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 may aim to allow 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 city of 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. Carrefour 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 Carrefour (defunct, but returned in 2015) Cevital
Benin Erevan (Système U)
Egypt Carrefour Spinneys LuLu Hypermarket
Gabon Géant – Mbolo
Ivory Coast Carrefour
Kenya Carrefour Game Naivas Nakumatt Tuskys Uchumi
Mauritius Hyper U Shoprite
Mayotte Cora Super U
Morocco There are several hypermarkets operating in the country. The biggest are Marjane, Aswak Assalam and Carrefour. The Acima brand, which belongs to the same retail group with Marjane, are stores that cannot qualify as hypermarkets because they are smaller. Aswak Assalam Carrefour Marjane
Réunion Carrefour Cora Géant Casino Hyper U
Rwanda Nakumatt Simba Supermarket T2000
South Africa Checkers Hyper Choppies Game Makro Pick n Pay Hypermarket ShopriteHyper SUPERSPAR USave Superstore
Tunisia Auchan – scheduled to open in 2012Melekher.com | Auchan ouvrira bientot ses portes en Tunisie – Auchan will soon open their doors in Tunisia, March 14 2012 Carrefour Géant
Zimbabwe Spar Megastore
Asia
Armenia Carrefour
Bangladesh Aeon Keells Lotte Mart Lulu Hypermarket Spinneys
Bahrain
Al Muntazah Carrefour Géant Lulu Hypermarket
Brunei Giant Hypermarket
Cambodia Aeon
China
Auchan Carrefour Hualian JUSCO Walmart Wumart
Defunct Tesco
Georgia CarrefourCarrefour Georgia Spar Hypermarket
Hong Kong There were some hypermarkets owned by Carrefour, which were closed down by 2000.
As of July 2011, there were five Æon JUSCO hypermarkets, 19 Wellcome superstores, and 43 PARKnSHOP superstores there. Aeon JUSCO PARKnSHOP Wellcome superstores
Defunct chains Carrefour
French Polynesia Carrefour Géant
India D-Mart Lulu Hypermarket Reliance Fresh Nesto Smart Bazaar More Spar Hypermarket Spencer's Hyper Trent
Defunct Carrefour Auchan
Indonesia Aeon Hero Lotte Mart LuLu Hypermarket Hypermart Super Indo Ranch Market Transmart The Foodhall Grand Lucky Indogrosir Defunct Carrefour (taken over by Transmart) Makro (taken over by Lotte Mart) Metro Giant SPAR Sogo Supermarket (taken over by The Foodhall) Walmart
Iran
Iran Hyper Star Padideh Proma Hypermarket Refah
Iraq Carrefour
Israel The hypermarket format in Israel was not a success because retail chains abandoned hypermarkets and later converted them into smaller discount stores. Carrefour opened in the country in 2023, currently having more than 100 branches, with plans to open more. Carrefour
Japan
Aeon Daiei Ito-Yokado SEIYU (Walmart) UNY
Defunct Carrefour Tesco
Jordan
In Jordan, Carrefour has one branch in Amman (a joint venture between Majid Al Futtaim Group and Carrefour France) and has an area of 11,000 square meters. Hypermarkets also exist in the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq as part of the WFP initiative, which led the project to establish the stores.Free Online Library C-Town Carrefour Cozmo Spinneys Tazweed Center
Kazakhstan Kazmart DIY 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
Lebanon Carrefour Spinneys
Defunct brands Géant
Macau PARKnSHOP
Malaysia
Aeon Jaya Grocer Giant Hypermarket Lulu Hypermarket Mydin Wholesale Hypermarket NSK Trade City Servay Hypermarket (East Malaysia only) Lotus's (formerly known as Tesco) Econsave
Defunct: Carrefour – taken over by AEON BiG in 2012 Makro – taken over by Tesco in 2007 Tesco – taken over by Lotus's in 2021 Kedai Runcit Usaha Kami - closed in 2019
Oman HyperMax Lulu Hypermarket Nesto Group Defunct:
Carrefour – rebranded as HyperMax in 2025
Pakistan Hyperstar (Carrefour) Metro Imtiaz supermarket
Palestine Shini Extra (Al Shini Group) Mercado Hypermarket
Philippines Puregold SM Hypermarket Super Metro
Qatar Carrefour Géant Casino Lulu Hypermarket
Saudi Arabia Al Danube Carrefour HyperPanda Lulu Hypermarket Tamimi Group Nesto Group
Singapore Cold Storage FairPrice Xtra Giant Hypermarket Sheng Siong
Defunct Carrefour (withdrew from the region in late 2012)
South Korea
The largest hypermarket chains are E-Mart (Shinsegae Group), Lotte Mart (Lotte) and Homeplus.
