Philippine home improvement chains enjoy a good first quarter

Philippine home improvement stores enjoyed a good first quarter as comparative sales grew and new outlets pulled their weight.

Wilcon Depot, the country’s biggest home improvement retail chain, reported a 9.1 per cent increase in net sales for January to March 2026, to 9.17 bn Philippine pesos (PHP, EUR 131 mio). "The growth was driven by a [four per cent] contribution from new store sales and a 4.7 [per cent] increase in same-store comparable sales," the company disclosed.  

By format, Wilcon’s depots continued to make up the bulk of the sales at 96.3 per cent, or PHP 8.83 bn, with mature store accounting for 4.6 per cent and new branches contributing 3.9 per cent. Its smaller format, Do-It-Wilcon (formerly Home Essentials), accounted for the rest, with comparative sales for the smaller stores expanding 1.6 per cent.  

For the home improvement brands under retailing conglomerate Robinsons…