Aldi
| Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord logos | |
Aldi Süd in Stewarton, Scotland | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 10 July 1946 (split in two parts in 1960, renamed to Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd in 1962)[1] |
| Founders | Karl and Theo Albrecht |
| Headquarters | Essen, Germany (Aldi Nord) Mülheim, Germany (Aldi Süd) |
Number of locations | 13,243 (2025) |
Area served | Europe
United States Australia China |
| Products |
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| Revenue | Aldi Nord: 28,6 billion € (2023)[2] Aldi Süd: 89 billion € (2024)[3] |
Number of employees | Aldi Nord: 87,892 (2023)[4] Aldi Süd: 203,146 (2024)[5] |
| Website | aldi.com aldi |
Aldi (German pronunciation: [ˈaldiː] ⓘ), styled as ALDI,[6] is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries.[7][8] The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960 that later became Aldi Nord (initially Northern West Germany), headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd (initially Southern West Germany), headquartered in neighbouring Mülheim.[9][10]
In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for "Albrecht Diskont").[11] In Germany, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been financially and legally separate since 1966, although both divisions' names may appear as if they were a single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies.
Aldi is the chief competitor of the German discount chain Lidl in several markets.[12]
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- ^ "Impressum Archived 23 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine." Aldi Süd. Retrieved on 14 February 2011. "Burgstraße 37 45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr Amtsgericht Duisburg HRA 8577."
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