The Unna-based retailer Woolworth GmbH closed the 2024/25 financial year with a double-digit increase in sales. This emerges from the latest annual report, which was published in the company register of the Federal Gazette at the end of May.
In the reporting period that ended on April 30, 2025, group sales amounted to around 1.03 billion euros. This corresponded to an increase of 12.1 percent compared to the previous year.
Plus thanks to expansion
The discounter owed the strong increase to its expansion activities. During the financial year he opened a total of 174 new branches, 62 of which were outside Germany. Like-for-like sales were “slightly down,” the company said. Even though overall sales remained below the forecast, they developed “satisfactorily given the challenging conditions”.
The retailer was able to increase its gross margin by 1.1 percentage points to 61.7 percent “mainly due to good product range work in purchasing and positive developments in the procurement markets”. Nevertheless, the annual surplus fell by 9.3 percent to just under 43.1 million euros.
For 2025/26, management expected that “the current economic conditions will once again shape a challenging financial year”. However, the company announced that it would continue its expansion course and thereby increase sales by ten to 15 percent. Be on a comparable area. “No significant changes in sales” are expected. The retailer also predicted a “slight improvement in annual results.”