In comparison, Auchan retail chain, which operates several store formats in Romania, posts RON8 billion sales a year.
This is the third year in a row when Catena’s revenue has gone up by RON1 billion and the pharmacy chain has one of the highest organic growth rates year-on-year, according to ZF’s calculations.
Profit growth slowed down somewhat, with Catena posting RON329 million profit in 2024, compared with RON359 million in 2023.
Catena added 28 new pharmacies in 2024, the same as in previous years for a total of almost 1,000. There are 8,000 pharmacies in the entire country.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)