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Schwarz Group

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German retailer conglomerate

The Schwarz Group (German: Schwarz Gruppe) is a German multinational retailer that operates stores under the Lidl and Kaufland brands. With revenues of €185.6 billion in fiscal year 2025, Schwarz Group is the largest European retailer and the fourth-largest retailer in the world by revenue. The Schwarz Group's stores sell mostly private label brands, and the family-owned group also operates its own production facilities for baked goods, soft drinks and ice cream.2 It employed about 442,000 people in 2020.1 It is part of Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • Industrycloud computing, food industry, logistics, waste management1
  • HeadquartersNeckarsulm1
  • Websitegruppe.schwarz
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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The Schwarz Group (German: Schwarz Gruppe) is a German multinational retailer that operates stores under the Lidl and Kaufland brands. With revenues of €185.6 billion in fiscal year 2025, Schwarz Group is the largest European retailer and the fourth-largest retailer in the world by revenue. The Schwarz Group's stores sell mostly private label brands, and the family-owned group also operates its own production facilities for baked goods, soft drinks and ice cream.2

Corporate structure

Schwarz Group is part of a group headed by Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung. 68 entities, 27 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung Neckarsulm
    • Schwarz Group Neckarsulm
      • Kaufland Subsidiary · Neckarsulm
        • 4 Wiejska Street in Prudnik Subsidiary · Prudnik, Poland
        • Kaufland Management ČR Subsidiary · Czechia
        • Kaufland Tschechien Warenhandel Subsidiary · Germany
      • Kaufland Česká republika Subsidiary · Praha 6, Czechia
      • Lidl Subsidiary · Neckarsulm, Germany
        • Lidl Eesti Tallinn, Estonia
        • Lidl Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania
          • 1 more
        • Lidl Schweiz Weinfelden, Switzerland
        • Lidl Česká republika Praha, Czechia
        • Lidl Bulgaria Subsidiary · Ravno pole, Bulgaria
        • Lidl Finland Subsidiary
        • Lidl Magyarország Subsidiary · Hungary
        • Lidl Romania Subsidiary
        • Lidl Srbija Subsidiary · Nova Pazova, Serbia
        • Lidl Sverige Subsidiary
        • Lidl Österreich Subsidiary · Salzburg
        • C E - Beteiligungs-GmbH Subsidiary · Neckarsulm, Germany
        • LIDL & COMPANHIA Subsidiary · Sintra, Portugal
        • LIDL BELGIUM GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Neckarsulm, Germany
        • LIDL BLGARIA EOOD END KO (ЛИДЛ БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕООД ЕНД КО) Subsidiary · Ravno pole, Bulgaria
        • Lidl Danmark K/S Subsidiary · Aarhus C, Denmark
        • LIDL Discount SRL Subsidiary · Bucureşti, Romania
        • Lidl EMB KG Subsidiary · Neckarsulm, Germany
        • Lidl Export International GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Neckarsulm, Germany
        • Lidl France Subsidiary · France
        • LIDL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED Subsidiary · Surbiton, United Kingdom
        • LIDL HELLAS & SIA OMORRYTHMI ETAIRIA Subsidiary · Thessaloniki, Greece
        • Lidl Holding Subsidiary · Czechia
        • LIDL HONG KONG LIMITED Subsidiary · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • LIDL HRVATSKA drustvo s ogranicenom odgovornoscu za trgovinu komanditno drustvo za trgovinu Subsidiary · Velika Gorica, Croatia
        • and 28 more
      • PreZero Subsidiary · Neckarsulm
        • Tönsmeier Subsidiary · Porta Westfalica, Germany
      • Schwarz Digits Subsidiary · Bad Friedrichshall
        • STACKIT Subsidiary · Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
      • Schwarz Produktion Subsidiary · Weißenfels, Germany
      • XM Cyber Subsidiary · Jaffa, Israel

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The business was founded in 1930 by Josef Schwarz (1903–1977), father of Dieter Schwarz. It is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Schwarz Group is an international trading company with 604,000 employees and operates over 14,500 stores (in 2025) across 33 countries. It is made up of three retail divisions, LD Stiftung and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (which trade stores under the Lidl brand) and Kaufland.

In addition to the retail business, the Schwarz Group also owns brands in the beverage, baked goods, sweets and ice cream sectors. The Schwarz Group has been involved in the collection, sorting and recycling of recyclable materials for many years. With the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, the company supports education, primarily in Dieter Schwarz's hometown of Heilbronn.

From Wikipedia’s article on Schwarz Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Nov 2021Acquired XM Cyber1

Employees over time

  • 2020442,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Schwarz Group revenue by year1175.4B EUR in 2024+53% since 2019
050.0B EUR100.0B EUR150.0B EUR200.0B EUR2019: 114.3B EUR114.3B EUR20192020: 125.3B EUR125.3B EUR2020+10%2024: 175.4B EUR175.4B EUR2024+40%
  • 2024175.4B EUR1
  • 2020125.3B EUR1
  • 2019114.3B EUR1

Sources

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