| Type | private |
|---|---|
| Industry | distribution |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
| Key people | Dan Şucu, CEO |
| Products | furniture and accessories |
| Revenue | US$ 255 million (2007) |
| Employees | 3,500 (2008) |
| Website | http://www.mobexpert.ro |
Mobexpert is the largest furniture and accessories distributor in Romania and one of the largest 12 furniture companies in Europe.
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The company was founded in 1993 by Dan and Camelia Şucu. The two opened their first store in the Unirea Shopping Center where they sold imported furniture.
In 1994 the company opened their first furniture factory where they produced at first office chairs, than couches and later metallic and plastic furniture pieces.
In 1995 the company started to expand the network and started to buy furniture companies as Samus Dej, Ilefor Târgu Mureş and Mobstrat Suceava.
In 2007 the company opened its first store outside Romania in Sofia, Bulgaria.
| Year | Country | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Romania | Bucharest | The Mobexpert network has 33 stores and hypermarkets in Bucharest, Braşov, Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Baia Mare, Târgu Mureş, Călăraşi, Piteşti, Alba, Deva, Oradea, Galaţi, Bistriţa, Suceava, Ploieşti, Iaşi, Arad, Dej, Focşani, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Alexandria, Satu Mare, Piatra Neamţ, Brăila, Bacău, Craiova, Botoşani, Sibiu. |
| 2007 | Bulgaria | Sofia | The store was opened on September 19, after a 10 million euro investment being the first store opened by Mobexpert in Bulgaria. The store has 11,000 m2 and a 170 space parking lot. Until 2011 the company will open another three stores in Varna (2009), Plovdiv and another store in Sofia. [1] |
| 200? | Serbia | Belgrade |