The new Hornbach store is located on a land of approximately 4.1 hectares and will employ 120 people.
Hornbach started in 2020 to develop a new store, in Cluj-Napoca, as part of its expansion strategy on the local market. The store is built on a four-hectare land, per data previously provided by the company.
In 2020, Hornbach opened its seventh store in Romania, in the city of Oradea, following an investment of EUR28.5 million. With this store opening, Hornbach has reached total investments of EUR175.2 million since its entry on the local market, back in 2007.
Hornbach currently has seven stores in Romania – three in Bucharest (Berceni, Militari and Balotesti), and one in Timisoara, Sibiu, Brasov and Oradea each. The company is preparing the opening of a new unit in the city of Constanta, per previous information.
Hornbach had a turnover of RON1.1 billion in Romania in 2020, up 22% from 2019, per finance ministry data. It also had a profit of RON47.3 million, up 60% on the year, and its average staff numbers grew to 842.
Germany’s Hornbach Group currently has 161 stores in nine countries in Europe (Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic).
Dedeman, Leroy Merlin, MatHaus, Brico Dépôt and several small firms aare Hornbach’s competitors on Romania’s EUR4 billion building materials distribution market.