Finnish retail group Kesko reported sales of €1.17bn ($1.33bn) for June 2026, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year, or 7.5% on a comparable basis.
Domestic sales reached €868.8m, up 5.3% while sales outside Finland totalled €305.1m, rising 16.1%, or 14.5% in comparable terms.
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The grocery trade division posted sales of €557m, up 4.3%.
Sales to K Group grocery stores grew 4.2%, and foodservice wholesaler Kespro recorded a 2.7% sales increase.
Kesko also reported higher sales in K-Citymarket’s non-food home and specialist goods trade, though no specific figure was disclosed.
The building and technical trade division generated sales of €502.4m, up 13.7%, or 12.7% in comparable terms.
Within the division, building and home improvement trade sales rose 10.4% in comparable terms, while technical trade sales increased 16.2% in comparable terms.
By country, comparable sales growth stood at 10.2% in Finland, 11.8% in Sweden, 14.4% in Norway and 16.2% in Denmark.
The car trade division reported sales of €117.1m, up 3.1%.
Car trade sales grew 3.1%, with new car sales falling while used car and service sales rose. Sports trade sales increased 2.9%.
For the second quarter of 2026 (April-June), group sales totalled €3.46bn, up 6.2%, or 4.4% in comparable terms.
For the first half of the year (January-June), sales reached €6.56bn, up 6.7%, or 4.5% in comparable terms.
Kesko stated that the reported change percentages are measured against the corresponding period of the previous year, and that comparable change percentages are calculated in local currencies, excluding the effects of acquisitions, divestments and other completed structural changes.
Kesko president and CEO Jorma Rauhala said: “Sales grew in all three divisions. Sales for the grocery trade division increased by 4.3% while the number of delivery days was up by one year-on-year. Sales for the building and technical trade division increased by 12.7% in comparable terms, and growth was particularly strong in technical trade, where it totalled 16.2%.”
