Competitive Landscape
Carrefour Consolidates Dominance as Cora Exits and Delhaize Steps in
Hypermarkets in Belgium is extremely concentrated, and this trend intensified in 2025. The channel consisted of only two significant players, Carrefour Belgium and Cora, with Carrefour’s company share rising markedly from 79% in 2024 to 83% in 2025, while Cora’s share declined to 17%.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Hypermarkets industry in Belgium with research from Euromonitor International's team of in-country analysts – experts by industry and geographic specialisation.
Key trends are clearly and succinctly summarised alongside the most current research data available. Understand and assess competitive threats and plan corporate strategy with our qualitative analysis, insight and confident growth projections.
If you're in the Hypermarkets industry in Belgium, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Hypermarkets in Belgium report includes:
- Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends
- Detailed segmentation of international and local products
- Historic volume and value sizes, company and brand market shares
- Five year forecasts of market trends and market growth
- Robust and transparent research methodology, conducted in-country
This report answers:
- What is the market size of Hypermarkets in Belgium?
- Which are the leading retailers in Hypermarkets in Belgium?
- How is the rise of e-commerce and the expansion of modern grocery retail impacting traditional retail?
- How has the impact of COVID-19 and national lockdown impacted consumer demand?
- Which formats have benefited the most from stockpiling and enforced home seclusion?
- How will the wider economic impact of COVID-19 shape the retail landscape in the future?
- Where is future growth expected to be most dynamic?
Hypermarkets in Belgium - Category analysis
Key Data Insights
Hypermarkets Summary
Carrefour Negotiates Sunday Openings as Consumer Habits Shift
Carrefour Pursues Sunday Openings to Mitigate Ongoing Decline
Physical Store Reinvention and Omnichannel Integration Remain Critical
Carrefour Consolidates Dominance as Cora Exits and Delhaize Steps in
Retail in Belgium - Industry Overview
2025 Developments
Key Data Insights
Ahold Delhaize Expands Store Network as Consolidation Accelerates Closures
Supermarkets Outperforms as Non-Grocery Struggles with Cautious Spending
Legacy Brands Exit as Colruyt and Ahold Delhaize Acquire Grocery Outlets
Supermarket Players Accelerate Sunday Openings to Defend Premium Sales
Retail E-Commerce Outpaces All Channels as Food Delivery Surges
Apparel and Home Products Specialists Pivot to Sustainability Amid E-Commerce Rivalry
Ahold Delhaize Outpaces Rivals through Sunday Openings and Digital Innovation
Informal Retail
Opening Hours for Physical Retail
Seasonality
Christmas
Back To School
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Hypermarkets
Hypermarkets are chained or independent retail outlets with a selling space of over 2,500 square metres and with a focus on selling both grocery and non-grocery merchandise. Hypermarkets are frequently located on out-of-town sites with large parking lots or as the anchor store in a shopping centre. Example brands include Carrefour, E Leclerc, and Walmart Supercenter.
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