Brico Dépôt

Brico Dépôt
Company typePrivate (subsidiary of Kingfisher plc)
IndustryRetail
Founded6 October 1993
FounderCastorama
HeadquartersLongpont-sur-Orge, France
ProductsDIY
Home improvement tools
Revenue£2,026 million (2018/2019) (France)
Number of employees
7,390 (France) [1]
ParentKingfisher
Websitewww.bricodepot.fr

Brico Dépôt (French pronunciation: [bʁiko depo]) is a chain of DIY and home improvement stores, headquartered in Longpont-sur-Orge.[2] The chain was created in 1993 by Castorama Dubois Investment and later purchased by the British group Kingfisher which operates 135 stores in Belgium, 123 in France, 34 in Romania, 28 in Spain and 3 in Portugal.[3]

Brico Dépôt has a low-cost warehouse format which sells a limited line of around 10,000 products in large quantities.[3] In Romania it dropped warehouse format in 2016.

In 2014, the first 15 stores opened in Romania after the acquisition of the Bricostore chain by Kingfisher, followed by the acquisition of Praktiker Romania in 2018, bringing the number of stores to 34.[4]

Brico Dépôt brand is used, since 2006, by Kingfisher's Castorama in Poland for 2 stores, other 4 stores were rebranded and 1 closed.

On the 18th of December 2024, Altex, a Romanian company, bought all the Brico Dépôt stores in Romania for 70 mil. €.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Num. of employees in France, Spain &Poland, on Kingfisher plc site". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  2. ^ "Brico Dépôt Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Kingfisher plc. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Head office Rue de la Tourelle 91310 Longpont sur Orge France."
  3. ^ a b "Brico Depot on Kingfisher plc Website". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  4. ^ Kingfisher buys Praktiker in Romania Archived 2019-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
  5. ^ [1]


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