HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Company overview
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is a German Aktiengesellschaft (public stock corporation), registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the Amtsgericht Landau in der Pfalz under number HRB 2311. Its registered seat is Hornbachstraße 11, 76879 Bornheim, in the Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße near Landau in der Pfalz — a different town from Bornheim near Bonn/Cologne. The commercial register records the company’s status as active.
The business traces to a workshop founded by master slater Michael Hornbach in Landau in der Pfalz in 1877. In 1968, Otmar Hornbach opened one of Europe’s first combined do-it-yourself (DIY) store and garden-centre formats in Bornheim. The predecessor company, HORNBACH AG, completed its first stock-exchange listing (IPO) in 1987. In 1993, HORNBACH AG was divided through a further public offering into HORNBACH HOLDING AG (today HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA) and HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG, the retail operating company that continues under that name today. Public sources reviewed do not corroborate an incorporation or registration date of 1 January 2009 sometimes associated with this record, and this description does not restate that date as fact.
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG operates large-format DIY megastores combined with garden centres, together with online retail, selling home-improvement, building-materials, garden and household products to both consumer (DIY) and trade/professional customers. As of the 2024/25 financial year, the HORNBACH Baumarkt AG sub-group operated stores in Germany and eight other European countries, including the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Sweden and Luxembourg.
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG shares (ISIN DE0006084403) were admitted to the Prime Standard segment (regulated market) of the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse and were included in the SDAX index. Following a public delisting acquisition offer reviewed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the listing on the regulated market ended on 28 February 2022. Since that date, HORNBACH Baumarkt AG shares have continued to trade only in the unregulated Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and the company is no longer a constituent of the SDAX.
For the 2024/25 financial year (ended 28 February 2025), the HORNBACH Baumarkt AG consolidated sub-group reported net sales of EUR 5,847.0 million, an increase of 1.2% on the prior year, comprising EUR 2,784 million generated in Germany and EUR 3,063 million in its other European markets. These figures relate to the HORNBACH Baumarkt AG consolidated sub-group, which includes its own foreign retail subsidiaries, and should not be confused with the larger, separately reported consolidated results of the wider HORNBACH group of companies, which also includes distinct building-materials wholesale and real estate businesses.
The website recorded for this company, hornbach.com, redirects to the consumer retail site hornbach.de; corporate information about HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is otherwise published by the group.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
The shareholder data on file for HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, dated 4 September 2026, lists two institutional holders, both Dimensional ETF Trust index funds, with a combined nominal holding of 5,046 ordinary shares. This dataset appears to be a small sample of index-fund positions rather than a complete shareholder register: the two recorded percentages (about 0.16% and 99.84%) sum to the sample itself rather than to the company’s total share capital, and the dataset omits the company’s publicly disclosed majority shareholder entirely. This on-file record should therefore be treated as incomplete and must not be read as an accurate picture of who owns HORNBACH Baumarkt AG.
Independently verified public disclosures identify HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA — the ultimate listed parent of the HORNBACH group — as the substantial majority shareholder of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG. Under a BaFin-reviewed public delisting acquisition offer at EUR 47.50 per share that settled in early March 2022, HORNBACH Holding’s stake rose from approximately 76.4% to approximately 90.85% of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG’s share capital. According to subsequently published disclosures, this stake had increased further to approximately 95.2% as of 28 February 2025. No squeeze-out (compulsory buy-out of remaining minority shareholders) of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG had been completed as of this review (September 2026); a residual free float, held by minority shareholders who did not accept the 2022 offer, continues to trade in the Open Market (Freiverkehr).
Ultimate beneficial ownership
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA is itself controlled through its legal form as a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA). Its personally liable general partner (Komplämentarin/Komplementärin) is HORNBACH Management AG, which conducts the KGaA’s business. According to HORNBACH Holding’s own published corporate-structure disclosures, the entire share capital of HORNBACH Management AG is held by Hornbach Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH, a trust company associated with the Hornbach family. On this basis, control of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG can be traced through the following verified chain: Hornbach Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH (100% of HORNBACH Management AG) → HORNBACH Management AG (general partner of the KGaA) → HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (approximately 95.2% direct shareholder of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, as of 28 February 2025). This is a calculated ownership path based on the company’s own disclosures, not a formal beneficial-ownership register filing. The individual natural-person beneficiaries of the family trust company are not identified in the sources reviewed, so no single named individual is confirmed here as the ultimate beneficial owner; family members including Albrecht Hornbach, Jan Hornbach, Nils Hornbach and Martin Hornbach hold senior governance roles across the group.
Data availability
Direct-shareholder disclosure for HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is Partial: the on-file dataset is limited to two small institutional positions and does not reflect the disclosed majority shareholder. Group-level ownership and control information is more complete, drawn from the parent company’s own published legal-structure disclosures and regulatory filings connected to the 2022 delisting offer, but the identity of individual beneficiaries behind the family trust company is Not public in the sources reviewed.
