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- The total turnover of the group of companies grows by 4.9 percent to 175.4 billion euros.
- The unique ecosystem and the strong merchant create around 20,000 new jobs and offer their around 595,000 employees stability in challenging times.
- The Schwarz Group companies increase their investments, particularly in Germany and a digital sovereign Europe in the 2024 financial year, by 7.5 percent to 8.6 billion euros – 3.3 billion euros in Germany.
- For the 2025 financial year, the Schwarz Group companies expand their investments to 9.6 billion euros, including 3.7 billion euros in Germany.
The Schwarz Group’s companies tackle the global challenges. From production to trade to recycling and digitization, they further expanded their strong market position in the 2024 financial year. Over all business areas, they generated total sales of 175.4 billion euros. This corresponds to sales growth of 4.9 percent compared to the previous year. Despite the tense global economic situation, around 20,000 new jobs along the entire value creation group were created in the group of companies – around 4,000 of them in Germany. The Schwarz Group’s companies are employing around 595,000 employees worldwide.
Diversity as strength: sustainable growth
As a reliable local supplier, Lidl and Kaufland attach great importance to the proximity to their customers. You have therefore expanded your branch network by around 300 new branches to a total of around 14,200 branches. The strong merchant asserts himself in a dynamic market environment: Lidl increased the branch sales by 5.3 percent to 132.1 billion euros compared to the previous year. Achieved sales with 35.2 billion euros Kaufland 2.9 percent growth. The entire Online sales amounted to 1.7 billion euros and is therefore analogous to the market development at the level of the previous year.
A presentation continues to pursue the goal of a reliable circular economy to reduce avoidable waste to zero, protect natural resources and maximize recycling. With the “Road to Zero Waste” initiative, the environmental division supports more and more companies and sports clubs on this way into a clean future. And with success: among other things, due to the increased volume in recycling and expanded market shares on the dual system in Germany, Prezero increased sales by 5.4 percent to 3.9 billion euros.
Die producing company The black group also ensures reliable supply of goods in times of global challenges. They delivered goods worth 4.6 billion euros, especially to Lidl and Kaufland. This corresponds to an increase of 9.5 percent compared to the previous year. The production capacities could be expanded, among other things, through the operation of the new nut roasting in Rheine and the drinks in Derby (Great Britain), the first international production location of Schwarz Production.
Black digits Guaranteed in the digital age the greatest possible sovereignty for a sustainable economy and society. The solutions in the areas of cloud, cyber security, artificial intelligence, communication and workplace ensure the digital independence of the Schwarz Group’s ecosystem. In addition, external partners and customers benefit from the expertise and performance, as strong partnerships with Google, ServiceNow and SAP prove. With the offer of Stackit and XM Cyber, the IT and digital division, which was newly founded in the previous financial year, also kept its sales stable at 1.9 billion euros in accordance with their short business.
The Schwarz Group’s companies are one of the largest trading groups in the world in order to improve the lives of today’s and coming generations. Despite the volatile global economic situation, they increased their investments by 7.5 percent to 8.6 billion euros in the 2024 financial year – including EUR 3.3 billion in Germany. They invested primarily in the branch expansion and the expansion of the storage locations as well as the capacity of their data centers in Europe. For the current financial year 2025, they expand their investments to 9.6 billion euros, including 3.7 billion euros in Germany.
“The successful financial year 2024 of the Schwarz Group company is primarily based on the tireless commitment and outstanding commitment of our employees. Together we design the future of our group and work on innovative solutions for the challenges of tomorrow,” says Gerd Chrzanowski, complementary Schwarz Group. “This enabled us to grow together sustainably in all divisions and continue to invest in the business location of Germany and a digital confident Europe.”
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About the black group
The Schwarz Group is an internationally leading trading group with around 14,200 branches and around 595,000 employees. In the 2024 financial year, the Schwarz Group companies generated total sales of 175.4 billion euros. With their unique ecosystem, they cover the entire value creation group: from production to trade to recycling and digitization. They create solutions that make life more sustainable, healthier and safer in the future – they act ahead.
Lidl and Kaufland form the columns in the food retail trade and are an integral part of the everyday life of customers in 32 countries. Many own branded products and sustainable packaging come directly from the black production. With its recycling management, the environmental service provider Prezero promotes a functioning circular economy and thus invests in a clean future. Black Digits, as IT and digital division, offers convincing digital products and services that correspond to the high German data protection standards and thus guarantees the greatest possible digital
Sovereignty. As partnership -based service providers, Schwarz Corporate Solutions support the Schwarz Group companies on all topics to administration, personnel up to operational activities