According to Mathieu Bauduin, Leroy Merlin CEO, the company has over 3,500 employees and annually recruits around 500 people. Also, it focuses on digitalization to meet market requirements.
From around EUR5-6 billion currently, the DIY market can reach EUR6, even 8 billion in the future, believes the CEO.
Leroy Merlin Romania ended 2023 with RON3.1 billion turnover, up 6% from 2022. The RON161.5 million profit was 40% lower than in 2022 and the average number of employees rose by around 150, to over 3,000.
In Romania, Leroy Merlin currently has 21 stores in 15 cities.
The company aims to become the leader of the local DIY market in five years.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)