Brazil Department Store ( Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição) is Brazil's largest supermarket, hypermarket and home appliance store selling food, daily necessities, electronics, and other products, with headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil, and 142,000 full-time employees.

Ranked by revenue, GPA is the Latin America The second largest retail company and the second largest online retailer in Brazil. The company, Nova Pontocom, operates in e-commerce. Its distribution and logistics centers are located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Recife, Arujá and Camassari.

In 2013, GPA plans to open more than 150 specialty stores in the Northeast and Midwest regions. In September 2013, Abílio Diniz, son of the company's founder, resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors, with Jean-Charles Naouri as President and Ronaldo Iabrudi as CEO. 2014 saw revenues of R$72,804 million and profits of R$1,760 million.

Brazil Department Store is the largest and oldest retail company in Brazil, and the second largest in Latin America, and the Brazilian company just introduced - Ambev S.A., both well-known companies in Latin America. It was listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange in Brazil in 1995.

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (formerly Grupo Pão de Açúcar) is a retail and wholesale distributor of food, apparel, and home appliances, with six brands and four business forms, including high Grupo Pão de Açúcar has six brands and four business forms, including high-end and low-end supermarket channels, hypermarket channels, home appliance sales channels, department stores, etc.

As of December 31, 2017, Brazil Department Store opened 882 supermarket chains (stores, department stores, etc.), 72 gas stations, 127 pharmacies and 23 distribution centers in 20 Brazilian states and the Federal District.