Romania

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Romania

Capital: Bucharest | Area: 238.400 km² |
Population (2024): 19.944 mio | GDP (2024): € 354.78 bn

Focus on Bucharest

Hornbach and Leroy Merlin expand in Romania

German DIY chain Hornbach is opening its tenth store in Romania tomorrow, 3 September 2025. It is located in the Colentina district of Bucharest. According to the company, the opening of the store is part of a long-term…

Distribution2. September 2025

Romanian family-owned group

Praktiker Hellas acquired by Dedeman parent company Pavăl Holding

Pavăl Holding, the parent company of Romanian DIY market leader Dedeman, has acquired Praktiker Hellas in Greece, …

Distribution12. August 2025

25-26 June in Bucharest

Romanian trade fair Expo DIY 2025 focuses on "green" solutions

Expo DIY 2025 - Smart Green Home is the fourth edition of Romania's largest trade fair dedicated to DIY, home …

Events20. March 2025

Altex Romania takes over

Kingfisher sells Brico Dépôt Romania to electronics chain

The British DIY group Kingfisher is selling Brico Dépôt Romania. The buyer is Altex Romania; the company is considered the…

Distribution18. December 2024

B2B event in Romania

Third edition of Expo DIY - Smart Green Home to take place in June

The third edition of Expo DIY 2024 - Smart Green Home - will take place on 26 and 27 June 2024, at the …

Events13. March 2024

Increase in turnover expected

Leroy Merlin has remodelled first Romanian store

Leroy Merlin has reopened its first Romanian market after a remodelling. The store in question is the Colosseum location in the …

Distribution31. October 2023

Successor to Frédéric Lamy

Mathieu Bauduin is the new CEO of Leroy Merlin Romania

Leroy Merlin Romania has a new CEO. Mathieu Bauduin took up the position in June, according to the Romanian industry service …

News10. July 2023

In Brașov

First new Dedeman opening this year

Romanian market leader Dedeman completed its first new opening this year on Friday, 21 October 2022. In Brașov in the centre of the country, the…

Distribution25. October 2022

Romania

MAMBricolaj increases turnover by 11 per cent in the first half of the year

Romanian furniture store operator MAMBricolaj has posted turnover of LEU 27.7 mio (approx. EUR 5.67 mio)…

Distribution24. August 2022

New opening in Brasov

Leroy Merlin now with 20 stores in Romania

The French DIY chain Leroy Merlin now has 20 stores in Romania. It opened its 20th location last Friday, 13 May 2022, in Brasov…

Distribution16. May 2022

Romania

Expo DIY 2022 to take place in Bucharest in June

Bricoretail.ro, the Romanian B2B publication dedicated to the DIY, home improvement and gardening sectors, is organising the next e…

Distribution12. April 2022

Romania

Overview 2021: DIY retail in Romania

Dedeman, MatHaus, Brico Dépôt and Hornbach are the leading retail companies on the Romanian home improvement market. How did their businesses e…

Distribution14. February 2022

Romania

Romanians want new houses

The boom of the construction sector and, as a result, of the home improvement sector continued in 2021

Distribution14. February 2022

DIY stores in 54 Romanian cities

Foreign home improvement store chains focus on Bucharest

Compared with Brico Dépôt, Leroy Merlin and Hornbach, Romanian DIY market leader Dedeman is underrepresented in the …

Distribution14. February 2022

SIR SAFEty System

New workwear brand wants to score on the DIY channel

SIR Safety System, a supplier of clothing, footwear and other occupational safety equipment, with a large production site in …

10. February 2022

Eastern Europe - Romania

Another giant for Romania

In Cluj-Napoca, the second largest city in the country, Hornbach has opened its eighth Romanian location. A number nine is already being planned

Distribution9. August 2021

Eastern Europe - Romania

The stores remained open

Home improvement retailers in Romania were allowed to continue their businesses in 2020 even during the first wave of Covid-19. So they increased their …

Distribution9. August 2021

This week

Hornbach opens its eighth store in Romania

The German DIY store chain Hornbach opens its eighth store in Romania this week. It is located in Cluj-Napoca, a city with around 330 000…

