Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- retail [1]
- Company / filing name
- Albertsons Companies, Inc. [2]
- Headquarters location
- Boise [1]
- Founded
- 1939 [1]
- Legal form
- limited liability company [1]
- Founders
- Joe Albertson [1]
- Official website
- https://local.albertsons.com/; https://local.pharmacy.albertsons.com; https://www.albertsons.com/; https://www.albertsonscompanies.com [1]
- Annual revenue
- USD 77,649,700,000 · reported year 2022 [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US0130911037 [1]
- CIK
- 1646972 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- ACI (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. [3]
With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 and 270,000 employees as of fiscal year 2019, the company is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America after Kroger. Albertsons ranked 53rd in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Prior to its January 2015 merger with Safeway Inc. for $9.2 billion, it had 1,075 supermarkets located in 29 U.S. states under 12 different regional banners. Its predecessor company, Albertsons, Inc., was reorganized as Albertsons LLC and sold to AB Acquisition LLC, a Cerberus Capital Management–led consortium. After buying back the majority of its former stores it sold to SuperValu in 2006, AB Acquisition announced it would change its name to Albertsons Companies Inc. in 2015. The company's corporate name was Albertson's Inc. until 2002, when the apostrophe was removed. [3]
On October 14, 2022, Albertsons announced it would be acquired by rival Kroger for $25 billion. On November 30, 2023, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen announced that the companies had satisfied the informational requirements of the Federal Trade Commission, and the deal was expected to close in early 2024. However, in January 2024, Washington state sued to block the merger, warning that if approved it could raise prices and harm consumers. In February 2024, Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser also filed a lawsuit, saying consumers told him they feared it "would lead to stores closing, higher prices, fewer jobs, worse customer service, and less resilient supply chains." Kroger and Albertsons terminated their merger on December 11, 2024, after it was blocked by a federal and a state judge. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Albertsons. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Understanding company scale
Annual revenue: USD 77,649,700,000 · reported year 2022. [1]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: ACI (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was Albertsons Companies, Inc. founded?
Founded: 1939. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of Albertsons Companies, Inc.?
Headquarters location: Boise. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for Albertsons Companies, Inc.?
Business sectors: retail. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Albertsons (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.