FTSE 100 home improvement retail group behind B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama and Brico Depot
kingfisher.comFounded
1982 (as Paternoster Stores Ltd, renamed Kingfisher plc in December 1989)
Industry
Home improvement retail (Consumer Discretionary)
Headquarters
1 Paddington Square, London W2 1GG, United Kingdom
Employees
About 70,000 (69,720 reported)
Chair of the Board
Claudia Arney
Listed on
London Stock Exchange, ticker KGF (FTSE 100 constituent)
Market Cap
About £4.95 billion
Revenue (FY25/26)
£12,945 million for the year to 31 January 2026, up 1.3%
Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement retailer headquartered at 1 Paddington Square in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker KGF, where it sits in the FTSE 100. The group traces back to 1982, when it was incorporated as Paternoster Stores Ltd to acquire the British Woolworths business, and it took the Kingfisher name in December 1989. It employs roughly 70,000 people.
The group sells to consumers and trade professionals through a set of separate retail banners: B&Q and TradePoint in the UK and Ireland, Screwfix, Castorama in France and Poland, Brico Depot in France, Spain and Portugal, and Koctas in Turkey. Kingfisher operates over 1,800 stores across seven European countries alongside e-commerce and marketplace channels. Its stated purpose is "Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone.", and its operating model is branded "Powered by Kingfisher".
For the year to 31 January 2026 the group reported total sales of £12,945 million, up 1.3%, with adjusted pre-tax profit up 6% to £560 million and adjusted earnings per share up 15% to 23.8p. Free cash flow reached £512 million, the full-year dividend was 12.40p, and the board completed a £300 million buyback and started another. Trade now accounts for 30% of sales and e-commerce 21%, with marketplace gross merchandise value up 58% to £518 million.
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chair of the Board
Chief People Officer
Interview experience
6/10, favourable
Interview difficulty
Medium, 4/10
Interview process length
About a week for most candidates
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Q: Tell me about a time you demonstrated excellent customer service.
A: Pick one specific moment rather than describing how you generally behave, and walk through what the customer needed, what you did and how it ended. Keep the whole thing under two minutes.
Q: Give us a time where you have dealt with an angry customer.
A: Interviewers want to see that you stay calm and don't take it personally. Show that you listened first, acknowledged the problem, then moved to a fix within the rules you had.
Q: Why did you want to work for B&Q?
A: Tie something real about the business to something real about you. Mention the brand's scale, the trade and DIY customer mix, or a store you actually shop in, then link it to the kind of work you want.
Q: Tell me about yourself.
A: Give a short career summary aimed at this job, not your life story. Present, past, then why you're here, in roughly ninety seconds.
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May 26, 2026
Kingfisher reaffirms full-year guidance after soft Q1
Q1 total sales rose 1.4% to £3.3bn but underlying like-for-like sales fell 0.7% on a late start to spring, with B&Q down 4.1% and Screwfix up 4.1%. The group held its FY26/27 adjusted pre-tax profit guidance of £565m to £625m and shares jumped as much as 8.3%.
#TradingUpdate #Retail #FTSE100
View postMarch 31, 2026
Eve Henrikson appointed non-executive director
Kingfisher named Eve Henrikson, Senior Vice President of Trips at Booking.com and previously Managing Director, Online at Tesco, as a non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2026. Bill Lennie also joined the Remuneration Committee from 1 April 2026.
#BoardAppointment #Governance
View postMarch 24, 2026
FY25/26 results: sales £12.9bn, profit up 6%, new £300m buyback
Kingfisher reported total sales of £12,945m for the year to 31 January 2026, adjusted pre-tax profit up 6% to £560m and free cash flow of £512m. It completed a £300m buyback and announced another, with trade at 30% of sales and marketplace GMV up 58% to £518m.
#FullYearResults #Buyback #Ecommerce
View postOctober 8, 2025
Kingfisher appoints Debarati Sen as Chief Commercial Officer
Kingfisher named Debarati (Deba) Sen, CEO of HMTX Industries and a 26-year 3M veteran, as Chief Commercial Officer from December 2025, joining the Group Executive in London. Chief Offer and Sourcing Officer Henri Solere left in January 2026 after 12 years.
#Leadership #Appointment
View postSeptember 23, 2025
Kingfisher upgrades full-year guidance after strong first half
Half-year sales to 31 July 2025 rose 1.9% like-for-like to £6.8bn, with adjusted pre-tax profit up 10.2% to £368m and free cash flow up 13.5% to £478m. E-commerce sales grew 11.1% to £1.4bn and trade sales 11.9% to £1.9bn, prompting a guidance upgrade.
#HalfYearResults #GuidanceUpgrade
View postKingfisher plc is an international home improvement retailer selling to consumers and trade professionals. It runs B&Q and TradePoint in the UK and Ireland, Screwfix, Castorama in France and Poland, Brico Depot in France, Spain and Portugal, and Koctas in Turkey, with over 1,800 stores across seven European countries.
