Carrefour Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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Carrefour has acquired 20 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 5 assets.

Carrefour’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Norfin Holder S.L. for $2.7B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2019, when it sold Carrefour SA - China Business to Suning.com for $699M. Carrefour has acquired in 9 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include retail (55%) and internet software and services (25%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity25
    • M&A Buy Activity20
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11

Carrefour

Carrefour SA

93, avenue de Paris,
Massy, 91300
France,
+33 1 64 50 50 00
www.carrefour.com

Carrefour is a global food retailer. The Company operates more than 12,000 stores located in 29 countries. Carrefour was founded in 1959 and is based in Massy, France.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 14 1 3 1 1 - 20
vol $4.8B $4.8B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 2 1 1 - 1 - 5
vol $166M $699M $338M $1.2B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Cajoo Technology SAS 2022-05-16 - Divestiture
Paris, France · www.cajoo.eu
Flink SE 2022-05-16 - Stake Purchase
Berlin, Germany · www.goflink.com
Cajoo Technology SAS 2021-07-28 - Stake Purchase
Paris, France · www.cajoo.eu
Market Pay 2020-10-30 338M EUR Divestiture
Évry-Courcouronnes, France · www.marketpay.eu
Wellcome Taiwan 2020-06-02 - Divestiture
Taipei City, Taiwan · www.wellcome.com.tw
Potager City SAS 2020-01-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Toussieu, France · www.potagercity.fr
DejBox Services SAS 2020-01-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Marcq-en-Baraeul, France · www.dejbox.fr
Ewally 2019-10-02 - Stake Purchase
São Paulo, Brazil · www.ewally.com.br
Carrefour SA - China Business 2019-06-23 699M EUR Divestiture
, China
So.bio 2018-07-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Bordeaux, France · www.sobio-etic.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Retail 11 (55%) 1.4B (30%) 3 (60%) 864M (72%)
Internet Software and Services 5 (25%) - 1 (20%) -
Distribution 2 (10%) 3.4B (70%) - -
Information Technology 1 (5%) - 1 (20%) 338M (28%)
E-Commerce 1 (5%) - - -
Total 20 $4.8B 5 $1.2B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
France 7 676M 3 338M
China 4 - 1 699M
Brazil 2 930M - -
Poland 2 423M - -
Germany 1 - - -
Italy 1 - - -
Malaysia - - 1 166M
Romania 1 62M - -
Spain 1 2.7B - -
Taiwan 1 - - -
Domestic 7 (35%) 676M (14%) 3 (60%) 338M (28%)
Cross-border 13 (65%) 4.1B (86%) 2 (40%) 864M (72%)
Total 20 $4.8B 5 $1.2B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $2.7B
$100M to $1B 3 $2.0B
< $100M 1 $62M
TOTAL $4.8B
Largest Norfin Holder S.L.
$2.7B (2011-07-01)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.2B
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest Carrefour SA - China Business
$699M (2019-06-23)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
20%
4 (20%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
40%
2 (40%)
Strategic(s)
60%
3 (60%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Retail

Revenue

83,088   12% 2022
74,287   3% 2021
72,150   3% 2020
74,142   5% 2019
77,916   4% 2018
80,975   2017
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Employees

215,834

Established

1959

Public

Euronext: CA

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