Puuilo | |
Type: | Retail company |
Key People: | Juha Saarela (CEO) |
Homepage: | puuilo.fi |
Location City: | Vantaa |
Location Country: | Finland |
Puuilo is a Finnish retail chain founded in 1982. The chain specializes in selling DIY products, such as tools, products for construction, and electrical and plumbing supplies. In addition, Puuilo also sells garden accessories, car accessories, household items, pet products and leisure products. Puuilo has about 40 stores in different parts of Finland.[1]
Puuilo has emerged as one of the leading players in the Finnish discount store market, and the company is one of Finland's largest store chains focused on consumer goods in terms of turnover. In the fiscal year ending in January 2023, Puuilo's turnover was €296.4 million, while a year earlier the turnover was €270.1 million.[2]
Puuilo was listed on the main list of the Nasdaq Helsinki in June 2021.[3] The share issue was oversubscribed many times over. In the listing, Puuilo gained more than 33,000 new owners. The value of the listing was approximately €274 million, which included a share issue of approximately €30 million. At the beginning of 2023, there were about 37,000 owners and about 30% of the shares were held by households and private individuals.[4]