Capital: Berlin | Area: 357 000 km² | Population (2020): 83.2 mio | GDP (2020): € 3 336.2 bn
2021 figures corrected upwards
The German garden market is growing more strongly than thought
The garden market in Germany may have grown more strongly in 2021 than the data available so far indicated. According to the market research company IFH Köln, which works together with the German manufacturers' …
Dehner joins BHB
German DIY association wins garden market leader as member
In Germany, the garden centre market leader Dehner has now joined the German DIY association BHB. According to a Dehner …
Coronavirus impact
German chain Toom to turn over around 11 per cent less in 2021
German DIY chain Toom recorded EUR 2.7 bn sales last year, 11.4 per cent down on the previous year. Toom is one of …
Newspaper report
Is Christian Haub planning an IPO for Obi?
Christian Haub, head of Obi's parent company Tengelmann, may be planning an IPO for the DIY store operator Obi and the clothing chain Kik…
Turnover, sales area, store number
This is how the German Top 5 developed between 2019 and 2021
The publishing house Dähne Verlag presents the first detailed statistical figures of German DIY store operators from …
Second year of the pandemic
Country report with the latest figures on the German sector 2021
Germany is the largest national market of the home improvement industry in Europe. How did this market, whose sales…
Inner-city location
Obi’s DIY bar
The German industry leader Obi opened the “Obi Machbar” in the centre of Cologne, an urban DIY concept store – with the longest workbench in the world
Sales figures 2021
A minus, but no negative trend in Germany
In 2021, many things were different for the DIY sector in Germany. The retail association BHB had to announce a decline in sales compared …
In pedestrian zone
Obi opens "Obi MachBar", its first DIY concept store, in Cologne
Obi has opened a new DIY concept store in the city centre of Cologne under the name "Obi MachBar" (roughly "the Obi…
BHB retail association
German DIY stores down sharply compared to 2020, stable up compared to 2019
German DIY stores turned over 8.2 per cent less last year than in 2020, and 9.1 per cent less on a …
German DIY Retailers
The Top 20 lose compared to 2020, but clearly gain compared to 2019
In 2021, the 20 largest German DIY retailers in Germany and abroad generated a total of EUR 1.052 bn less than …
German cooperative
Hagebau wants to realign its retail and professional business
The German specialist trade and retail cooperative Hagebau announces far-reaching strategic changes for its retail and…
Figures 2021
Germany is still a DIY country
Initially, the summary of DIY stores in Germany for the year 2021 doesn’t sound so bad: compared with 2019, the industry was still in plus, explains …
specialist retail
A good year for the German garden market
Garden centres, above all, profit from the garden, balcony and patio being more important than ever before for the German consumer
EUR 3.3 bn
German e-commerce with DIY and flowers grows by 31 per cent
In e-commerce in Germany, the market volume for products in the DIY and flower segment in 2021 was around EUR 3.339 bn. …
January to September
Germany: 11 per cent below previous year, 2.4 per cent over 2019
Overall sales by German DIY stores lay at 11.1 per cent (adjusted -11.8 per cent) below the same period last year …
Germany
Strongest increase in wholesale prices since calculation began in 1962
Wholesale selling prices rose by 16.6 percent in November 2021 compared with November 2020. As reported by …
Except for three federal states
Most German DIY stores also open to the unvaccinated
Home improvement stores in most regions of Germany can admit customers even if they have not been vaccinated or cannot show …
Normal growth in two-year comparison
German home improvement sales in 2021 significantly short of previous year
This year, home improvement stores in Germany are set to experience a 9.1 per cent downturn in sales …
Online now accounts for 48.4 per cent
Hornbach sales rise by 4.6 per cent in first six months
In the first six months of 2021/22 (1 March to 31 August 2021), the German Hornbach Group increased its net sales in DIY …
First six months of 2021
Sales down 15 per cent at German home improvement stores
In the first six months of the year, sales in DIY stores in Germany were down by 15.2 per cent compared with the first half…
DIY Store + Garden Statistics 2021 now published
Top 15 in German garden retailing increase sales by double digits
The top 15 German garden retailers achieved a double-digit increase in sales in 2020. The Statistik Baumarkt + …
Swedish discounter
Rusta wants to expand at a faster pace in Germany
The Swedish chain Rusta wants to significantly accelerate the pace of its expansion on the German market. The furnishing and DIY …
First quarter 2021: -50 per cent
Sales in German home improvement stores up by 14 per cent during 2020
DIY stores in Germany increased their sales in 2020 by 13.8 per cent compared with the previous year to EUR 22…
John Herbert, , general secretary of Edra/Ghin:
“Home improvement stores seen globally as ‘essential retail’… but not in Germany!”
