Obi (store)

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG
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Trading name	OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte
Romanized name	OBI DIY Stores
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Home improvement; DIY store
Founded	1970 in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany
Founders	Dr. Emil Lux; Manfred Maus
Headquarters	Wermelskirchen, Germany
Number of locations	580 (2015)
Areas served	Germany; Italy; Austria; Hungary; Czech Republic; Poland; Slovenia; Switzerland; Bosnia Herzegovina; Russia;
Key people	Sergio Giroldi, CEO
Revenue	€6.7 billion euros (2014)
Number of employees	42,000 (2015)
Parent	Tengelmann Group
Slogan	"OBI genial"
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	32	€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 is 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.

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↑ OBI Press releases
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