Adeo

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Adeo, formerly Groupe Leroy Merlin, is a French holding company that groups together companies which sell consumer goods for bricolage and home decoration. It is majority-held by the Association familiale Mulliez.

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Adeo
FormerlyGroupe Leroy Merlin (1923 - 2007)
Company type Limited Company with a Board of Directors
Industryactivities of head offices  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Founded1923 (Leroy Merlin), 2007 (Adeo)
Key people
Thomas Bouret (CEO) [1]
Pierre-Alain Vielvoye (Chairman) [2] [3]
Number of employees
110 000 for the whole Group [4]
Parent Association Familiale Mulliez
Website https://www.adeo.com/

The company is the parent company of Leroy Merlin, and medium-sized DIY stores such as Weldom and Bricocenter, and the M brand dedicated to professionals, which includes Bricoman (France and Poland), Obramat (Spain), Tecnomat (Italy) and Obramax (Brazil).

Presentation

Adeo brings together various brands that are present in 21 [5] countries through its 1,000 points of sale and 7 marketplaces.

History

In 1979, the Mulliez family acquired a stake in Leroy Merlin. In 1989, the Group expanded its operations to Spain. [6]

In 1994, the Group purchased Bricoman in Belgium from the Louis Delhaize Group. [7] [8] The brand was launched in France in 1999. However, the Group left the Belgian market in 2003 as it sold the stores to the Dutch Group Vendex KBB. [9]

In 2003, the Group purchased Aki, Spanish and Portuguese stores. [10]

In 2007, the Mulliez Group changed its name from Leroy Merlin to Adeo to avoid confusion with one of its brands, Leroy Merlin. [11]

In 2008, Leroy Merlin acquired William Obrist in Poland for €45 million. The company grew from 3 to 24 stores. [12]

In October 2014, the Adeo Group bought Quotatis. [13]

In March 2023, Adeo announced its plan to transfer Leroy Merlin from Russia, after more than 18 years of activity there, to the local management at its parent company. [14] The same year, it was announced that Thomas Bouret would succeed Philippe Zimmerlann and start operating as the new CEO of Adeo in January 2024. [15] [16] [17] [18] Also in 2023, Adeo acquired Saint-Maclou. [19]

Activities and locations

In 2023, ADEO owns 6 retail brands and is present in 21 countries around the world, with more than 1,000 stores. [20]

Subsidiaries

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References

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  2. ↑ "Pierre-Alain Vielvoye". 19 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Bouret prend la direction générale du groupe ADEO". 28 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Le groupe Adeo investit deux entrepôts à la Feuillane". 29 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Number of Adeo employees worldwide from 2016 to 2023". Statista. May 8, 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Leroy Merlin abandonne la Belgique". La Libre. April 16, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Leroy-Merlin choisit la voie de l'international". La Tribune. September 26, 2008.
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  12. ↑ "Conforama se retire de la Pologne au profit de Leroy Merlin". La Tribune. February 25, 2008.
  13. ↑ Moniteur, Le (October 15, 2014). "Le groupe Adeo acquiert Quotatis". Le Moniteur.
  14. ↑ en (March 24, 2023). "French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin to transfer ownership of Russian business to management". Reuters.
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  16. ↑ "Leroy Merlin et Saint-Maclou : le directeur général passe la main pour raison de santé". Les Echos. November 29, 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Adeo investit pour implanter Obramat au Portugal". Le Journal des Entreprises. January 25, 2024.
  22. ↑ "En Italie, Bricoman devient Tecnomat". Adeo. October 4, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Obramax Rio Benfica". Edge Buildings.
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