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Tradition and success: as the only family company among the top ten companies in the DIY sector, HORNBACH can look back on a company history spanning five generations of the family.
1877
Michael Hornbach, a master slater, establishes a workshop in Landau / Pfalz.
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1900
His son, Wilhelm Hornbach, expands his father's business with the addition of a construction materials trading business.
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Post 1945
In addition to the construction materials trade, the production of domestic sewage plants becomes an important springboard for further growth. For this, Hornbach moves to Bornheim bei Landau.
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1968
Otmar Hornbach, the great-grandson of the company founder, makes a pioneering step - he opens the first combined DIY store and garden center in Bornheim. This combination is the first of its kind in Europe. The store already has a size of 4,000 m².
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1972 - 1977
HORNBACH DIY stores are opened in several towns across the State of Rheinland-Pfalz.
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1980
The first large-scale "DIY supermarket", with a sales area of more than 8,000 m², is opened in Karlsruhe. HORNBACH is once again one step ahead of the competition and becomes the market leader in megastores, the sector giants of more than 10,000 m².
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1981 - 1989
HORNBACH operates 16 stores across the whole of Southern Germany. The product range now includes 50,000 articles.
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1987
The company holds its first initial public offering (IPO). The number of its employees rises to around 1,000.
1991
Following the fall of the Berlin wall, HORNBACH is the first company in the DIY sector to build DIY megastores with garden centers in the typical HORNBACH format in the former East Germany. Dresden is the first such store and is the largest DIY store in Germany.
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1993
HORNBACH conducts a further IPO, resulting in the creation of HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG.
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From 1994
The pace of expansion increases - by the end of the nineties, an average of eight new stores is being opened each year.
1996
HORNBACH launches its expansion into neighboring countries. This begins in Austria, and is followed by stores in the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
2001
HORNBACH Florapark GmbH opens the prototype of the new Lafiora HORNBACH garden centers with a pet department at Germersheim. This is the starting point for the establishment of a new type of standalone, modern retail sales chain focused on medium-sized centers.
The strategic alliance agreed in 2001 with Kingfisher plc, one of the leading retail groups in Europe, marks a milestone in the company's history. Both partners expect the alliance to generate considerable synergies and an ongoing enhancement of their competitive positions.
2002
HORNBACH celebrates its 125th anniversary and opens its first DIY megastore with a garden center in Switzerland at Littau near Lucerne. The anniversary year also sees the opening of the company's 100th DIY store - at Prague-Repy in December.
2003
The first HORNBACH DIY megastore in Scandinavia commences operations in Gothenburg.
2004
Slovakian premiere: the first HORNBACH DIY megastore is opened in Bratislava.
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