French DIY stores by Les Mousquetaires grow by 2.8 per cent

The DIY store division of the French group Les Mousquetaires, with its sales channels Bricomarché, Brico Cash und Bricorama, achieved overall sales of EUR 3.47 bn last year. A comparison with the previous year is difficult, because at the start of 2018 the group took over the, at that time, 170 Bricorama stores in France and Spain. In 2017 the DIY store sales of the Les Mousquetaires division amounted to around EUR 2.58 bn. Since then, the Bricorama stores in Spain and the Italian company Bricofer have been resold.
Growth in the home market of France is estimated by Les Mousquetaires in the DIY field at 2.80 per cent, at 12 per cent in Portugal and in Poland at 10.3 per cent.
The number of locations is now as follows:
Bricomarché: 664, of which 468 are in France, 40 in Portugal, 156 in PolandBrico Cash: 33 in FranceBricorama: 167 in France