Who owns City Gross?
City Gross is owned by Axfood (Sweden, Nasdaq Stockholm: AXFO), which has owned the brand since 1 November 2024.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Axfood Annual and Sustainability Report 2025, Axfood AB. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Axfood AB (publ) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Stockholm: AXFO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About City Gross
City Gross is a Swedish hypermarket chain with e-commerce, combining a food market hall with a hypermarket and a large non-food range. Axfood’s annual report says it acquired City Gross Sverige AB on 1 November 2024, taking its holding from 9.9% to 100%. Axfood’s website lists 40 stores in 2025 and calls City Gross the latest addition to the Axfood family.
Ownership timeline of City Gross
Where City Gross sits in Axfood
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Axfood
Axfood controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 168 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12; Axfood has 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Chef Direct | AML Foods | 🇧🇸 Bahamas |
About the owner: Axfood
Axfood is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Stockholm: AXFO.
Axfood is a Swedish food retail group listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Its 2025 annual report describes almost 400 Group-owned stores and over 700 collaborating retailer-owned stores, run under the Willys, Hemköp, City Gross, Snabbgross, Tempo, Handlar’n, Matöppet and Eurocash banners, plus the Urban Deli restaurant chain and the Apohem online pharmacy. The Axel Johnson Group is the principal owner and controlled 50.1% of the shares and votes. Axfood also owns the Garant and Eldorado private labels.
🇸🇪 City Gross and other Swedish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 110 brands that began in Sweden. 48 of them (44%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; City Gross is not one of them.
- Bahco — Snap-on 🇺🇸
- Caesarstone Scandinavia — Caesarstone 🇮🇱
- Carpe Diem Beds — Hilding Anders 🇸🇪
- Hellberg Safety — Hultafors Group 🇸🇪
- Husqvarna — Husqvarna Group 🇸🇪
- K-Bygg — Kesko 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of City Gross?
The parent company of City Gross is Axfood, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is City Gross Swedish?
Yes. City Gross originated in Sweden and its owner, Axfood, is also headquartered in Sweden.
Since when has Axfood owned City Gross?
Axfood has owned City Gross since 1 November 2024.
Is City Gross still owned by Axfood?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, City Gross is still owned by Axfood. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Axfood Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 — Axfood AB, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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