Hornbach (hypermarket)

For the town, see Hornbach.
Hornbach Holding AG/
Hornbach Baumarkt AG
Industry Retail (Home Improvement)
Founded 1877
Headquarters Neustadt an der Weinstraße/
Bornheim, Germany
Key people
Albrecht Hornbach/
Steffen Hornbach
Products Home improvement products such as home appliances, tools, household hardware, and garden supplies & plants.
Number of employees
14,663 (2015)
Slogan "Es gibt immer was zu tun" (There is always something to do)
Website www.hornbach.com
Hornbach activities
A Hornbach store

Hornbach is a German DIY-store chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods. Until March 2014, it was 21% owned by Kingfisher plc, a UK company, who also own the B&Q and Castorama DIY chains. Kingfisher sold off the interests as it was planning expansion in new markets that would be in direct competition with Hornbach. Kingfisher has since launched its Screwfix stores in Germany and Brico Dépôt stores in Romania, where Hornbach operates.

In the full fiscal-year 2007/2008 the net profit slumped 24% to 48 Mio. € after the company spent more on advertising and new stores.[1]

History

In the 1960s, the Wilhelm Hornbach OHG was in a bad state so grandson Otmar Hornbach launched the idea of a do-it-yourself home improvement store after a visit to the United States. The business was filed on the stock exchange in 1987 and was expanded to a chain of 144 stores.

Otmar Hornbach died on 2 August 2014.[2]

Hornbach in Europe

Country First store Number of stores
Germany 196891
Austria 1996 11
Netherlands 1997 10
Luxembourg 1998 1
Switzerland 2002 6
Czech Republic 1998 10
Sweden 2003 5
Slovakia 2004 3
Romania 2007 6

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References

  1. Hornbach Holdings sees full-year operating earnings growing faster than sales AFX News
  2. Bouwmarktpionier Otmar Hornbach (84) overleden: hij leerde Duitsland doe-het-zelf - Z24 (Dutch)


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