Sources
BaFin, Angebotsunterlage – Öffentliches Delisting-Erwerbsangebot der HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA für Aktien der HORNBACH Baumarkt AG (2021), retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Angebotsunterlage/hornbach_baumarkt_ag.pdf
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, “KGaA legal form,” retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.hornbach-holding.de/unternehmen/kgaa-rechtsform
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, “HORNBACH Baumarkt AG,” retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.hornbach-holding.de/unternehmen/hornbach-baumarkt-ag
Wikipedia (German), “Hornbach-Baumarkt,” retrieved 25 September 2026 (cross-check of shareholding percentage and delisting date): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbach-Baumarkt
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Handelsregister (Commercial Register), including entries the profile above does not cover.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF | 99.8% | Handelsregister (Commercial Register) | |
| Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional Int'l Core Equity Market ETF | 0.2% | Handelsregister (Commercial Register) |
Officers
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Directors and officers of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
The internal officer dataset on file lists 81 historical entries for HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, of which 41 are flagged active and 40 are flagged resigned, but the dataset contains contradictory records: several individuals (for example Susanne Jäger and Andreas Schobert) appear more than once under different job titles with conflicting active/resigned status for what appears to be the same appointment. This internal record is treated here as an unreliable historical log rather than a definitive current register, and the summary below instead relies on HORNBACH Baumarkt AG’s own published governance disclosures.
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG’s Management Board (Vorstand) is chaired by Erich Harsch, who has served as Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1 January 2020. Dr. Joanna Kowalska joined the Management Board as Chief Financial Officer in August 2025. In December 2025, the Supervisory Board extended the Management Board appointments of Susanne Jäger, Christa Theurer, Jan Hornbach and Nils Hornbach for a further five-year term effective 2026, indicating these four remain current Management Board members. Other individuals associated with the Management Board in earlier years, including Andreas Schobert and Karsten Kühn, could not be confirmed as currently active from the sources reviewed.
The Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) is chaired by Albrecht Hornbach. Other Supervisory Board members reported in the company’s 2025/26 annual report include John Feldmann, Martin Hornbach, Melanie Thomann-Bopp and Simona Scarpaleggia. Albrecht Hornbach’s separate role as Chief Executive Officer of HORNBACH Management AG — the general partner of parent company HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA — is due to end on 31 October 2026, with Erich Harsch announced as his successor in that holding-level position; this is a distinct role from Erich Harsch’s existing position as CEO of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG.
Nationality is not disclosed for any officer in the sources reviewed and is not inferred from name, residence or correspondence address. Officer addresses on file are correspondence/service addresses in Germany and are not treated as evidence of personal residence.
Recent officer changes
- August 2025 — Dr. Joanna Kowalska appointed Chief Financial Officer of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG and HORNBACH Management AG.
- December 2025 — Supervisory Board extended Management Board appointments of Susanne Jäger, Christa Theurer, Jan Hornbach and Nils Hornbach for five years from 2026.
- Announced March 2026 — Erich Harsch named to succeed Albrecht Hornbach as CEO of HORNBACH Management AG, effective after 31 October 2026.
Data availability
Officer information for HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is Partial: current Management Board and Supervisory Board leadership is confirmed from the company’s own disclosures, but a complete current roster, exact appointment dates for every member, and full historical succession could not be independently confirmed from the sources reviewed. The internal officer dataset contains conflicting status flags for several individuals and should not be relied upon on its own.
Sources
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, “HORNBACH Baumarkt AG,” retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.hornbach-holding.de/unternehmen/hornbach-baumarkt-ag
baumarktmanager.de, “Hornbach: Aufsichtsrat verlängert Vorstandsverträge,” 18 December 2025, retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.baumarktmanager.de/hornbach-aufsichtsrat-verlaengert-vorstandsvertraege-18122025
baumarktmanager.de, “Hornbach Management AG: Erich Harsch folgt auf Albrecht Hornbach,” 19 March 2026, retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.baumarktmanager.de/hornbach-management-ag-erich-harsch-folgt-auf-albrecht-hornbach-19032026
Wikipedia (German), “Hornbach-Baumarkt,” retrieved 25 September 2026 (cross-check of Management/Supervisory Board composition): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbach-Baumarkt
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Handelsregister (Commercial Register), including entries the profile above does not cover.
Group Structure
Group structure of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is not an independent company; it is a majority-owned subsidiary within the wider HORNBACH group of companies. Its immediate and ultimate parent, based on the verified corporate structure disclosed by the group, is HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, which directly held approximately 95.2% of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG’s share capital as of 28 February 2025, following a public delisting acquisition offer completed in 2022. HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA is itself listed on the regulated market of the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse and is a constituent of the SDAX index — a listing status that does not extend to HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, whose shares were delisted from the regulated market in February 2022.
