Carrión (department store)

Carrión is a chain of department stores in Central America.

The chain is owned by Grupo Roble, itself part of Grupo Poma. It originated in La Ceiba, Honduras in 1970 where it opened under the name Bazar Carrión. It opened in Costa Rica in 2000, in Honduras in 2003, in Nicaragua in 2004, and in Guatemala in 2005.

In 2012 the company invested US$5 million in a new store in Tegucigalpa.

Despite closing its 6,000 m2 store at Multiplaza San José Costa Rica, Carrión expressed an intention at the time to expand in the country and did eventually open a new store in Alajuela in 2015. The company later pulled out of the Costa Rica market, and its unique location in Honduras closed in 2019.

Key people
The owner as of 2015 was Vicente Carrión.

Geographic presence
Originated Honduras, and opened in Costa Rica (2000), El Salvador (2003, 2 stores closed 2019), Nicaragua (2004) and Guatemala (2005)

Costa Rica

 * Alajuela (as of 2015)
 * San José Multiplaza - closed

Guatemala
Source: Facebook page for Carrión Guatemala
 * Quetzaltenango
 * Zacapa
 * Guatemala City
 * Coatepeque
 * Escuintla
 * Puerto Barrios

Honduras
In Honduras there are stores in:
 * Tegucigalpa, Multiplaza
 * San Pedro Sula
 * La Ceiba
 * Villanueva
 * Puerto Cortes
 * Siguatepeque
 * Comayagua
 * Choluteca
 * Danli
 * Catacamas
 * Juticalpa
 * Tocoa
 * Roatan

Nicaragua

 * Managua, Plaza Inter (closed 2019)