Brico Dépôt is a chain of DIY and home improvement stores, headquartered in Longpont-sur-Orge.[2] The chain, created in 1993 by Castorama Dubois Investment and later purchased by the British group Kingfisher, operates 123 stores in France, 34 in Romania, 28 in Spain and 3 in Portugal.[3]
Brico Dépôt has a low-cost warehouse format which sells a limited line of around 10,000 products in large quantities.[3] In Romania it dropped warehouse format in 2016.
In 2014, the first 15 stores opened in Romania after the acquisition of the Bricostore chain by Kingfisher, followed by the acquisition of Praktiker Romania in 2018, bringing the number of stores to 34.[4]