On the data supplied, HORNBACH Baumarkt AG has a substantial number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, mainly retail-operating and property-holding entities incorporated in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hong Kong, Serbia and Luxembourg. Separately, real-estate subsidiaries linked to the wider HORNBACH Holding structure (for example, the Hiag Fastigheter entities in Sweden) sit under a different branch of the group, alongside Hornbach Immobilien AG, and are not direct subsidiaries of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG.
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA | DE | DE 67061B64616 | Ultimate/immediate parent | ~95.2% | Active | 2025-02-28 |
| HORNBACH Beteiligungen GmbH | DE | DE 76829B32732 | Direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-04 |
| HORNBACH International GmbH | DE | DE 76829B2636 | Direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-04 |
| HORNBACH Baumarkt AG (Austria) | AT | AT FN484928f | Direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-04 |
| Hornbach Baustoff Union GmbH | DE | DE 67061B42695 | Indirect subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-04 |
| Hornbach Baumarkt (Schweiz) AG | CH | CHE-101.079.884 | Indirect subsidiary (via HORNBACH International GmbH) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-04 |
This table is illustrative rather than exhaustive; the full structure on file includes more than 40 linked entities across at least ten European countries plus Hong Kong. Ownership percentages below the top-level HORNBACH Holding stake are not disclosed in the data available and are not assumed to be 100%.
Recent structural changes
- 28 February 2022 — HORNBACH Baumarkt AG shares delisted from the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, following a public delisting acquisition offer by HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA at EUR 47.50 per share.
Data availability
Group structure information is Partial: the immediate and ultimate parent relationship is well verified through registry-linked identifiers and public disclosures, and a large number of subsidiary entities are identified with registration numbers, but individual intra-group ownership percentages below the top-level HORNBACH Holding stake are not disclosed in the sources reviewed.
Sources
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, “HORNBACH Baumarkt AG,” retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.hornbach-holding.de/unternehmen/hornbach-baumarkt-ag
BaFin, Angebotsunterlage – Öffentliches Delisting-Erwerbsangebot der HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (2021), retrieved 25 September 2026: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Angebotsunterlage/hornbach_baumarkt_ag.pdf
Internal corporate-linkage register (gd_groups), retrieved 25 September 2026.
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Handelsregister (Commercial Register), including entries the profile above does not cover.
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA
Germany
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does HORNBACH Baumarkt AG do?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is a German Aktiengesellschaft (HRB 2311, Amtsgericht Landau in der Pfalz), operating large-format DIY megastores with garden centres and online retail across Germany and eight other European countries, active in home-improvement, building-materials and garden retail for consumer and trade customers.
Who owns HORNBACH Baumarkt AG?
The on-file shareholder record lists only two small institutional ETF holdings and appears incomplete. Independently disclosed filings show majority shareholder HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA holding approximately 95.2% of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG as of 28 February 2025, up from about 76.4% before a 2022 public delisting acquisition offer. No squeeze-out has been completed.
Who is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
Ultimate control traces to the Hornbach family via Hornbach Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH, which holds 100% of HORNBACH Management AG, the general partner (Komplementärin) of parent HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (approximately 95.2% shareholder of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, February 2025). No individual named beneficiary of the family trust is disclosed in the sources reviewed.
What is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's company registration number?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's registration number is HRB 2311 Landau, filed with Handelsregister (Commercial Register) in Germany. Its current status on the register is active.
Is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG still an active company?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's status on Handelsregister (Commercial Register) is listed as active.
What is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's registered address?
The registered address on file for HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is Bornheim, Germany.
What legal structure is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG registered as?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is registered as a Join Stock Company in Germany.
What is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG's revenue?
The HORNBACH Baumarkt AG consolidated sub-group reported net sales of EUR 5,847.0 million for the financial year ended 28 February 2025 (+1.2% year-on-year: EUR 2,784 million in Germany, EUR 3,063 million elsewhere in Europe). This is a sub-group figure, distinct from the larger consolidated HORNBACH group total, which also includes separate wholesale and real estate businesses.
Is HORNBACH Baumarkt AG listed on a stock exchange?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG shares (ISIN DE0006084403) were listed in the Prime Standard segment and included in the SDAX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange until the listing on the regulated market ended on 28 February 2022, following a delisting acquisition offer. The shares now trade only in the unregulated Open Market (Freiverkehr). The group's SDAX-listed, Frankfurt-quoted entity today is parent HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, not HORNBACH Baumarkt AG.
Who are the officers/directors of HORNBACH Baumarkt AG?
The Management Board is chaired by CEO Erich Harsch (since 1 January 2020), with CFO Dr. Joanna Kowalska (since August 2025) and other current members including Jan Hornbach, Nils Hornbach, Susanne Jäger and Christa Theurer (contracts extended December 2025, effective 2026). The Supervisory Board is chaired by Albrecht Hornbach.
Does HORNBACH Baumarkt AG have a parent company or subsidiaries?
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG is a majority-owned subsidiary of HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (approximately 95.2%, February 2025), with more than 40 identified subsidiaries across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hong Kong, Serbia and Luxembourg.
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