19 of the Express stores inaugurated in 2025 were integrated and eight are franchise units.
The retailer also expended its Market store chain, reaching 191 units.
Carrefour Express remains the store format with the highest growth in the entire store chain, continuing the accelerated trend started in 2024.
The store chain expansion targeted mostly cities and towns in 2025, respectively Brasov, Galati, Constanta, Bucharest, Cluj, Ploiesti, Mures, Suceava, Buzau, Bacau, Ilfov, Craiova and Calarasi, but also rural areas, such as Maicanesti (Vrancea County) and Bolotesti (Vrancea County). With the inauguration of the new units, Carrefour created over 200 new jobs.
For 2026, the retailer aims to speed up plans for the development of the Express store format, seeking to open more stores than it did in 2025.
Carrefour Romania operates in Romania through three main legal entities: Carrefour Romania S.A., Supeco Investment SRL and, since November 2023, Romania Hypermarche S.A.
The retailer has 460 stores in Romania, under various formats, and sales of roughly EUR3 billion in 2024.