Whole Foods Market, Inc.: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is a publicly listed company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.^[1]

Whole Foods Market was the listed natural foods supermarket chain that made organic groceries mainstream in the United States. Activist investors pressed for a sale after several years of falling sales, and Amazon acquired it in 2017.

Status: merged

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Company facts

Legal name: Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Type: publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters: 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Founded: 1980
Last verified: 16 September 2026 · 1 sources

Divestitures and spin-offs by Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Acquisition closed Closed 28 August 2017

Amazon acquires Whole Foods Market and 365 by Whole Foods Market

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.

Value: $13.7bn
Buyer: Amazon
Seller: Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Regulatory: None recorded

Brands Whole Foods Market, Inc. no longer owns

Whole Foods Market, Inc. controlled these 2 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Whole Foods Market, Inc. owned it still shows why it no longer does.

Brand	Owned until	Owner today
Whole Foods Market	Aug 2017	Amazon
365 by Whole Foods Market	Aug 2017	Amazon

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Whole Foods Market, Inc. own?

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.

Is Whole Foods Market, Inc. an American company?

Yes. Whole Foods Market, Inc. is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States and was founded in 1980.

Who owns Whole Foods Market, Inc.?

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified 16 September 2026. Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

[1] Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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