Grocery trade
Kesko's grocery trade division is a key operator in the Finnish grocery trade. The division's main functions include the centralised purchasing of products, selection management, logistics, and the development of chain concepts and the store network.
The division's grocery store chains are K-Market, K-Supermarket and K-Citymarket. In 2021, the chains comprised 1,200 grocery stores, run by some 1,000 independent K-retailers. Over 500 of the stores also offered online grocery sales services.[5] Approximately 50% of Finns live less than a kilometre away from a K-food store.
Formerly Kesko called these four size-grades of their shops K (small), KK (middle-sized), KKK (large), and KKKK (largest),[6] and the chain names were K Extra, K Lähikauppa (= "local shop"), KK Market, KKK Supermarket and KKKK Citymarket; but this naming system has been changed.
Kesko's grocery private brands include Pirkka, Pirkka Parhaat and K-menu.
The main competitors are Prisma, S-market and Alepa/Sale of S Group, M chain stores, and Lidl.
Kesko company Kespro is the leading wholesaler in the Finnish HoReCa business.
Kesko also used to have small convenience stores, cafes and restaurants which operated at staffed service stations of Neste oil corporation. These service station facilities were branded as Neste K. The convenience stores were virtually always found in Neste K station, while whether the station has a cafe or restaurant depended on the size and location of the station. Cafes were branded as Koon Kahvila and restaurants as Koon Keittiö. Kesko discontinued the Neste K stores in 2024 and they are currently operated solely by Neste.
K-citymarket's home and speciality goods trade is part of the grocery trade division.
Building and technical trade
Kesko's building and technical trade division operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Its chains are Onninen, which serves technical professionals, and K-Rauta, Byggmakker and K-Bygg, which serve both professional builders and consumers.
The division's main functions include the centralised development of chain selections, centralised purchasing and logistics, and the development of chain concepts and the store network.
K-Rauta and Intersport stores in Finland are operated by retailer entrepreneurs. The international business model combines the category management, purchasing, logistics, information system control and network improvements of the company's chains which operate in different countries.
