Only two other retailers, Kaufland and Carrefour have achieved this feat so far.
There are ten companies besides Auchan in Romania that posted more than EUR1 billion revenue in 2015, according to the available data and ZF estimates.
“The net revenue (excluding VAT) of Auchan Romania in 2015 as reported to the Finance Ministry is RON4.44 billion,” the representatives of the French-held hypermarket chain said.
Revenue stood at RON3.8 billion in 2014, according its Finance Ministry report, which means it grew by 16% in Romania in 2015.
The chain currently operates 33 hypermarkets in Romania, one of which opened in Brasov in the Coresi complex in 2015. It was one of the smallest hypermarket chains in Romania until the end of 2012, after which the French group acquired rival Real’s operations on four markets, getting 20 of its hypermarkets in Romania.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)