List of supermarket chains in Belgium
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This is a list of supermarket chains in Belgium. As of 2011, in Belgium three major groups form more than two thirds of the market: Colruyt group 27%, Delhaize 22.5% and Carrefour 22%. Then there are Aldi 11%, Lidl 5.6% and Makro 4.5%.


Current supermarket chains


Defunct supermarket chains

* Écomarché (owned by
Les Mousquetaires Les Mousquetaires, known as in Portugal, is a privately owned retailing symbol group based in France and operating internationally. Its head office is in Bondoufle, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country pri ...
, now rebranded to Intermarché Contact or Intermarché Super) *
GB Supermarkets GB (''Grand Bazar'') was a Belgian supermarket chain, until 2000 owned by the GIB Group when it was taken over by the Carrefour Group. History In 1958 the first Super GB is created and opened. In 1961 the first GB hypermarkets, the first e ...
, Taken over by Carrefour. Before that, the stores belonged to the now defunct
GIB Group GIB Group (Grand Bazar Innovation Bon Marché) was a Belgian conglomerate, consisting of various retail and restaurant chains that existed until 2002. GIB Group owned GB (Grand Bazar) super/hypermarkets, Brico (home improvement/DIY), Inno (de ...
, almost all GB stores were later rebranded to become Carrefour stores: ** Maxi GB (now: Carrefour) ** Super GB (now:
Carrefour Market Carrefour Market is a French supermarket chain created in 2007, owned by the international retail group Carrefour, and has currently stores in France and several other countries, see below. Carrefour Market stores generally range from 1000 m² to ...
) **
GB Express GB, or Gb may refer to: Places * United Kingdom (ISO 3166-1 code), a sovereign country situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ** Great Britain, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ** Kingdom o ...
(now: Carrefour Express) ** Bigg's Continent (now: Carrefour hypermarkets) * Jawa (was a supermarket chain, all its stores were taken over in 1995 to become Match supermarkets) *
Profi Profi is a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores with over 1.600 locations in Romania owned by Mid Europa Partners. History Belgium and Luxembourg Profi discount store network was founded in 1979 in Belgium by the Louis Delhaize Group ...
(was a discount store owned by Louis Delhaize Group, rebranded to Smatch supermarket) *
Unic Unic was a French manufacturer founded in 1905, and active as an automobile producer until July 1938. After this the company continued to produce commercial vehicles, retaining its independence for a further fourteen years before being purcha ...
(rebranded to Super GB and later Carrefour GB.)


References

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Supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...