OBI (retail chain)

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG
Trade name	OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Home improvement; DIY store
Founded	1970 in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany
Founders	Dr. Emil Lux; Manfred Maus
Headquarters	Wermelskirchen, Germany
Number of locations	668 (2018)
Areas served	Germany; Italy; Austria; Hungary; Czech Republic; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Switzerland; Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Key people	Sebastian Gundel, CEO
Revenue	€7.7 billion (2018)
Number of employees	42,000 (2015)
Parent	Tengelmann Group
Website	www.obi.de

OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is a German multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen and operates 668 stores in Europe, of which 351 are in Germany.^[1]