Average store size of SPAR International supermarkets worldwide 2018, by country
The average size of a SPAR supermarket differs markedly from country to country. Whereas the average SPAR store in Germany had a size of only 75 square meters in 2019, the supermarkets this food retailer operated in India were about 55 times as large. SPAR supermarkets in India were twice as large as stores nearly anywhere else: in China for example SPAR stores were ‘only’ 2,114 square meters, as compared to the nearly 4,100 square meters in India. The total retail sales floor in India that year amounted to 102,406 square meters.
Asia Pacific has largest SPAR stores
Generally speaking, the largest SPAR supermarkets could be found in the Asia Pacific region, where the average size per supermarket was nearly 1,700 square meters. Europe had the smallest supermarkets. Even though stores in Germany were exceptionally small, the average Western European SPAR was still less than 400 square meters.
UK has largest number of SPAR supermarkets
In total, there were roughly 13,000 SPAR stores worldwide. In its country of origin, the Netherlands, SPAR had 456 stores in 2019. In the United Kingdom the retailer operated more than five times as many stores, making the UK the country with the largest number of SPAR supermarkets. It was Austria however where SPAR was most successful in terms of sales, as the Austrian market alone was worth 7.2 billion euros in 2019. By comparison, in Thailand the retail sales value amounted to just 13.8 million.
Asia Pacific has largest SPAR stores
Generally speaking, the largest SPAR supermarkets could be found in the Asia Pacific region, where the average size per supermarket was nearly 1,700 square meters. Europe had the smallest supermarkets. Even though stores in Germany were exceptionally small, the average Western European SPAR was still less than 400 square meters.
UK has largest number of SPAR supermarkets
In total, there were roughly 13,000 SPAR stores worldwide. In its country of origin, the Netherlands, SPAR had 456 stores in 2019. In the United Kingdom the retailer operated more than five times as many stores, making the UK the country with the largest number of SPAR supermarkets. It was Austria however where SPAR was most successful in terms of sales, as the Austrian market alone was worth 7.2 billion euros in 2019. By comparison, in Thailand the retail sales value amounted to just 13.8 million.
