Bricostore

Bricostore
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1991 (Paris)
HeadquartersParis, France
Key peoplePhilippe Bresson, CEO & Chairman
ProductsHome improvement tools, garden supplies & plants
Websitewww.bricostore.com

Bricostore was a French home improvement retailer which operated stores in France, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. Founded by the French Bresson family in Paris in 1991, the company operated 7 stores in France until 2001, when they sold 6 stores to Bricorama and closed the remaining one.[1]

In Hungary, Bricostore opened its first store in 1999 and had a total of 9 stores.[2] The stores were closed in 2012 and subsequently sold to other retailers and companies, such as OBI who bought 3 stores.[3]

Bricostore opened the first store in Romania in March 2002 and reached 15 stores in March 2011.[4] In April 2013, the British Kingfisher bought the stores for 75 million euro and rebranded them as Brico Dépôt.[5]

Bricostore in Croatia was opened in 2004 and later opened another 2 stores. The stores were closed in 2013.[6] Stores in Kaštel Sućurac and Zagreb were rebranded to Pevex, and store in Pula was rebranded to Bauhaus.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Conso, L. S. A. (4 January 2001). "Bricorama rachète l'enseigne Bricostore". lsa-conso.fr.
  2. ↑ "Bricostore débarque en force en Hongrie".
  3. ↑ "The Bricostore justifies the withdrawal from Hungary with the economic crisis". trademagazin.hu. 19 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bricostore quitte la Roumanie". Capital Finance (in French). 2013-04-19. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Kingfisher va plăti 75 milioane de euro pentru cele 15 magazine Bricostore". capital.ro. 18 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Bricostore justifies the withdrawal from Hungary with the economic crisis". seenews.com. 13 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Tsoneva, Annie (2025-01-14). "Pevex acquires French Bricostore properties in Croatia | Croatia Deals News | SeeNews". seenews.com. Retrieved 2026-07-31.