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title: "Whole Foods Market: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Whole Foods Market, Inc. is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which generally sells whole food products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-whole-foods-market
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1809448
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Foods_Market
website: https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Whole Foods Market

> Whole Foods Market, Inc. is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which generally sells whole food products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives.

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## Facts

- Category: Health and life sciences
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1980-09-20
- Headquarters: Austin
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
- Employees: 91,000
- Also known as: Whole Foods, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
- Industries: food industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/wholefoods
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWpLiP-LlDGDO6zHQaBDNkA
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wholefoodsmarket
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholefoods

## Key people

- John Mackey, founder (American businessman, current CEO of Whole Foods Market)
- John Mackey, chief executive (American businessman, current CEO of Whole Foods Market)

## Revenue

- undated: USD 8 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 8 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 9 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 10.1 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 11.7 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 12.9 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 14.2 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 15.4 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 15.7 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 16 billion (SEC filing)

## Ownership

Parent: [Amazon](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-amazon.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Whole Foods Market, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-whole-foods-market#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809448, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Foods_Market
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000865436

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