Obi (store)

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG
OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte
OBI DIY Stores
Subsidiary
Industry Home improvement
DIY store
Founded 1970 (1970) in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany
Founders Dr. Emil Lux
Manfred Maus
Headquarters Wermelskirchen, Germany
Number of locations
 580[1] (2015)
Areas served
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Austria
  • Hungary
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Switzerland
  • Bosnia Herzegovina
  • Russia
Key people
 Sergio Giroldi, CEO
Revenue Steady €6.7 billion euros[1] (2014)
Number of employees
 42,000[1] (2015)
Parent Tengelmann Group
Website www.obi.de

OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is a British multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. Founded in 1970, Obi is the largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the third largest in the world, behind The Home Depot and Lowe's.[2] It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany,[3] and belongs to the Tengelmann Group.[1]

Branches

Country First store Number of stores Sales (millions)
Germany1970354€3,628.5
Italy199352€354.0
Austria199582€327.1
Poland199746€417.7
Czech Republic199533€297.9
Hungary199429€211.7
Russia200325€319.9
Switzerland (partnership with Migros[4])1999[4]10[4]€151.2
Slovenia19988€50.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina20031€18.5
Ukraine20083
Slovakia200814


Obi has been present in Switzerland since 1999, in partnership with the Migros cooperative.[4]

It formerly had operations in mainland China but these were sold to B&Q in 2007.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Das Unternehmen". Obi.de. OBI Group Holding SE & Co.KGaA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ OBI Press releases
  3. ↑ "Press contact". Obi.de. OBI Group Holding SE & Co.KGaA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Obi Suisse. Qui sommes-nous ?" (page visited on 30 March 2016).


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