Sustainable Brand Benchmark - Kesko

Kesko Corp is a retailing company that operates in various areas, including the Grocery Trade, Building and Technical Trade and Car Trade. The company sells grocery and home and specialty goods, wine and alcohol through its K-Citymarket, K-Supermarket, K-Market and Neste-K retail chains. Kesko is also involved in building and home improvement trade, and leisure goods trade through its K-Rauta, Onninen, Byggmaker, Intersport, Kookenka and the Budget Sport for a few. The company is also involved in car trade through its K-Auto stores. It has business presence across Finland, Other Nordic countries, Baltic countries, Belarus and Poland.Kesko is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

The company reported revenues of (Euro) EUR11,300.2 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 5.9% over FY2020. In FY2021, the company’s operating margin was 6.9%, compared to an operating margin of 5.6% in FY2020. In FY2021, the company recorded a net margin of 5.1%, compared to a net margin of 4.1% in FY2020. The company reported revenues of EUR2,707.3 million for the first quarter ended March 2022, a decrease of 5.7% over the previous quarter.