verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message obi bau und heimwerkerm rkte gmbh & co. franchise center kg trading name obi bau und heimwerkerm rkte romanized name obi diy stores type subsidiary industry home improvement diy store founded 1970 1970 in hamburg poppenb ttel germany founders dr. emil lux manfred maus headquarters wermelskirchen germany number of locations 580 1 2015 areas served germany italy austria hungary czech republic poland slovenia switzerland bosnia herzegovina russia key people sergio giroldi ceo revenue 6.7 billion euros 1 2014 number of employees 42 000 1 2015 parent tengelmann group website www.obi.de founded in 1970 obi gmbh & co. deutschland kg is the largest diy retailer in europe and the third largest in the world behind the home depot and lowe s. 2 it is headquartered in wermelskirchen germany 3 and belongs to the tengelmann group . 1 branches edit country first store number of stores sales millions germany 1970 331 3 628.5 italy 1993 40 354.0 austria 1995 37 327.1 poland 1997 32 417.7 czech republic 1995 29 297.9 hungary 1994 28 211.7 russia 2003 19 319.9 switzerland partnership with migros 4 1999 4 10 4 151.2 slovenia 1998 7 50.5 bosnia and herzegovina 2003 2 18.5 croatia 2007 3 ukraine 2008 3 romania 2008 0 slovakia 2008 13 obi has been present in switzerland since 1999 in partnership with the migros cooperative . 4 it formerly had operations in mainland china but these were sold to b & q in 2007 . references edit a b c d das unternehmen . obi.de . obi group holding se & co.kgaa . retrieved 4 december 2015 . obi press releases press contact . obi.de . obi group holding se & co.kgaa . retrieved 4 december 2015 . a b c d obi suisse . qui sommes nous page visited on 30 march 2016 . external links edit german official german website germany portal companies portal this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title obi store & oldid 730485854 categories hardware storescompanies based in north rhine westphaliaretail companies established in 1970retail companies of germany1970 establishments in west germanygerman brandsgerman company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2008all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles with german language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutsch fran aisitalianomagyarnederlandspolskirom n svenska edit links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 09 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view