Cencosud: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Cencosud (BCS: CENCOSUD) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile that owns 16 consumer brands.[1]
Chilean multi-format retailer that its own site says operates in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, plus the United States, with a technology hub in Uruguay. Supermarkets are its core business, alongside home improvement, department stores, shopping centres and financial services. Its history page dates the first supermarket to 1963 and says it listed on the Santiago stock exchange in 2004; the Paulmann family controls 56.16% of the shares. Cencosud also runs Makro in Argentina and Colombia, which are not recorded here.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Cencosud S.A.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Founded
- 1963
- Tickers
- BCS: CENCOSUD
- Website
- www.cencosud.com/
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
Cencosud in numbers
- Cencosud owns 16 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is home, garden & diy with 16 brands.[1]
- 11 of its brands originated outside Chile.
Everything Cencosud owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Cencosud own?
Cencosud owns 16 consumer brands tracked here, including Paris, The Fresh Market, Basualdo, Blaisten, Easy and Santa Isabel.
Is Cencosud a Chilean company?
Yes. Cencosud is headquartered in Chile and was founded in 1963.
Who owns Cencosud?
Cencosud is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as CENCOSUD on the BCS.
Sources (3) & 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] Cencosud: Countries and business units — Cencosud S.A., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [2] Cencosud: Nuestra Historia — Cencosud S.A., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [3] Cencosud S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2016 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 April 2017; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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