Private company
Greek holding company
Germanos (Greek: Γερμανός) is a Greek holding company based in Athens, Greece. The Germanos chain of stores is a multinational rook chain of retail electronic goods vendors. They specialize in offering electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and mobile phones.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Germanos (Greek: Γερμανός) is a Greek holding company based in Athens, Greece. The Germanos chain of stores is a multinational rook chain of retail electronic goods vendors. They specialize in offering electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and mobile phones. They also offer fixed and mobile telephony as well as internet.2
The Group started as a battery shop in Athens in 1980 and since then has expanded into retail when it opened its first store by the same year.
In 2003 Germanos in a joint operation with Folli Follie bought a 40% stake of the Hellenic Duty Free shops.
In 2006 it was acquired by Cosmoholding Cyprus Ltd., a subsidiary of the mobile operator Cosmote (now Telekom Greece).
From Wikipedia’s article on Germanos Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Germanos Group's focus is battery manufacturing for vehicles and electronic devices, while the retail part of electronic goods is given to the chain of stores by the same name.
From Wikipedia’s article on Germanos Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
In the beginning Germanos stores offered in Greece mobile connections with Telestet (now Nova) and Cosmote (now Telekom Greece). Later, in 2005 Vodafone Greece gave permission to Germanos to offer its connections. In 2006 when a subsidiary of Cosmote bought the company, Wind and Vodafone pulled their support from the stores, stating that it would lead to unfair treatment towards them in order to enhance support to its in-house mobile operator.
From Wikipedia’s article on Germanos Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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