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Germany’s Top 30 operators of garden centres raised their number of outlets by 4.2 per cent between July 2003 and July 2004, and retail area rose by 4 per cent
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Garden centres affiliated to cooperative groups
The Top 30 German garden centre operators
Garden centres operated by German companies abroad
Development of the German garden market
The 30 biggest German garden centre companies in July 2004 had a total of 2 110 outlets in operation at home and abroad, or 85 more than one year previously and amounting to growth of 4.2 per cent.
This overview does not include Sagaflor or Egesa-Zookauf, since no complete retail space information is available for either of them. The companies that are included here are garden centres and DIY stores, cooperatives and franchise groups.
Since last year the top 30 German companies have been able to extend their retail area by a total of 160 215 m² (3.95 per cent), a figure which results from growth of 177 504 m² and the withdrawal of 17 289 m². This means that the growth of retail area in the period under consideration achieved only 61 per cent of the preceding year’s figure. The increase in that year came to more than 80 per cent.
The league table for the growth of stores was headed by Obi and Bauhaus with ten new outlets each, followed by Hagebau (9), Baywa (8), Praktiker (7), Hornbach (6) and Globus (5). Four outlets more than last year were clocked up by Zeus, EMV-Profi, Hellweg, Max Bahr and Krämer/Wir Gärtner.--nextpage--
With regard to the growth of floorspace, Obi and Hornbach lead the field with an increase of 30 000 m² each. Which translates into growth of 3.8 per cent for Obi and as much as 11.0 per cent for Hornbach. For second-placed Bauhaus, retail area increased by 22 000 m² (+8.3 per cent), while Dehner occupied third place (12 000 m², +2.7 per cent) and Hagebau fourth (11 071 m², +3.9 per cent). Fifth place goes to Pflanzen-Kölle (9 200 m²) and sixth spot is shared by Marktkauf/Dixi and Kärmer/Wir Gärtner with growth of 8 000 m² each.
Among the Top 10, Hornbach and Bauhaus achieved the greatest percentage increase in floorspace over the previous year. As a consequence, Hornbach has ousted Hagebau from third place and Bauhaus is now number five ahead of Rewe (Klee/Toom/Zack).
There was no change for Blumen Risse, Hamburg-Ring, Herde-Hüsecken, Birkhof, Me-ckelburg, Nordharz, Pötschke, Wassenaar, GC-Münsterland and Ratio.
Nor was there any change in retail area at EMV-Profi, even though the company numbered four garden centres more at the end of July 2004 than last year. By contrast, Rheika-Delta announced an increase of 630 m² despite a constant number of outlets. Reductions in retail area were suffered by Birkhof (-12 000 m²) following the closure of a garden centre and by Wal-Mart (-5 298 m²), which had three fewer outlets this July than in July 2003.
Considerable differences emerge with regard to the progress made by the garden centres affiliated to DIY stores, the voluntary cooperative groups and the straight garden centre chains. Where new openings and the growth of retail area between July 2003 and July 2004 are concerned, once again the garden centres affiliated to DIY stores are clearly the leaders in the matter of new openings and growth of retail area. The 15 operators considered here increased their number of outlets by 58 (2.7 per cent) to
1 480, and their combined floorspace grew by 69 900 m² (3.9 per cent) to 2.639 mio m². In the case of the 15 biggest garden centre chains, there was no change to the number of outlets overall. Three new openings were balanced by three closures. And even though the garden centres affiliated to the five biggest cooperatives produced an increase of 4.7 per cent in terms of newly added outlets.
Garden centres affiliated to cooperative groups
The Top 30 German garden centre operators
Garden centres operated by German companies abroad
Development of the German garden market
The 30 biggest German garden centre companies in July 2004 had a total of 2 110 outlets in operation at home and abroad, or 85 more than one year previously and amounting to growth of 4.2 per cent.
This overview does not include Sagaflor or Egesa-Zookauf, since no complete retail space information is available for either of them. The companies that are included here are garden centres and DIY stores, cooperatives and franchise groups.
Since last year the top 30 German companies have been able to extend their retail area by a total of 160 215 m² (3.95 per cent), a figure which results from growth of 177 504 m² and the withdrawal of 17 289 m². This means that the growth of retail area in the period under consideration achieved only 61 per cent of the preceding year’s figure. The increase in that year came to more than 80 per cent.
The league table for the growth of stores was headed by Obi and Bauhaus with ten new outlets each, followed by Hagebau (9), Baywa (8), Praktiker (7), Hornbach (6) and Globus (5). Four outlets more than last year were clocked up by Zeus, EMV-Profi, Hellweg, Max Bahr and Krämer/Wir Gärtner.--nextpage--
With regard to the growth of floorspace, Obi and Hornbach lead the field with an increase of 30 000 m² each. Which translates into growth of 3.8 per cent for Obi and as much as 11.0 per cent for Hornbach. For second-placed Bauhaus, retail area increased by 22 000 m² (+8.3 per cent), while Dehner occupied third place (12 000 m², +2.7 per cent) and Hagebau fourth (11 071 m², +3.9 per cent). Fifth place goes to Pflanzen-Kölle (9 200 m²) and sixth spot is shared by Marktkauf/Dixi and Kärmer/Wir Gärtner with growth of 8 000 m² each.
Among the Top 10, Hornbach and Bauhaus achieved the greatest percentage increase in floorspace over the previous year. As a consequence, Hornbach has ousted Hagebau from third place and Bauhaus is now number five ahead of Rewe (Klee/Toom/Zack).
There was no change for Blumen Risse, Hamburg-Ring, Herde-Hüsecken, Birkhof, Me-ckelburg, Nordharz, Pötschke, Wassenaar, GC-Münsterland and Ratio.
Nor was there any change in retail area at EMV-Profi, even though the company numbered four garden centres more at the end of July 2004 than last year. By contrast, Rheika-Delta announced an increase of 630 m² despite a constant number of outlets. Reductions in retail area were suffered by Birkhof (-12 000 m²) following the closure of a garden centre and by Wal-Mart (-5 298 m²), which had three fewer outlets this July than in July 2003.
Considerable differences emerge with regard to the progress made by the garden centres affiliated to DIY stores, the voluntary cooperative groups and the straight garden centre chains. Where new openings and the growth of retail area between July 2003 and July 2004 are concerned, once again the garden centres affiliated to DIY stores are clearly the leaders in the matter of new openings and growth of retail area. The 15 operators considered here increased their number of outlets by 58 (2.7 per cent) to
1 480, and their combined floorspace grew by 69 900 m² (3.9 per cent) to 2.639 mio m². In the case of the 15 biggest garden centre chains, there was no change to the number of outlets overall. Three new openings were balanced by three closures. And even though the garden centres affiliated to the five biggest cooperatives produced an increase of 4.7 per cent in terms of newly added outlets.
