Kaufland
Sign in to saveKaufland () is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl. The hypermarket directly translates to English as "buy-land." It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain in what was formerly West Germany. It operates over 1,500 stores in Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kaufland
- Company.logo
- Kaufland Deutschland.png
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.location
- Neckarsulm, Germany
- Company.num_locations
- 1,591 (2025)
- Company.area_served
- Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.products
- Hypermarkets
- Company.revenue
- €35.2 billion (2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 157,000 (2024)
- Company.parent
- Schwarz Gruppe
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Kaufland () is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl. The hypermarket directly translates to English as "buy-land." It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain in what was formerly West Germany. It operates over 1,500 stores in Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.
==History== thumb|Scanners for customers of the Kaufland in Poland The history of Kaufland began when Joseph Schwarz entered the Südfrüchte Großhandlung Lidl & Co. company as a shareholder in 1930, which was then renamed Lidl & Schwarz KG. The company expanded its range from fruit to a food and goods wholesaler for the Heilbronn-Franken region.