Divisions
Kesko Food
Kesko Food is engaged in the grocery trade in Finland. The operations of the more than 1,000 K-food stores are based on the K-retailer business model. These stores form Kesko Food's K-citymarket, K-supermarket, K-market and K-extra chains. In grocery wholesaling, Kesko Food’s subsidiary Kespro Ltd is the leading wholesaler in the Finnish HoReCa business.
Rautakesko
Rautakesko is engaged in the building and home improvement trade in Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic countries, Russia, and Belarus. It manages and develops its retail chains K-rauta, Rautia, Byggmakker, Senukai and OMA and also B-to-B sales in its operating area. Rautakesko is responsible for the chains' concepts, marketing, sourcing and logistics services, store network, and for retailer resources in Finland. Rautakesko also acts as a retailer in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia, and in Norway, where retailer entrepreneurs are also active.
VV-Auto
VV-Auto imports and markets Volkswagen, Audi and Seat passenger cars and Volkswagen commercial vehicles in Finland. VV-Auto is also engaged in car retailing and provides after-sales services at its own outlets in the Greater Helsinki area and Turku. VV-Auto's subsidiary Auto-Span Oy imports Seat passenger cars and markets them in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
Anttila
Anttila is the leading home and speciality goods retailer in Finland. Anttila serves its customers at Anttila department stores, Kodin Ykkönen department stores for interior decoration and home goods, and through NetAnttila, which focuses on distance sales. Centralised purchasing and logistics combined with an efficient organisation and operating practices guarantee competitive prices. Anttila's operations are based on a longterm strategy, multi-channel service and competence in strong, selected product areas.
Kesko Agro
Kesko Agro's K-maatalous chain purchases and sells agricultural inputs and machinery to agricultural entrepreneurs, and trades in grain. Kesko Agro is active in Finland and the Baltic countries. Kesko Agro's business operations were reorganised as of the beginning of 2009. The K-maatalous chain and the agricultural trade were transferred to Rautakesko, while the tractor and combine harvester business and the Kesko Agro subsidiaries in the Baltic countries were transferred to Konekesko.
Other operating activities
Konekesko
Konekesko is a service company specialising in the import and sales of construction and environmental machinery, trucks and buses, and recreational machinery. Konekesko arranges the manufacture of and sells Yamarin boats in Finland and exports them to several European countries and Russia. Konekesko operates in Finland, the Baltic countries, and Russia.
Sports trade – Intersport Finland
The K-Group's sports store chains are Intersport, Budget Sport and Kesport.
Furniture and interior decoration trade – Indoor
Indoor is a retailer of home furniture and interior decoration items, which operates in Finland and the Baltic countries. Its retail chains are Asko and Sotka.
Home technology trade – Musta Pörssi
The Musta Pörssi chain and Konebox.fi online store offer home technology products and services.
Shoe trade – Kenkäkesko
The K-Group's specialist shoe stores are K-kenkä and Andiamo.
In 2009, the Kesko Group's primary
reportable segments are the food trade,
the home and speciality goods trade, the
building and home improvement trade,
and the car and machinery trade.
The food trade comprises the food
business based on Kesko Food's K-retailer
business model and Kespro's grocery
wholesaling. The home and speciality
goods trade comprises Anttila, K-citymarket's
home and speciality goods trade
and the other home and speciality goods
companies (Indoor, Intersport Finland,
Musta Pörssi and Kenkäkesko).
The building and home improvement
trade includes Rautakesko, the K-maatalous
chain and the agricultural trade as
of the beginning of 2009. The car and
machinery trade comprises the operations
of VV-Auto and Konekesko.