Private company

Kika

Logo: kika, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former Austrian furniture store chain founded in 19731

Kika was an international chain of furniture stores, headquartered in Austria. It had 70 stores, most of them were in Europe.2 It ceased to exist in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1973Founded1
  • Industryfurniture retailing1
  • HeadquartersSt. Pölten1
  • Websitewww.kikaleiner.at
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
Kika Netanya 1
Photo: DMY, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kika was an international chain of furniture stores, headquartered in Austria. It had 70 stores, most of them were in Europe.2

The story

In June 2013, Steinhoff International acquired Kika-Leiner, which operated 73 stores.

In June 2018, the Signa Holding, a real estate and retail investor, acquired from Steinhoff International the Kika-Leiner retail outlets, which operated 100 stores and managed 6,500 employees.

In 2024 Kika-Leiner declared bankruptcy.

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

Products and brands

Kika locations in Austria 2019:

in Burgenland: Eisenstadt, Unterwart

in Carinthia: Klagenfurt

in Lower Austria: Horn, Mistelbach, Stockerau, Sankt Pölten, Wiener Neustadt

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in Upper Austria: Ansfelden, was in Linz, Aurolzmünster / Ried im Innkreis

in Salzburg: Eugendorf, Saalfelden, St Johann im Pongau

in Styria: Feldbach, Graz, Leoben, Liezen

in Tyrol: Lienz (Nussdorf/Debant), Imst, Innsbruck, Wörgl

in Vorarlberg: Dornbirn

in Vienna: Favoriten, Ottakring, Donaustadt

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

Timeline

  1. Jan 29, 2025Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1973Founded Founded1

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