and from Center City. Formerly named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall is home to 1 ...

mall) housed a Walmart discount store (formerly a Bradlees; moved to a Supercenter on the former Ports Of The World/Boscov's/Steve & Barry's site) and still houses Dick's Sporting Goods and Raymour & Flanigan. * Fedco – membership department store chain, operated in

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most populous urban a ...

from 1948 to 1999 *

Gemco The Groote Eylandt Mining Company, known by its acronym GEMCO, is an Australian company that was commissioned to mine high grade manganese ore. GEMCO is majority owned by South32. It runs its operation on 84 square kilometres of the Arnhem Land Ab ...

– division of

Lucky Stores Lucky Stores is an American supermarket chain founded in San Leandro, California, in 1935. Lucky is currently operated by Albertsons in Utah and Save Mart Supermarkets in Northern California. In 1998, Lucky's parent company, American Stores, ...

* Harts Stores / Big Bear Plus – division of Big Bear Stores * Hypermart USA – division of

* Kmart Super Center – last location closed in April 2018 in

Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The hi ...

* Leedmark – a joint venture involving E.Leclerc of France; operated a single store in

Glen Burnie, Maryland Glen Burnie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population of Glen Burnie was 67,639 at the 2010 census. History In 1812, Elias Glenn, a di ...

from 1991 to 1994 * The Real Superstore – a division of the defunct National Tea Company, the former US subsidiary of the Canadian

Loblaws Loblaws Inc. is a Canadian supermarket chain with stores located in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Loblaws is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies Limited, C ...

chain, which runs The

(see listings for Canada in the Canadian section) * The Treasury * Twin Valu – division of ShopKo/ SuperValu

Oceania

Australia

The hypermarket concept was not a success in Australia. Coles Myer had their own hypermarkets in the country with the introduction of Super Kmart in 1983, until the results were not positive. The concept was eventually shelved by 1989 to then divide all Super Kmart stores to have a separate Coles supermarket and a separate

discount department store. In 1984 the South African retail chain Pick 'n Pay opened a hypermarket in the

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

suburb of Aspley they had planned to expanded to 10 hypermarkets however union bans imposed on South Africa by Australia at the time because of

Apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

prevented the other stores from opening. In 1995 the Australian branch of Pick 'n Pay was sold to Coles Myer and in late 2012 the Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket in Aspley would be closed and divided into an

and Coles supermarkets as well as a

discount department store.

has stores in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Sydney,

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

and Canberra. ;Defunct: * Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket * Super Kmart

New Zealand

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

The Warehouse The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMar ...

operated three hypermarkets in the North Island between 2006 and 2009 under the "Extra" banner. These stores were closed due to poor performance. ;Defunct: The Warehouse Extra

South America

Tucuman Hipermercado Jumbo Portal Tucuman

Argentina

* Coto * Dia *

Hipermercados Jumbo Hipermercados Jumbo (Jumbo Hypermarkets) is a Chilean chain of hypermarkets operating in Chile, Argentina and in Colombia.Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

Brazil

Bompreço Bompreço (Walmart Brazil) is a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Brazil. Its name means "good price" in Portuguese language, Portuguese. , Bompreço is owned by Walmart. Bompreço operates mainly in Northeast Region, Brazil, northeast ...

* CompreBem * Extra Hipermercados * Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Pão de açúcar * Sendas (supermarket), Sendas *

Chile

* Hipermercados Jumbo, Jumbo * Líder * Tottus

Colombia

* Grupo Éxito, Éxito * Cencosud, Jumbo ;Defunct: *

– rebranded Cencosud, Jumbo in 2012

French Guiana

Paraguay

* Extra Hipermercados

Peru

* Plaza Vea (Intercorp) * Tottus (Falabella) * Vivanda (Intercorp) * Wong (supermarket), Wong (Metro)

Uruguay

* Géant

Venezuela

* Grupo Éxito, Éxito

References

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