The following is a list of supermarket chains in Ireland.
Large supermarkets Name Stores Parent SuperValu 223 Musgrave Group Lidl 173 Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Schwarz Gruppe) Tesco Ireland 164 Tesco Aldi 153 Aldi Süd Dunnes Stores 118 Dunnes Stores Eurospar 60 BWG Foods Marks & Spencer 19 Marks & Spencer Donnybrook Fair 6 Musgrave Group Fresh 10 Fresh
Smaller supermarkets and convenience stores Name Stores Parent Centra 483 Musgrave Group Spar 456 BWG Foods XL Stores250 BWG Foods Gala 200 H. Murphy & Co, Enniscorthy/ M&P O'Sullivan, Cork (city) / C. Clifford & Sons,Tralee Perry's Cash & Carry, Carlow /BWG Foods Mace 160 BWG Foods Londis 140 BWG Foods Daybreak 200 Musgrave Group Costcutter 120 James A. Barry and Co Defunct supermarket chains These supermarkets are either no longer trading, have been renamed, or have been taken over and rebranded. Iceland Operated from 1996 to 2005 when all six stores closed due to financial issues. Iceland stores reopened in 2008. However in June 2023, Metron Stores, trading as Iceland, was ordered to recall all imported meat products by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, due to traceability concerns. In the same month, Metron said it was insolvent and unable to pay debts, abruptly closing all 27 Irish stores. Joyce's operated from 1951 to 2023. On 30 November 2021, Tesco Ireland announced it had purchased all Joyce's supermarkets for an undisclosed amount, with the shops beginning to be rebranded as Tesco in 2022. Quinnsworth Operated from 1966 to 2001, with approximately one quarter of the grocery market in the Republic of Ireland, and some 88 supermarkets across the island of Ireland, including its Crazy Prices brand operated at some of its larger outlets. It was acquired by UK chain Tesco in 1997, with its supermarkets being gradually rebranded as Tesco Ireland over the following four years. Superquinn Operated from 1960 to 2014. A receiver was appointed to the company on 18 July 2011, and the following day the company was bought by Musgrave Group for an undisclosed sum. On 13 February 2014 all remaining units were rebranded as SuperValu.
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