While Lidl Hellas’s financial performance may remain a closely guarded secret—since the company is not required to publish financial statements due to its legal structure—the same cannot be said for its parent company, the Schwarz Group.
The German giant, parent company of Lidl and Kaufland among others, announced a 5.8% increase in revenue to €185.6 billion for 2025. Lidl boosted its sales by 6.1% to €140.2 billion, benefiting from the expansion of its store network and the attraction of new customers in Germany and Europe. Kaufland increased its revenue by 4.3% to €36.7 billion, strengthening its position in the markets of Germany and Central and Eastern Europe.
At the same time, Kaufland accelerated the growth of its digital operations by expanding Kaufland Marketplace into Italy and France. The platform now operates in seven European countries, although total online sales for Lidl and Kaufland remained unchanged at €1.7 billion.
During the 2025 fiscal year, the group added 300 new stores, bringing its global network to 14,500 points of sale, while creating 9,000 new jobs, bringing the total workforce to 604,000 employees worldwide.
Beyond retail, the Schwarz Group is building an ecosystem that combines retail, industrial production, recycling, and digital infrastructure, with the goal of achieving greater European autonomy in critical sectors such as supply chains, raw materials, and technology.
For example, the recycling subsidiary PreZero increased its revenue by 5.1%, to €4.1 billion. The acquisition of the battery recycling company RE.LION.BAT was of key importance. At the same time, the company made new investments in waste-to-energy and expanded its partnership with BMW for the recycling of end-of-life vehicles.
The group’s industrial activities recorded the largest percentage increase, with revenue rising by 23.9% to €5.7 billion. Schwarz Produktion strengthened its control of the supply chain through the acquisition of the German jam and honey company Göbber, while also investing in its production base. Among other investments, it allocated over €300 million to expand the Bonback bakery in Halle, Germany, which is expected to create more than 400 new jobs.
At the same time, Schwarz Digits, the group’s IT and digital services arm, increased its revenue by 15.8% to €2.2 billion. In 2025, construction began on a new 200 MW data center in Libenau, one of the largest digital infrastructure investments implemented in Germany in recent years. At the same time, Schwarz Digits expanded its partnerships in the fields of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cloud services for the public sector.
Last year, the Schwarz Group invested approximately 9 billion euros, of which 3.7 billion euros were invested in Germany. For the current fiscal year, the group plans to increase its investments to more than 10 billion euros, with 5 billion euros directed toward the German economy.