Whole Foods Market is owned by Amazon (the United States, NASDAQ: AMZN), which acquired the brand on 28 August 2017 from Whole Foods Market, Inc., as part of a $13.7 billion deal that also included 365 by Whole Foods Market.[1][2] Before Amazon, Whole Foods Market was owned by Whole Foods Market, Inc. from 1980 to 2017.[2]
Evidence: Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-06, SEC EDGAR, 6 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin in 1980 and made organic and natural food a mainstream supermarket category in the United States, acquiring a reputation for high prices along the way. Amazon acquired it in 2017 for $13.7 billion.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
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Amazon controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
The 74 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 43 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13; Amazon has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| 555 | Century Pacific | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Amazon is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: AMZN.
Amazon began selling books online in 1994 and is now among the largest companies in the world. Its 2017 purchase of Whole Foods Market gave it a physical grocery estate, and it has since built its own grocery and household brands sold through its store.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Whole Foods Market is not one of them.
Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in cash, its largest acquisition and its entry into physical grocery retail. Share prices of established supermarket chains fell sharply on the announcement, and Amazon cut Whole Foods prices within days of closing.
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The parent company of Whole Foods Market is Amazon, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Whole Foods Market originated in the United States in 1980 and its owner, Amazon, is also headquartered in the United States.
Amazon completed its acquisition of Whole Foods Market on 28 August 2017, after announcing the deal on 16 June 2017. The deal, which also included 365 by Whole Foods Market, was valued at $13.7 billion (enterprise value).
Before Amazon, Whole Foods Market was owned by Whole Foods Market, Inc. from 1980 until 2017.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Whole Foods Market is still owned by Amazon. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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