News14. July 2021

Romanian market leader

Dedeman increases sales by 10.5 per cent in 2020

The Romanian DIY market leader Dedeman made an increase in sales of 10.5 per cent in the year 2020. Sales totalled RON 9.082 bn …

News13. July 2021

Online survey

Romanians discover DIY in the pandemic

Many Romanians seem to have discovered DIY for themselves in the Covid-19 pandemic. In an online survey by gabiralea.ro, 60 per cent of …

News21. September 2020

Romania

Dedeman and Hornbach open in September

The number of DIY stores in Romania grew by two further major locations in September. At the start of the month, market leader Dedeman opened…

News18. September 2020

Romania

New Leroy Merlin in Bucharest focuses on omnichannel

The French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin has now opened a store in Romania that is wholly geared to omnichannel business. Its new …

News26. August 2020

Romania

The Romanians are investing in their homes

In Romania, sales by the major home improvement stores also rose significantly in 2019. For example at market leaders Dedeman and at …

Distribution11. August 2020

Estimations

Romania’s DIY retailers grow in 2019 by 10 per cent

Sales by the Romanian DIY retailers grew in the year 2019 by at least 10 per cent, estimate industry experts. This is reported …

News6. April 2020

In shopping malls

11 of 17 Rumanian Leroy Merlin stores open again

In Romania, Leroy Merlin has now reopened eleven of its 17 stores. These are locations in shopping malls. They are open every day …

News30. March 2020

Chains only partially closed

Romania: Dedeman, Hornbach, Brico Dépôt still open

In Romania, a number of large DIY chains continue to open, while other retailers have temporarily closed their stores. The stores…

News26. March 2020

High online demand

In Romania, only Leroy Merlin has closed

In Romania, only Leroy Merlin has so far closed its stores due to the coronavirus. The other DIY store operators, in particular m…

News23. March 2020

12 500 square metres

Dedeman opens store number 51

The Rumanian DIY retail market leader Dedeman is putting its 51st store into operation this week. The new location in Slobozia, 120 km east of …

News4. March 2020

Omni-channel start in 2020

Leroy Merlin Romania increases sales by 20 per cent in 2019

In Romania, Leroy Merlin has increased its sales in 2019 by more than 20 per to around EUR 500 mio. More than 12 mio …

News12. February 2020

Romania

Homelux is planning up to four new stores in 2020

The young Romanian chain Homelux wants to open three to four new stores this year. That is what the owner Omer Susli told the …

News10. February 2020

Kingfisher

Last Praktiker in Romania converted to Brico Dépôt

Brico Dépôt Romania has now converted the last remaining Praktiker store to its format. Thus all 35 stores operated by the B…

News8. November 2019

Romania

Policolor, manufacturer of paints and vanishes, opens new plant

Policolor, the paint and varnish manufacturer, opened a new factory in Bucharest at the start of July 2019. The c…

News8. August 2019

Kingfisher

Romanian Praktiker stores are converted to Brico Dépôt

The 20 Praktiker stores in Romania, which belong to the British Kingfisher group, are now being converted to the Brico Dépôt …

News11. March 2019

No remodelling

Kingfisher closes four more Praktiker stores in Romania

Kingfisher is to close four more Praktiker stores in Romania. Since taking over the former German Praktiker chain, the …

News10. January 2019

New retail brand

First Homelux stores open in Romania

The first two stores of the new Romanian retail chain Homelux have just opened. The first one is located in Ploiesti, in premises that formerly…

News28. November 2018

DIY chains lead the way

Romanian market grows by another seven per cent in 2018

The Romanian DIY market grew by 8.5 per cent to a volume of EUR 12.4 bn in 2017, according to estimates by the market …

News2. November 2018

Omer Susli

New chain Homelux on the starting lines in Romania

In Romania the market launch of a new home improvement trader is pending. The new chain is called Homelux. Behind it is Omer …

News22. October 2018

Frédéric Lamy

At least 4 per cent plus for Romania’s DIY trade

The Romanian DIY trade will reach the EUR 3 bn mark in 2018. This estimation was given by Frédéric Lamy in an exclusive interview …

News11. October 2018

Test in 2019

Leroy Merlin Romania to open an online shop in 2020

In the coming year, Leroy Merlin Romania will test a click & collect service in its own stores and will have an online shop …

News8. October 2018

Spring 2019

Romanian Praktiker stores to be converted to Brico Dépôt format

Kingfisher is aiming to convert the Praktiker stores in Romania that it acquired in August 2017 to its Brico Dépôt …

News1. October 2018

Kingfisher

Still two brands?

