- Business
- HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA operates as a leading European do-it-yourself (DIY) retailer, focusing on home improvement, garden, and building materials through its subsidiaries HORNBACH Baumarkt AG subgroup, which runs DIY megastores with garden centers and online shops; HORNBACH Baustoff Union GmbH subgroup, a builders' merchant with locations in southwestern Germany and France; and HORNBACH Immobilien AG subgroup, which develops and manages retail real estate. The company offers a comprehensive product range averaging 50,000 articles in stores and up to 290,000 online across five divisions including Hardware/Electrical; Paint/Wallpaper/Flooring; Construction Materials/Timber/Prefabricated Components; Sanitary/Tiles; and Garden, targeting private and professional customers with services such as delivery to construction sites, financing solutions, and interconnected retail combining physical stores with online sales and Click & Collect. Founded in 1877 and headquartered in Bornheim, Germany, HORNBACH Holding generates around 94% of its consolidated sales from DIY retail, with approximately half from Germany and the balance from operations in eight other European countries including Austria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland; it maintains a network of 171 stores with over 2 million square meters of sales area, owning 62% of its properties. In recent developments, the group reported net sales of EUR 6.2 billion for FY 2024/25 ended February 28, 2025, reflecting 0.6% growth and improved gross profit amid a challenging market; launched a real-time event-driven integration platform with Solace in September 2025 to enhance omnichannel shopping experiences; opened new Bau- und Gartenmarkt stores in Romania's Colentina region and Austria's Burgenland with innovations like Drive-In services in September 2025; and invested over EUR 44 million in a second Bau- und Gartenmarkt location while achieving sales and adjusted EBIT growth in the first half of FY 2025/26.