Who owns REMA 1000?
REMA 1000 is owned by Reitan Retail (Norway).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Reitan Retail 2025 Annual and Sustainability Report, Reitan Retail AS, 13 May 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reitan Retail AS reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway, Oslo
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway, Trondheim
- Founded
- 1979
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About REMA 1000
REMA 1000 is the discount grocery chain Reitan built its business on, opened in Trondheim in 1979, taken nationwide in Norway by 1990 and extended to Denmark in 1994. Every store belongs to an independent franchisee; Reitan Retail supplies them, sets the assortment and takes a franchise fee. It ended 2025 with 691 outlets in Norway, where it held a 24 per cent market share, and 431 in Denmark, where its share was close to 20 per cent.
Ownership timeline of REMA 1000
- Current owner Reitan Retail [1] reported
Where REMA 1000 sits in Reitan Retail
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reitan Retail
Reitan Retail controls 11 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 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12; Reitan Retail has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Reitan Retail
Reitan Retail is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2021. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Reitan Retail is the retail arm of the Norwegian family company REITAN, established at the start of 2021 when REITAN put all its retail operations into one business area. It is wholly owned by REITAN AS, which the Reitan family holds through three holding companies, and it runs discount grocery, convenience and mobility businesses in seven countries. Almost everything is franchised: its own accounts conclude that the franchisee, not the group, controls each store, so franchisee sales never appear as revenue. Revenue in 2025 was NOK 111.7 billion across 3,409 sales outlets.
Reitan Retail: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇴 REMA 1000 and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 64 brands that began in Norway. 20 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; REMA 1000 is not one of them.
- Byggmakker — Kesko 🇫🇮
- Jensen — Hilding Anders 🇸🇪
- Oglaend System — Hilti 🇱🇮
- Aftenposten — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
- Awilco LNG — Awilco LNG 🇳🇴
- Color Line — Color Line 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of REMA 1000?
The parent company of REMA 1000 is Reitan Retail, a privately held company headquartered in Norway.
Is REMA 1000 Norwegian?
Yes. REMA 1000 originated in Norway in 1979 and its owner, Reitan Retail, is also headquartered in Norway.
Is REMA 1000 still owned by Reitan Retail?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, REMA 1000 is still owned by Reitan Retail. 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] Reitan Retail 2025 Annual and Sustainability Report — Reitan Retail AS, Annual report, published 13 May 2026; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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