In Germany, DIY stores have had to close where there is a high incidence of Covid cases in the …
‘A thought-provoking year’
Coronavirus grants Hornbach an increase in sales of 15.6 per cent
The coronavirus pandemic, according to the German Hornbach group, has granted the company 'a thought-provoking …
Germany
"Even more a country of DIY enthusiasts"
Compared with 2019, which was already a highly satisfactory year, sales were up by around 14 per cent at home improvement stores in Germany…
Dähne Verlag
German Top 20 grew by 12 per cent in 2020
The Top 20 German DIY store operators recorded domestic sales totalling EUR 26.024 bn in 2020, an increase of 12.1 per cent (= EUR 2.815 …
1 March in three federal states
The first DIY stores are allowed to open again in Germany
In Germany, the first of 16 federal states have announced the re-opening of DIY stores: from next Monday, 1 March 2021, …
Plus 10 per cent in overall market in 2020
Garden centres reopening in other regions of Germany
In Germany, garden centres have now been permitted to open in more regions. Since Saturday 13 February 2021, - thus just in …
Lockdown extended
German DIY stores remain closed until into March
Lockdown in Germany has been extended by a further three weeks. This also affects DIY stores which will not be able to open again …
Until mid-February
German DIY stores and garden centres to stay closed for a further two weeks
In Germany, home improvement stores and garden centres are to stay closed for two weeks longer than …
Lockdown extended
DIY stores in Germany to remain closed in January
In Germany, Europe's biggest home improvement market, DIY stores will remain closed until the end of January. The lockdown imposed…
Until 10 January
Germany’s DIY stores and garden centres to close
Tomorrow, 16 December 2020, all DIY stores and garden centres across Germany will close until 10 January. Stores in the federal s…
BHB
DIY store sales in Germany grow by nearly 14 per cent in 2020
In 2020, home improvement stores in Germany will have reached sales of around EUR 26.1 bn, equivalent to an increase …
13.9 per cent in the third quarter
Growth of the DIY stores in Germany remains double-digit
DIY stores in Germany have continued to grow in double-digit figures in the third quarter, although no longer to the same …
22.5 per cent in the second quarter
DIY stores in Germany are making leaps in sales due to Covid 19
The DIY stores in Germany have greatly profited from the coronavirus crisis. This is suggested by the sales figures …
Germany good, Austria and Switzerland not so
Eurobaustoff retail grows by 15 per cent
Double-digit growth rates have been reported by the German building materials and DIY cooperative Eurobausoff. The retail division, i.e. …
German market leader
Obi adds five new board members
Obi has significantly expanded its board. Having previously consisted of just two people, Sergio Giroldi as CEO and Oliver Geiling (CFO), the new …
New store concept planned
Hornbach reports best sales in decades
Extraordinarily positive sales and results figures for the past financial year, but also for the first months of the new financial year, have…
Federal states
DIY stores soon to be open throughout Germany
In Germany, the three federal states in which DIY stores had been previously closed are allowing them to open. In Mecklenburg-West …
Consequences of coronavirus in March
Online retailing plummets, but not for DIY and flowers
In Germany, the coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive fall in online sales, but not in the DIY and flowers sectors. These…
16 federal states
DIY stores open in most regions of Germany
In Germany, DIY stores and garden centres are still open in most of the 16 federal states. However, three state governments have banned …
Coronavirus
DIY and garden stores in Germany do not have to close
In Germany, DIY stores will be able to remain open when the closing of retail shops comes into force. This has been agreed by …
Withdrawal
British B&M group sells German Jawoll stores
The British trading group B&M has sold its 80 per cent share of the German Jawoll special item stores. 96 locations in the …
DIY store statistics 2019
The German top 10 grow by 4.4 per cent
The sales of the ten largest German DIY store operators rose in 2019 by a total of 4.4 per cent to a joint EUR 31.762 bn, and this is despite…
Financial year 2019
DIY store sales in Germany grow to EUR 19.46 bn
DIY stores in Germany have raised their sales in the year 2019 by 3.6 per cent to EUR 19.46 bn. Over a comparable area they recorded…
Market stable overall
German DIY stores over-proportionally increase garden sales
The German garden market hardly grew in the year 2019. The overall market volume rose by 0.1 per cent to EUR 18.655 bn. …
German market leader
Obi increases sales by more than 6 per cent
Obi, market leader in Germany and number three in the European DIY trade, increased its sales by around EUR 500 mio to an overall EUR 8.…
A steady trend
Sales in German DIY stores grow by 3.2 per cent in 2019
German home improvement stores will increase their sales by 3.2 per cent to EUR 23.00 bn this year. This was the forecast …
BHB lifts forecast
German DIY stores are better than expected in 2019
German DIY stores appear to be in a better position in 2019 than expected. The industry association BHB has now lifted its …
Bartsch withdraws
German DIY retail association needs new chairperson
The German DIY retail association BHB will have to look for a new chairperson. Ralf Bartsch, who has only been speaker of the …
Up 4.8 per cent
German DIY stores grow significantly in the first half of the year
German DIY stores made sales of EUR 10.23 bn in the first half of the year 2019, an increase in sales of 4.8 per …
Obi
Obi launches its bathroom planner in Austria and Germany
On Monday 5 August 2019, Obi launched its bathroom planner campaign. The launch in Germany and Austria runs under the motto…
Plus six per cent
