Who owns Éxito (Colombia)?
Éxito (Colombia) is owned by Grupo Éxito (Colombia, BVC: EXITO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Negocios y marcas, Grupo Éxito. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Almacenes Éxito S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇴 Colombia, Envigado
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia, Medellín
- Founded
- 1949
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- BVC: EXITO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Éxito (Colombia)
Éxito is Grupo Éxito's main retail banner in Colombia, covering its supermarkets and hypermarkets, digital channels and service stations. The company's history page says the first Éxito opened on 26 March 1949 in central Medellín under Gustavo Toro Quintero, in a four-square-metre shop selling fabric remnants. This is the Colombian retail brand, unrelated to the Éxito notebooks sold by Ledesma.
Ownership timeline of Éxito (Colombia)
- Current owner Grupo Éxito [1] reported
Where Éxito (Colombia) sits in Grupo Éxito
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Éxito
Grupo Éxito controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Carulla (1905)
- Super Inter
- Surtimax
- Surtimayorista (2016)
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
About the owner: Grupo Éxito
Grupo Éxito is a publicly listed company headquartered in Envigado, Colombia, founded in 1949. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BVC: EXITO.
Grupo Éxito is a Colombian retailer whose registered office is in Envigado, Antioquia. Its history page traces it to the 1949 opening of the first Éxito store in Medellín. Its list of principal shareholders as of 31 August 2026 shows Cama Commercial Group Corp holding 86.84% of its ordinary shares. It also operates retail businesses in Uruguay (Disco, Devoto, Géant) and Argentina (Libertad); those are not listed here because the company's pages give no stake for them and the Argentine retail model changed on 1 June 2026.
🇨🇴 Éxito (Colombia) and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 99 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (10%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Éxito (Colombia) is not one of them.
- Alutions — Tecnoglass 🇨🇴
- Ara — Jerónimo Martins 🇵🇹
- Argos — Cementos Argos 🇨🇴
- Ternium Colombia — Ternium 🇱🇺
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Agua Cristal — Postobón 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Éxito (Colombia)?
The parent company of Éxito (Colombia) is Grupo Éxito, a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombia.
Is Éxito (Colombia) Colombian?
Yes. Éxito (Colombia) originated in Colombia in 1949 and its owner, Grupo Éxito, is also headquartered in Colombia.
Is Éxito (Colombia) still owned by Grupo Éxito?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Éxito (Colombia) is still owned by Grupo Éxito. 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] Negocios y marcas — Grupo Éxito, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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