Ahold

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Koninklijke Ahold N.V.

The former Ahold headquarters in Zaandam, Netherlands (now headquarters of Ahold Delhaize)
Company type	Public (N.V.)
ISIN	NL0011794037
Industry	Retail
Founded	1887 (137 years ago) (1887)
Defunct	24 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-24)
Fate	Merged with Delhaize
Successor	Ahold Delhaize
Headquarters	Zaandam, Netherlands
Number of locations	3,206
Key people	Frans Muller (CEO) Jan Hommen (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Services	Convenience/forecourt store, discount store, drug store/pharmacy, hypermarket/supercenter/superstore, other specialty, supermarket, online retailer
Revenue	€38.2 billion (2015)[1]
Operating income	€1.3 billion (2015)[1]
Net income	€0.85 billion (2015)[1]
Total assets	€15.88 billion (2015)[1]
Total equity	€5.62 billion (2015)[1]
Number of employees	236,000 (2015)[1]
Website	www.ahold.com

Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch multinational retail company based in Zaandam, Netherlands. Founded in 1887 by Albert Heijn, Sr., the company initially began as a single grocery store in Oostzaan and became the largest grocery chain in the Netherlands in 1970s, Netherlands. The company went public in 1948. It merged with Belgium-based Delhaize Group in 2016 to form Ahold Delhaize.