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
  • 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

Founded in 1970, OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG 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)
Germany 1970 331 €3,628.5
Italy 1993 40 €354.0
Austria 1995 37 €327.1
Poland 1997 46 €417.7
Czech Republic 1995 29 €297.9
Hungary 1994 28 €211.7
Russia 2003 19 €319.9
Switzerland (partnership with Migros[4]) 1999[4] 10[4] €151.2
Slovenia 1998 7 €50.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 2 €18.5
Croatia 2007 3
Ukraine 2008 3
Romania 2008 0
Slovakia 2008 13


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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