Obi (store)

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG

Type	GmbH & Co. KG
Industry	Retail (Home Improvement)
Founded	1970 (Germany)
Headquarters	Wermelskirchen, Germany
Key people	Sergio Giroldi, CEO
Products	Home improvement products such as home appliances, tools, hardware, and garden supplies & plants.
Revenue	€7.1 billion (2006/2007)
Employees	38,000
Website	www.obi.de

Founded in 1970, OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is the second largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the fourth largest in the world, behind The Home Depot, Lowe's and Kingfisher plc.^[1] It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany,^[2] and belongs to the Tengelmann Group.

OBI in Europe

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	23	€211,7
Russia	2003	18	€319,9
Switzerland	1999	10	€151,2
Slovenia	1998	6	€50,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2003	2	€18,5
Croatia	2007	3
Ukraine	2008	3
Romania	2008	7
Slovakia	2008

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

References

1. ^ OBI Press releases
2. ^ "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."

External links

	Germany portal
	Companies portal

• OBI Germany (German)