Baumax

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bauMax
Type Public
Founded 1976
Headquarters Klosterneuburg, Austria
Key people Martin Essl, CEO
Industry Retail (Home Improvement)
Products Home improvement products such as appliances, tools, hardware, and garden supplies & plants.
Revenue 1.1 billion Euro (2006)
Employees 7,000
Website www.baumax.com

bauMax is an Austrian hypermarket chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods. It is based in Kindberg, Austria, and opened its first store in 1976.

[edit] Baumax in Europe

Country First store Number of stores
Austria 1976 68
Czech Republic 1992 23
Hungary 1992 15
Slovakia 1994 11
Romania 2006 5
Slovenia 1994 3
Croatia 2000 3
Bulgaria 2008 2


baumax activities
baumax activities

In Czech Republic BauMax operates twenty three stores: two in Praha and Ostrava and one each in Kladno, Mladá Boleslav, České Budějovice, Tábor, Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Ústí nad Labem, Most, Chomutov, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Jihlava, Brno, Znojmo, Zlín, Olomouc, Přerov and Frýdek-Místek.

In Hungary operates fourteen stores: six in the capital Budapest and one each in Budaörs, Debrecen, Győr, Kecskemét, Nyíregyháza, Pécs, Szeged, Székesfehérvár and Sopron.[1]

In Slovakia operates eleven stores: three in the capital Bratislava, two in Košice and one each in Banská Bystrica, Martin, Nitra, Poprad, Prešov and Žilina.

In Croatia, Baumax has three stores, located in Zagreb, Varaždin and Osijek.

In Romania there are five stores, located in Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Sibiu and Târgu Mureş.

In 2008 Baumax opened its first store in Bulgaria, located in Plovdiv. Soon after a second store was opened in Stara Zagora.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Stores in Hungary

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