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Expert

Logo: Expert Österreich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Swiss consumer electronics retail chain

Expert International GmbH is a Swiss consumer electronics retail chain headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.2 It employed about 42,300 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 16, 1967Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersZug1
  • Websitewww.expert.org
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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Expert Varberg 2011
Photo: Green Yoshi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Expert International GmbH is a Swiss consumer electronics retail chain headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.2

Corporate structure

Expert sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Expert reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The Intercop GmbH company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland on 16 October 1967 by initiative of Gunnar Nygren, representing the Swedish radio and TV retailer association Samex and representatives of five other national retail organizations. The company was renamed Expert International GmbH in 1971. Retailers from other countries began to join the group, which led to the Expert trademark being internationally registered.

In 1999 the Expert Global group was formed following a letter of intent being signed with Associated Volume Buyers Inc. from the United States and Cantrex from Canada. This collaboration was later ended.

From Wikipedia’s article on Expert (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Expert International has over 5000 affiliated stores in 20 countries, trading both under the brand Expert and other strong national and regional retail banners:

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

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Czech Republic

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

Past operations

Estonia (Closed and out of business)(Järve Centre, Magistrali Centre in Tallinn)

Denmark, Norway and Sweden (Now Power International AS)

From Wikipedia’s article on Expert (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 202042,2641

Timeline

  1. Oct 16, 1967Founded Founded1

Sources

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