Costco E-Mart Homeplus Lotte Mart
Sri Lanka Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Keells Super Arpico Super Centre
Taiwan Carrefour Costco A.mart RT-Mart
Thailand
Big C Makro Maxvalu Tokai Lotus's Tops Supermarket
Turkmenistan The country's first hypermarket will be in a 100,000 square meter shopping center, in the capital Ashgabat, 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 Carrefour Géant Lulu Hypermarket Nesto Spinneys
Uzbekistan Korzinka
Vietnam
Aeon Auchan Big C eMart Giant Lotte Mart Metro
Yemen Lulu Hypermarket Géant
Europe
Albania
Defunct Carrefour – 1 hypermarket in Tirana Mercator – 1 hypermarket in Tirana
Andorra E.Leclerc
Austria
Interspar
Defunct Carrefour
Belarus Almi Bigzz Euroopt Gippo (Гиппо) GIPPO.BY | English – About Korona ProStore
Belgium
In the early 1960s, the first Superbazar (later Maxi GB and Bigg's) hypermarkets were created in Belgium in Auderghem, Anderlecht and Bruges.
In 2000, the French Carrefour Group 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 has seven Cora throughout Wallonia and Brussels.
The largest hypermarket in Belgium is the Cora store in Anderlecht (Brussels) with a size of 15 000 m2. The second largest is the Carrefour Planet store in the B-Park shopping center in Bruges (Flanders), which has a size of 14 000 m2.
Carrefour Cora
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bingo Konzum Mercator
Defunct brands Drvopromet DP – renamed Mercator in 2011, then Konzum in 2014, and again Mercator in 2017 VF-Komerc – renamed Konzum in 2007
Bulgaria
HIT Kaufland
Croatia Interspar Kaufland Konzum
Defunct brands Hipermarketi Coop – renamed Interspar in 2010 Mercator – renamed Konzum in 2014
Cyprus
AlphaMega Sklavenitis
Defunct Carrefour – stores taken over by Sklavenitis
Czech Republic
Albert Globus Kaufland Tesco
Defunct Carrefour – stores taken over by Tesco Interspar (Spar Group) – in 2015, stores taken over by Ahold 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.In Danish : Coop opgiver Kvickly-xtra Berlingske Tidende, June 12, 2009 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
In France, hypermarkets are successful, and today, there are over 1000 hypermarkets in the country. Carrefour opened the first French and European hypermarket in 1963, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris, and has 222 hypermarkets, as of 2013. The largest hypermarket in France is the Carrefour store in Villiers-en-Bière, Seine-et-Marne (77) in the Île-de-France 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 Brest, 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 Walmart) 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 Casino.
Auchan Carrefour E.Leclerc Hyper U Intermarché Hyper Migros MMM
Defunct Continent – all became Carrefour in 2000 Eroski Euromarché 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. Rallye – first store opened in Brest in 1968; last closed in 2002 Record – operated from 1967 to 2008; the last Record store in Grosbliederstroff subsisted up until 3 June 2022, when it was converted into a Cora. Super Suma – became ATAC Géant Casino – most of its activities in continental France were sold off by Groupe Casino in 2023 to various other retailers, mainly Intermarché and Auchan. The 26 remaining stores that have not been taken over are set to permanently close on 30 September 2024. Four Géant stores are still active, all located in Corsica. Cora – bought by Carrefour in July 2023. All stores are set to be converted into Carrefour hypermarkets by 17 November 2024.
Germany
In Germany, the biggest hypermarket brands are Real (METRO AG), Kaufland (which belongs to Lidl), and Marktkauf (which is a brand of AVA,AVA which in turn belongs to EDEKA). However, for various reasons, such as the strong competition by more focused discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, 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 Kaufland Marktkauf Real Rewe Center
Defunct Extra Future Store – first store opened in 2003 in Rheinberg; taken over by Real 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