Grupo Big - Brasil

What Grupo Big - Brasil does

Grupo Carrefour Brasil is the Brazilian operating subsidiary of French multinational Carrefour S.A. (EPA:CA), formally consolidated in 2019 to unify all Carrefour operations in Brazil under a single corporate structure. The company operates a multi-format retail ecosystem spanning hypermarkets and supermarkets (Carrefour, Big), cash-and-carry wholesale (Atacadão), membership warehouse clubs (Sam's Club), retail banking (Banco Carrefour), and commercial real estate (Carrefour Property), complemented by private label brands including Marca Própria and Member's Mark. With 1,000+ stores, 120,000 employees, 430+ owned properties, 250 galleries, 3 shopping centers, and 60+ million monthly customers, it is the largest retailer in Brazil and the only one with national presence across all 27 states and the Federal District.

The business generates revenue through three primary streams: physical retail transactions across hypermarkets, wholesale/cash-and-carry, and membership warehouse formats; recurring financial services revenue from Banco Carrefour credit cards, loans, and banking products; and real estate income from Carrefour Property leasing owned and managed retail real estate. The company's value proposition rests on offering an integrated ecosystem of formats and services addressing food access, financial inclusion, and household needs for individual consumers, families, and small and medium business customers. Atacadão traces its origins to 1962 and remains a cornerstone wholesale brand, while the 2022 acquisition of Big from Walmart materially expanded the hypermarket footprint.

The company has led Brazilian food retail in the ABRAS ranking for 10 consecutive years through 2026 and in 2026 launched the 'Simples como um só' (Simple as one) ecosystem concept to reposition its multi-brand portfolio as a unified consumer experience. Distribution relies on physical retail storefronts across formats, supported by corporate marketing through LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, and a corporate news portal. Competitive advantages derive from national scale, multi-format diversification, private label leverage, and ecosystem cross-sell between retail, banking, and real estate.

Name

Grupo Big - Brasil

Legal name

Grupo Carrefour Brasil

Website

https://grupobigbrasil.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Grupo Carrefour Brasil is the Brazilian subsidiary of Carrefour S.A., operating the country's largest multi-format retail ecosystem — including hypermarkets (Carrefour, Big), wholesale (Atacadão), membership warehouse clubs (Sam's Club), banking (Banco Carrefour), and commercial real estate — serving 60+ million monthly customers across all 27 Brazilian states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-format retail (hypermarkets, wholesale, warehouse clubs)

NAICS

Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters (455211), Grocery and Convenience Retailers (4451), Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters, and Other General Merchandise Retailers (4552)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Membership Warehouse Clubs (General Merchandise + Grocery) (CRAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Membership Wholesale Clubs (B2B & B2B2C) (CRAEAEAB), Warehouse-Style Bulk Grocers (Membership/Non-membership) (CRAHAMAB), Retail Brokerage (BPAJABAB)

Keywords

• Food retail
• Hypermarket operations
• Wholesale cash-and-carry
• Warehouse club retail
• Retail banking services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunnyvale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Operations: Revenue from physical retail operations including food retail (hypermarkets, supermarkets), wholesale/cash-and-carry (Atacadão), and membership warehouse format (Sam's Club). Multiple store formats serve different customer segments from individual consumers to business customers.
2. Financial Services (Banco Carrefour): Banking and financial services offered through Banco Carrefour brand, providing credit cards, loans, and other financial products to the customer base.
3. Real Estate (Carrefour Property): Property management and real estate operations through Carrefour Property, managing commercial real estate assets including the company's 430+ owned properties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grupo Carrefour Brasil operates a multi-format retail ecosystem across Brazil, comprising hypermarkets and supermarkets under the Carrefour brand, cash-and-carry wholesale under Atacadão, membership warehouse clubs under Sam's Club, the Big hypermarket chain (acquired from Walmart), retail banking and financial services through Banco Carrefour, and commercial real estate management through Carrefour Property. The group also sells private-label product lines including Marca Própria (Carrefour) and Member's Mark (Sam's Club).

