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Strong growth for Byggmax in the third quarter

The Swedish DIY retailer Byggmax operates 210 stores and eight showrooms in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.(Source: Byggmax)
The Swedish DIY retailer Byggmax operates 210 stores and eight showrooms in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
21.10.2026
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The Swedish Byggmax Group, which operates in the Nordic region, recorded significantly stronger growth in the third quarter than it had so far this year. In the first three months, turnover had actually fallen compared with the same period last year, but the second quarter saw an increase of 2.9 per cent.

The company has now made a real leap forward, increasing turnover by 7.1 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2025 to reach SEK 2.088 bn (EUR 187.4 mio). On a like-for-like basis, turnover grew by 5.1 per cent. Byggmax reports that e-commerce activities accounted for 17 per cent of turnover, one percentage point more than a year ago.

In its main market, Sweden, the increase was 6.9 per cent (SEK 1.561 bn, EUR 140.1 mio), whilst in the other countries – Norway, Finland and Denmark – it was even higher at 7.7 per cent (SEK 508 mio, EUR 45.6 mio).

For the first nine months of 2026…

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