Kingfisher is present in Romania with two sales channels, Brico Dépôt and Praktiker. The Britons have now announced an integration plan

Distribution18. June 2018

Romania

Arabesque relies on its retail brand Mathaus

The Romanian materials supplier Arabesque strengthens its retail brand Mathaus and its nationwide online activities. It has removed its…

News16. May 2018

Brico Dépôt and Praktiker

Kingfisher announces integration plan for Romania

The British Kingfisher group has announced an integration and consolidation plan for its activities in Romania. The plan includes …

News8. February 2018

Hornbach

Ten years Romania

Nowadays the German retailer operates six stores in the country. Soon to be followed by an Internet store

Distribution21. November 2017

Romanian market leader

Dedeman drops plans for Moldova

The Romanian DIY market leader is evidently giving up its plans to expand into the Republic of Moldova and invest USD 20 mio there. This is …

News2. November 2017

Romania

New ranking in Romania

2016 was a year of consolidation and growth for the Romanian DIY retail, a year which confirmed Dedeman as market leader and saw Leroy Merlin take on second …

Distribution24. October 2017

Press conference

Leroy Merlin now has a sourcing centre CEE and plans for Bucharest

Leroy Merlin Romania, the second player on the DIY market in that country, announced in a press conference, the …

News6. October 2017

More than 10 000 employees

Market leader Dedeman opens its 48th store in Romania

Dedeman, the leader of the Romanian DIY market, opened its 48th outlet today, 27th September. The store in Turda, near C…

News27. September 2017

Six stores

Hornbach celebrates ten years in Romania

The German DIY chain Hornbach is marking its tenth anniversary in Romania, where it runs six stores. An online shop is expected to be added…

News30. June 2017

€ 137 mio

Praktiker Romania grew by three per cent in 2016

Praktiker Romania increased its sales in 2016 by three per cent over 2015 to € 137 mio. "We have maintained our ascending …

News25. April 2017

Romania

Target is number two in the rankings

With the takeover of 15 of the former Baumax stores in Romania, Leroy Merlin has made a massive jump up the sales revenue ranking. The French …

Distribution3. April 2017

Increased budget

Praktiker modernises all of its stores and plans to open three more

Praktiker Romania has increased the budget allocated for its reshaping process from € 400 000 to € 600 000 for …

News29. March 2017

Romania

Arabesque launches the new Mathaus retail format

Arabesque, the main distributor of building materials and finishing in Romania, today, 9 March 2017, opens the first store under t…

News9. March 2017

CEE countries

DIY retailers gain market share

Foreign and domestic DIY store operators, as yet, lay claim to not quite half of the market in Romania, which has been through a rough period. …

Distribution2. February 2017

45th store

Dedeman opens another store in its home town

The Romanian DIY market leader Dedeman is opening another store just before Christmas on 21 December. This is the 45th outlet in the …

News19. December 2016

New shopping experience

Praktiker Romania starts reshaping process

Praktiker, one of the best known DIY brands from Romania started its reshaping process for all 27 stores in Romania. Each reshaped store …

News11. August 2016

Refurbishment and new opening

Leroy Merlin steps up activities in Romania

The French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has opened its eighth store in Romania under its own brand in the city of Sibiu. According to …

News7. December 2015

Storch-Ciret

Out of the silo mentality

Sustainability is multifaceted. This is all the more true at the Storch-Ciret Group when you …

Suppliers3. September 2025

France

Cautious French

French DIY stores recently saw a 4.3 percent drop in sales – and thus proved to be quite resilient…

Distribution2. September 2025

Italy

Committed to tradition

In Italy, the segment of cooperatives and independent retailers is relatively strong. In terms of …

Distribution2. September 2025