Where is Edeka located?

Edeka is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

How many employees does Edeka have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Edeka is 6280.

Is Edeka a funded company?

Edeka is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Edeka rank among its competitors?

Edeka ranks 2nd amongst 13 active competitors, only 1 of which is funded. REWE, which secured $436K in Mar, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Edeka?

Edeka's top competitors include A.S. Watson, ALDI and METRO Cash & Carry. Among them, REWE secured the most recent funding round in March, 2022.

Edeka - 2026 Company Profile & Competitors

Edeka is an unfunded company based in Hamburg (Germany), founded in 1898. It operates as a Multi-format retail chain. Edeka has not raised any funding yet. The company has 13 active competitors, including 1 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like A.S. Watson, ALDI and METRO Cash & Carry.

Company Details

Edeka is the largest multi-format retail chain in Germany with more than 4100 stores with formats ranging from small corner stores to hypermarkets. Edeka also runs all the stores for SPAR in Germany. The different formats include Cash & Carry, Convenience store, Forecourt store, Discount store, Electronics Speciality store, Home Improvement store, Supermarket and Hypermarket. In 2007 they had purchased 70% majority stake in Tengelmann's plus discounter store division. In March 2016 Edeka acquired Kaiser's Tengelmann another german supermarket chain.

Website: www.edeka.de/
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Founded Year

1898

Location

Hamburg, Germany

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

2^nd among 13 active competitors

Employee Count

6,280 as on May 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Picnic & 3 more

Similar Companies

SuperK & 486 more

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Edeka has not raised any funding rounds yet.

Edeka's employee count trend

Edeka has 6,280 employees as of May 26. Here is Edeka's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Edeka include A.S. Watson, ALDI and METRO Cash & Carry. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Edeka, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	A.S. Watson 1841, Hong Kong (China), Late Stage	Health and beauty products retailer	$5.7B	Temasek	65/100
2nd	Edeka 1898, Hamburg (Germany), Unfunded	Multi-format retail chain	-	-	64/100
3rd	ALDI 1945, Essen (Germany), Funding Raised	Chain of supermarket	-	Europa	62/100
4th	METRO Cash & Carry 2003, Bengaluru (India), Acquired	Wholesaler of fashion, food, and personal care products	-	-	61/100
5th	REWE 1927, Cologne (Germany), Funding Raised	Provider of a diversified retail and tourism cooperative group operating through various brands, employing , managing a dense procurement network, and offering a range of services and products to its customers and suppliers	-	Commerzbank, ING & 3 others	54/100
6th	Portal365 2017, Vilnius (Lithuania), Seed	Grant writing and management software for nonprofit organization	-	Startup Wise Guys	25/100
7th	Tante Enso 2016, Bremen (Germany), Unfunded	Supermarket and local supplier with plans for expansion and innovative partnership with logistics robots	-	-	24/100
8th	Agitarex 2009, Cologne (Germany), Funding Raised	Platform offering solutions for the issuance of security tokens for corporate and project financing	-	-	23/100
9th	crowdEner.gy 2012, Berlin (Germany), Funding Raised	Crowdfunding platform for green energy and social projects	-	-	16/100
10th	Bielefeld Crowd Stuttgart (Germany), Funding Raised	Donation & rewards-based crowdfunding platform	-	-	16/100

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Edeka has made 2 investments in companies including Picnic and Picnic. Edeka has also acquired 2 companies including AICHINGER and von Allwörden.

Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:

Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Nov 21, 2025	Investments	Picnic	2015	Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Feb 11, 2025	Acquisition	AICHINGER		Germany
Jan 09, 2024	Investments	Picnic	2015	Amsterdam (Netherlands)