Significant rise in Hagebau’s central sales
German cooperative Hagebau has reported an increase in centrally invoiced sales of around 6 per cent to EUR 2.58 bn for the first five …
After France
Italian online shop Brico Bravo now also in Germany
The Italian DIY store group Brico Bravo now has an online presence in Germany. A French subsidiary, which also serves the market…
Corrected ranking
Sales by the German top 10
In March, DIYinternational.com published the ranking of the top 10 in the German DIY trade and reported an increase of 2.9 per cent in the year 2018. An …
Closure of all 19 stores
Kingfisher pulls out of Germany and heads for Ireland
After operating Screwfix for just five years in Germany, Kingfisher is pulling the distribution channel out of the country and…
Downturn in Austria
Hagebaumarkt chain grows in Germany by nearly two per cent
The Hagebaumarkt franchise chain in Germany increased its net external sales last year by 1.9 per cent to EUR 1.998 bn. …
Plus 1.6 per cent
2018 DIY picture in Germany dictated by the weather
Sales in the home improvement sector in Germany increased by 1.6 per cent last year to a gross total of EUR 18.75 bn. Sales on …
Dynamics in international business
The ten largest German DIY store operators grow by almost three per cent
The international business of the German top 10 in the DIY trade is increasingly gaining momentum. This …
Dähne Verlag statistics
Growth among the top 10 in Germany is weakening somewhat
The ten largest DIY store operators in Germany have roughly maintained their sales growth of 2018 but, generally speaking, …
The large oust the small
German DIY retailers in Europe: increasing consolidation
An increasing consolidation of locations among the German operators of DIY stores in Europe can be determined for the years…
After a strong 2018 season
German DIY stores will make less sales from gardening in 2019
The garden market in Germany had a sales volume of EUR 18.595 bn in 2018. This corresponds to a growth of 1.4 per cent…
Favourable figures
Kingfisher aims to remain in Germany with Screwfix
Kingfisher does not apparently intend to pull out of Germany with its Screwfix stores. A report on plans to pull out that was …
1.1 per cent
German DIY stores growing more slowly than the market in 2018
Sales of DIY products in Germany are likely to grow by 1.4 per cent this year. This was the forecast made by market …
Increase only in July
German DIY stores only just over previous year in third quarter
The DIY store trade in Germany has only just maintained its total gross sales in the third quarter. The industry lay…
Germany
Plus 8.2 per cent in the second quarter saves the first half of the year for the industry
The DIY store trade in Germany made total gross sales of EUR 9.76 bn in the first half of …
Paint - Major European markets
Common suffering
In the major markets of Europe – Germany, France and Great Britain – sales in coating agents are declining
Rusta
Here to stay
After Clas Ohlson, another Swedish company has discovered Germany as region of expansion. Rusta is planning a three-digit branch network here
18.45 billion euros
DIY stores in Germany grow in 2017 by 1.1 per cent
The DIY store trade in Germany achieved gross sales to the amount of EUR 18.45 bn in 2017 and thus an increase in sales of 1.1 …
Conference
Growth forecasts for the German market
The German market for home improvement products will grow by 1.7 per cent in 2018. This was the forecast given by market analyst Klaus Peter …
German DIY stores
Garden accounts for a growing share of sales
Garden products account for an increasingly large proportion of the sales of German DIY stores. The share of garden ranges in the total…
Positive thanks to first quarter
German DIY stores reach a plus of 1.6 per cent at the midyear point
The DIY store trade in Germany made total gross sales of € 9.59 bn in the first half year of 2017, thus gaining …
Germany
Triumph of the German engineer
The label of origin “Made in Germany” continues to grow in importance for German DIY manufacturers. It sparks consumer desire, yet is coming under …
Germany
Record year for Bosch
2016 was an extraordinarily good year for Bosch. The company sold more than 50 million power tools worldwide, achieving sales totalling € 4.5 bn
Germany
Green giant
Dehner, the German family-run company, is the largest pure garden centre operator in Europe. And it hasn’t stopped expanding yet
Germany
Strong DIY stores
Recently, the growth of the DIY store garden centres has been above the entire green market average in Germany. The focus is on strong product groups
2016 figures
German DIY retailing grows by 1.5 per cent
Sales in the German DIY trade increased by 1.5 per cent to a volume of EUR 18.24 bn in 2016. In like-for-like terms, the increase was 0.…
Profit Centre
Dehner creates a new structure under the umbrella of a holding
Dehner, the largest garden centre operator in Germany, is restructuring its group of companies. The business fields,…
Competing channels - Germany
Grabbing a slice of the cake
The DIY stores and their ranges are being targeted even by players outside the sector. In Germany, a particularly fierce battle is being waged for …
Hornbach
Compact confidential
Hornbach is now testing a small-format and multichannel concept in Germany aimed at do-it-yourself enthusiasts and professionals. The rest of the sector is …
Saturated markets - Germany
Germany is the new New York
In spite of really tough competition, Germany is an interesting target for foreign DIY chain operators. In the words of the old Sinatra song, “If I can …
Screwfix
Professional or DIY enthusiast?
Screwfix’s catalogue store concept for DIY products has now arrived in Germany
Hagebau
It’s all about brand
In its anniversary year Hagebau has focused more on the future than on its past
Corona effects
Corona and the home improvement retailers: How the European market has changed.
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