Shoprite Holdings Ltd
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| JSE: SHP | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Brackenfell, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
Number of locations | 3,417 (2025) |
Key people | P.C. Engelbrecht (CEO) Wendy Lucas-Bull (Chairperson) |
| Revenue | R130.757 billion (2025) |
| R3.707 billion (2025) | |
Number of employees | 163,000+ (2024) |
| Divisions | Money Market Xtra Savings Shoprite Send CredX GetPaid |
| Subsidiaries | Checkers House & Home Computicket USave Medrite Transpharm OK Franchise OK Furniture Red Star Wholesale Rainmaker Freshmark |
| Website | www.shopriteholdings.co.za |
Shoprite (officially Shoprite Holdings Ltd) is Africa's largest supermarket retailer. The company's headquarters are in Cape Town, South Africa, where it was founded in 1979.
Shoprite is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and A2X Markets in South Africa, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Lusaka stock exchanges.
The company operates major low-income supermarket chain USave, a separate low-income chain under its namesake, as well as two pharmacy chains - Medrite and Transpharm - furniture chain House & Home, the mid-to-high income Checkers chain, South Africa's largest ticketing provider, Computicket, numerous financial services divisions, and various other businesses.
The group also manages a large property portfolio, comprising both owned and head-leased properties.
The Shoprite Group employs more than 163,000 people and is the largest private sector employer in South Africa. As of June 2025, Shoprite had 3,417 stores (including 623 franchise outlets) across 10 African countries.