The Kroger Co.: Kroger reported $147.642 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue for the year ended January 31, 2026. Kroger trades as KR on NYSE.
The Kroger Co.: Key Facts
- Founded: 1883 by Barney Kroger.
- Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio.
- CEO: Gregory S. Foran.
- Latest annual revenue: $147.6B.
- Employees: 403,000.
Kroger makes most of its money from retail food and consumables sold through supermarkets and multi-department stores. Fuel centers, pharmacies, general merchandise, private-label manufacturing, digital delivery, and Kroger Precision Marketing add scale and margin diversity. The business is high-volume and low-margin, so procurement leverage, labor productivity, shrink control, and loyalty-driven repeat visits matter more than headline revenue growth.
Kroger reported $147.642 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue and $1.016 billion in net income for the year ended January 31, 2026. Revenue was essentially stable, while earnings were pressured by the normal realities of grocery margins, transaction costs, and operating investments. A market cap around $35.5 billion reflects a mature but systemically important retailer rather than a high-growth consumer platform.
Kroger is squeezed between Walmart's price scale, Costco's membership economics, Amazon's delivery expectations, and hard discounters. Its answer is not one single moat but a stack of operating advantages: fresh food execution, private labels, digital coupons, pharmacy, fuel rewards, and neighborhood convenience. That stack is durable, but it requires constant price discipline.
The next chapter is about organic improvement: sharpen pricing, grow private label, use customer data more effectively, modernize supply chain and fulfillment, and keep pharmacy and fuel relevant to weekly shopping behavior. The company does not need explosive revenue growth to create value; it needs better execution against a very large base.
