Finnish retail group Kesko reported a 4.8% year-on-year increase in September sales, with comparable sales up 4.3% on broad-based growth across all divisions.
Group sales reached €1.198bn ($1.33bn) in September 2026. Grocery trade sales increased 2.2% to €557.5m.
Sales at K Group grocery stores grew 1.8%, while K-Citymarket’s home and speciality goods, or non-food, sales also increased. Kespro recorded a 0.5% rise.
Sales in building and technical trade grew 6.5% to €515.3m, equivalent to comparable growth of 5.3%.
Building and home improvement sales increased 2.5% on a comparable basis, while technical trade delivered stronger growth of 8.7%.
Comparable sales rose 7.1% in Finland, 4.5% in Norway, 2.6% in Denmark and 11.6% in Poland. Swedish sales remained at the previous year’s level.
Car trade sales rose 9.9% to €128.1m.
Comparable sales in the division’s car trade business increased 12.3%, reflecting higher sales of new and used vehicles and services.
Sports trade sales declined 3.5%.
During the first nine months of 2026, Kesko Group sales increased 6.2% to €10.039bn, while comparable sales rose 4.6%.
Building and technical trade sales grew 11.1%, or 7% on a comparable basis.
Grocery trade sales increased 2.9%, and car trade sales advanced 4.9%.
The reported figures include the effects of acquisitions and divestments completed in 2025 from their respective completion dates.
Comparable growth is calculated in local currencies and excludes the effects of acquisitions, divestments and other completed structural changes.
In June, Kesko agreed to purchase the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish businesses of technical trade operator Dahl from France’s Saint-Gobain for €1.20bn, marking the largest deal in Kesko’s history.
The deal extended Kesko’s footprint in heating, piping, air conditioning and infrastructure construction across Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
In August last year, Kesko partnered with India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to modernise its IT landscape across the Nordic and Baltic regions.
