With around 350 stores in its portfolio (toom hardware store, B1 Discount hardware store and Klee garden center), 14,400 employees and gross sales of around 2.7 billion euros, toom is one of the leading providers in the German hardware store industry. The company belongs to the REWE Group, one of the leading retail and tourism groups in Germany and Europe. In 2015, the company achieved total external sales of over 52.4 billion euros. Founded in 1927, the REWE Group is present in 20 European countries with 330,000 employees and 15,000 stores.