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title: "Schwarz Group: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "The Schwarz Group is a German multinational retailer that operates stores under the Lidl and Kaufland brands. 6 billion in fiscal year 2025, Schwarz Group is the largest European retailer and the fourth-largest retailer in the world by revenue."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-schwarz-group
type: Organization
wikidata: Q712034
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz_Group
website: https://gruppe.schwarz/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Schwarz Group

> The Schwarz Group is a German multinational retailer that operates stores under the Lidl and Kaufland brands. 6 billion in fiscal year 2025, Schwarz Group is the largest European retailer and the fourth-largest retailer in the world by revenue.

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## Facts

- Category: Data and infrastructure
- Country: Germany
- Headquarters: Neckarsulm
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://gruppe.schwarz/
- Employees: 442,000 (as of 2020-01-01)
- Also known as: ALPHA Schwarz Beteiligungs-GmbH, Dieter Schwarz Stiftung, Schwarz Beteiligungs GmbH
- Industries: logistics, waste management, cloud computing, food industry

## Key people

- Gerd Chrzanowski, director

## Revenue

- 2019-01-01: EUR 114.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: EUR 125.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2024-01-01: EUR 175.4 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Parent: Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung, Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand
Subsidiaries: Lidl, Kaufland, Schwarz Produktion, PreZero, Kaufland Česká republika, [Schwarz Digits](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-schwarz-digits.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Schwarz Group, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-schwarz-group#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712034, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz_Group

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