Our business and markets

CreatingThe Leader

Become the world's
expert at making
home improvement
easier for customers.

Find Out How

Main menu

Our Business
and Our Markets

Contribution to Group Sales

Pie chart showing Kingfisher's annual contribution to group sales

France
UK & Ireland
Other International^*

£4.5bn 42%
£4.3bn 40%
£2.0bn 18%

Gross capital expenditure^***

Pie chart showing Kingfisher's annual gross capital expenditure

France
UK & Ireland^**
Other International^*

£118m 26%
£229m 51%
£103m 23%

Property (at market value)

Pie chart showing Kingfisher's annual property value, at market value

France
UK & Ireland
Other International^*

£1.5bn 43%
£0.9bn 26%
£1.1bn 31%

^* Excludes Turkey
^** Includes central allocation
^*** Includes strategic capex investments

France

France
Country	Households (m)	Market size (£bn)^*	Market position	% Market share	GDP growth 2012 estimated (%)^§	Market brand	Store numbers	Selling space ('000s sq m)	Employees (full time equivalent)
France	27	18	1	25	+0.5		103	1,060	11,088
							102	565	6,680

UK & Ireland

Country	Households (m)	Market size (£bn)^*	Market position	% Market share	GDP growth 2012 estimated (%)^§	Market brand	Store numbers	Selling space ('000s sq m)	Employees (full time equivalent)
UK	26	30	1	15	+0.7		357^†	2,577^†	23,502^†
							215	16	3,545
Ireland	1.5	2	—	5	+0.3

Other International

Country	Households (m)	Market size (£bn)^*		Market position	% Market share	GDP growth 2012 estimated (%)^§	Market brand	Store numbers	Selling space ('000s sq m)	Employees (full time equivalent)
Poland	14	10		1	11	+2.8		60	458	9,791
								7	34	487
China	401	19	^**	—	2	+8.0		40	333	4,897
Spain	17	6		2	4	-1.2		17	100	891
Russia	53	12	^**	3	3	+3.8		18	161	2,687
Turkey	15	6		1	6	+2.1		36	191	3,310
						TOTAL		955	5,495	66,878

^* Source: Country surveys and Kingfisher estimates
^** Definitions recalculated since 2010/11
^§ Source: Credit Suisse
^† Including Ireland