Brico Dépôt () is a chain of

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and

home improvement The concept of home improvement, home renovation, or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home. Home improvement can consist of projects that upgrade an existing home interior (such as electrical and plumbing), ...

stores, headquartered in

Longpont-sur-Orge Longpont-sur-Orge (, literally ''Longpont on Orge'') is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. From 1954 to 1962, the villa in Longpont-sur-Orge owned by William and Noma Copley served as a social hub and a ...

. The chain was created in 1993 by Castorama Dubois Investment and later purchased by the British group

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which operates 135 stores in Belgium, 123 in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, 34 in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

, 28 in

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and 3 in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. Brico Dépôt has a low-cost warehouse format which sells a limited line of around 10,000 products in large quantities. In Romania it dropped warehouse format in 2016. In 2014, the first 15 stores opened in

after the acquisition of the

Bricostore Bricostore was a French home improvement retailer which operated stores in France, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. Founded by the French Bresson family in Paris in 1991, the company operated 7 stores in France until 2001, when they sold 6 stores to ...

chain by Kingfisher, followed by the acquisition of Praktiker Romania in 2018, bringing the number of stores to 34.Kingfisher buys Praktiker in Romania
Brico Dépôt brand is used, since 2006, by Kingfisher's

Castorama Castorama () is a French retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies, headquartered in Templemars, France, and is part of the British group Kingfisher plc, which has 101 stores in France and 90 in Poland. The company became a subsidia ...

in Poland for 2 stores, other 4 stores were rebranded and 1 closed.

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Brico Dépôt France

Brico Dépôt PortugalBrico Dépôt RomaniaBrico Dépôt Spain
Retail companies established in 1993 Hardware stores Kingfisher plc Retail companies of France Retail companies of Romania {{retail-company-stub

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