Peaks in domestic sales and exports

In the previous year, Nobilia again succeeded not only in performing better than the average in Germany, but also in achieving a new record in the export ratio. The "biggest absolute growth in the company's history" was announced today by Dr. Lars Bopf, CEO of Nobilia, at the annual press conference in Verl.

Nobilia sales increased by 102 million euros to 1.228 billion euros (9.1 %) compared to the previous year. Kitchen commissions rose to around 727,000. The increase in sales was mainly due to the wood parts business. With more than 7.27 million cupboards and over 1.69 million worktops, this reached new record levels.

Nobilia was able to further expand its outstanding position as market leader. In Germany, sales in fiscal 2018 rose by 6.6 percent to 642 million euros (2017: 602.5 million euros). While the volume remained unchanged at 30.3 percent, the figure rose from 31.1 percent to 33.2 percent. The average price for a Nobilia kitchen, including electrical appliances, is 7,559 euros - and thus above the market average price of 7,106 euros for the eighth time. According to GfK, Nobilia is also the market leader in Germany in all sales channels with a market share of 41.4 per cent for furniture stores, 15.1 per cent for take-away stores and 29.3 per cent for kitchen specialists.

Nobilia's export performance was even better in percentage terms. Here sales increased by 12 percent to 585.5 million euros (+62.5 million euros). At 47.7 percent, the export ratio reached a "new record level", according to Dr. Bopf. France - where exports account for 41 percent -, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and China performed particularly well.
With 3,596 employees at the end of 2018, the number of employees was 281 up on the previous year. Nobilia honoured the commitment of its employees with a special payment at the end of the year.