Product overview

Grupo Carrefour Brasil operates as a multi-brand retail ecosystem with integrated business formats. The core offering includes the Carrefour hypermarket/supermarket brand, the Atacadão wholesale-retail format, and the Sam's Club membership warehouse club. Supporting the retail operations, the group offers Banco Carrefour financial services and Carrefour Property real estate management. Private label offerings include Marca Própria (Carrefour's own brand) and Member's Mark (Sam's Club exclusive brand). The ecosystem is unified under the 'Simples como um só' concept, integrating physical stores, financial services, and real estate into a single consumer experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Atacadão: Cash-and-carry wholesale and retail chain, the largest in Brazil.
• Carrefour
• Sam's Club
• Banco Carrefour
• Carrefour Property
• Member's Mark

Products and services

• Carrefour Hypermarkets and Supermarkets Hypermarket and supermarket retail format serving individual Brazilian consumers with food, household goods, and personal care products, including the Marca Própria private-label line.
• Atacadão Cash-and-Carry Wholesale Wholesale and cash-and-retail format serving small and medium businesses, entrepreneurs, and families purchasing in bulk, with 64 years of operating history in Brazil.
• Sam's Club Membership Warehouse Membership-based warehouse retail format requiring paid membership, offering bulk products and exclusive Member's Mark private-label items to value-seeking customers.
• Big Hypermarkets Hypermarket retail chain acquired from Walmart in 2022, operating as a retained brand within Grupo Carrefour Brasil's multi-format retail portfolio.
• Banco Carrefour Financial Services Retail banking and financial services arm offering credit cards, loans, and other financial products to consumers within the Grupo Carrefour Brasil ecosystem.
• Carrefour Property Real Estate Commercial real estate management division overseeing 430+ owned properties, 250 galleries, and 3 shopping centers, leasing retail space to third-party tenants.
• Marca Própria (Carrefour Private Label) Carrefour's exclusive private-label product line sold across the group's hypermarkets and supermarkets in Brazil.
• Member's Mark Private Label Sam's Club's exclusive private-label product brand offering quality products at member-only pricing within the warehouse club format.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60+ million monthly customers

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Costco Wholesale: Global membership warehouse club that competes with Sam's Club in the Brazilian membership warehouse segment; while not as deep in Brazil, its membership model is directly comparable to Sam's Club.
• Carrefour S.A. Global parent company of Grupo Carrefour Brasil; comparable as a broader hypermarket-and-everyday-goods retailer operating across Europe, Latin America, and other regions, with shared brand DNA and operational playbook.

Regional players

• Sonda Supermercados: Regional supermarket chain operating primarily in São Paulo state; competes with Carrefour hypermarkets in overlapping metropolitan areas, with a comparable assortment of grocery and household goods.
• Supermercados BH: Strong regional supermarket chain in Minas Gerais; competes with Carrefour hypermarkets in its core region, representing a similar mid-market grocery retail proposition at regional scale.
• Mateus Supermercados: Regional supermarket chain dominant in the North/Northeast of Brazil; competes with Carrefour hypermarkets in those geographies, with a similar general-merchandise-plus-grocery retail proposition.

Direct peers

• Tenda Atacado: Brazilian cash-and-carry wholesale chain that has expanded aggressively; competes directly with Atacadão in the same B2B and bulk-purchase segment, with similar target customer profiles.
• Assaí Atacadista: Brazil's largest publicly traded cash-and-carry wholesale chain, spun out of GPA. Directly comparable to Atacadão in the B2B and B2B2C wholesale format, competing for small-business and bulk-purchasing customers across Brazil.
• Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA): Operates Pão de Açúcar, Extra, and Assaí across Brazil — directly comparable as a multi-format food retailer combining supermarkets, hypermarkets, and cash-and-carry, competing head-to-head with Carrefour Brasil and Atacadão.
• Auchan Retail: French-headquartered multi-format retailer operating hypermarkets and supermarkets across Europe; highly comparable business model to Carrefour Brasil's hypermarket and wholesale operations, both originating from French retail heritage.

Others

• Magazine Luiza: Major Brazilian omnichannel retailer with growing food and household assortment; adjacent competitor where formats overlap in non-food general merchandise and increasingly in grocery delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@GrupoCarrefourBrasil
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupocarrefourbrasil
• TikToktiktok.com/@grupocarrefourbrasil

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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