Makro (Uzbekistan)

Darvoza Savdo LLC
Trading as Makro
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Number of locations
108 stores (2021)
Key people
Number of employees
3,500

Makro is an Uzbek supermarket chain headquartered in Tashkent. The company operates a network of 108 stores across 25 urban areas in Uzbekistan, making it the country's largest food retailer by store count.[1][2] The company has 3,500 employees.[3] Makro claims to command 20% of market share in Tashkent and around 5% of market share nationally.[1] The company's main competitors are Korzinka.uz, another local supermarket chain, and foreign retailers that have recently entered the Uzbek market, including French multinational player Carrefour, and Kazakh company Magnum.[4][5] Around 20% of Makro's merchandise is the chain's in-house brand, called “M,” while 53% of merchandise is produced in Uzbekistan.[1][6] In July 2021, Retail Asia Awards announced Makro won the 2021 Domestic Retailer of the Year and Convenience Store of the Year for Uzbekistan.[7] Makro is owned by the Orient Group of companies.[8] In June 2022, the CEO Roman left the Group to pursue his own projects.[9]

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