Who owns FİLE?
FİLE is owned by BİM (Turkey, BIST: BIMAS).[1]
BİM owns 99% of FİLE rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu), BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (99% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇷 Turkey, Istanbul
- Origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Retail › Grocery › Supermarkets
- Parent ticker
- BIST: BIMAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About FİLE
FİLE is the supermarket format BİM opened in March 2015, combining the discount idea with wider aisles and fresh sections such as bakery, meat and delicatessen, and produce. The 2025 report counts 344 stores in 34 provinces and says management moved into FİLE Market Mağazacılık A.Ş., in which BİM holds 99 per cent.
Ownership timeline of FİLE
Where FİLE sits in BİM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full BİM ownership tree →
See the full BİM brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by BİM
BİM controls 9 brands on Brandtree.
Founded in the 2010s
- Bimcell (2012)
Other brands in supermarkets, and who owns them
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Profi | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Tops | Central Retail | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Lotus's | CP Axtra | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
About the owner: BİM
BİM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIST: BIMAS.
BİM is the Turkish discount grocer whose 2025 integrated annual report says it began in 1995 with 21 stores and ended 2025 with 14,473 stores across Turkey, Morocco and Egypt. It sells mostly goods made to order under its own names, which the report puts at 55 per cent of net sales in 2025, up from 46 per cent in 2005, the year it listed. It also runs the FİLE supermarket chain and the Bimcell mobile service.
🇹🇷 FİLE and other Turkish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 89 brands that began in Turkey. 11 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; FİLE is not one of them.
- AJet — Turkish Airlines 🇹🇷
- Albeni — Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷
- Alpin — Agthia 🇦🇪
- Anadolu Etap — Coca-Cola İçecek 🇹🇷
- Aras Kargo — Austrian Post 🇦🇹
- Arçelik — Arçelik 🇹🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of FİLE?
The parent company of FİLE is BİM, a publicly listed company headquartered in Turkey.
Is FİLE Turkish?
Yes. FİLE originated in Turkey in 2015 and its owner, BİM, is also headquartered in Turkey.
Is FİLE still owned by BİM?
Yes. As of 14 October 2026, FİLE is still owned by BİM (99% stake). 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] BİM 2025 Entegre Faaliyet Raporu (TSRS Uyumlu) — BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., Annual report; retrieved 14 October 2026.
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