Merkury

What Merkury does

Merkury Sp. z o.o. is a privately held, family-owned Polish building materials retailer and wholesaler founded in 1989 by Artur and Adam Żurakowski and headquartered in Prudnik, Opole Voivodeship. The company operates four physical branches — PSB Mrówka stores in Prudnik, Głuchołazy, and Głogówek, plus a PSB PROFI Inwestycje investment-focused store in Opole — through which it distributes over 100,000 SKUs spanning general building materials, doors, flooring, windows, gates, roofing, and steel products. It is a member of the Polskie Składy Budowlane (PSB) cooperative network (since 2010) and runs under multiple sub-brands including Mrówka, PSB PROFI, and DrewDom (wood sales).

The business combines retail and wholesale distribution with a layered service offering that includes professional consulting, 3D interior visualization for renovation planning, in-house transport with unloading, and installation referrals for doors and windows. It serves two primary customer segments: individual homeowners and small contractors purchasing through Mrówka retail outlets, and enterprise accounts — real estate developers, construction companies, housing cooperatives, and public/religious/heritage institutions — served through the PROFI store and a dedicated commercial department with key account coordinators. Notable enterprise projects include supply for Goodlife Developer's Słoneczna Jedynka estate in Nysa, Archicom's Słoneczne Stabłowice in Wrocław, Henniges Automotive's Prudnik headquarters renovation, and facade renovations on heritage sites including the castle in Slezské Rudoltice.

Merkury generates revenue through one-time sale of physical building materials (the dominant stream) plus professional services (transport, installation, design/consulting); pricing is not publicly disclosed but wholesale customers can negotiate volume discounts. The company has no external institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and operates with 51-100 employees under second-generation family management (President Radosław Żurakowski, with founder Dr. Artur Żurakowski as Management Board Proxy). It is GDPR-compliant and has received EU working-capital support.

Name

Merkury

Legal name

Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno Handlowo Usługowe Merkury Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://merkury.opole.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Merkury Sp. z o.o. is a family-owned Polish building materials retailer and wholesaler operating four PSB Mrówka and PSB PROFI branches across Opole Voivodeship, serving individual homeowners, developers, and public institutions with over 100,000 SKUs plus consulting, design, transport, and installation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Retail and Wholesale

NAICS

Building Material and Supplies Dealers (4441), Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331), Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers (42333)

SIC

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Improvement & DIY (Tools, Hardware, Paint) Distribution (CRAOAFAC)

Keywords

• Building materials retail
• Construction materials wholesale
• Building materials distribution
• Interior design services
• Construction project consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Prudnik

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Building Materials Retail and Wholesale: Sale of over 100,000 building materials products through retail stores and wholesale channels. Products include building materials, doors, floors, windows, roofing, and steel products.
2. Transport Services: Delivery services for purchased goods using company-owned transport fleet of delivery vans and trucks that assist with unloading larger items.
3. Installation and Assembly Services: Installation services for doors and windows, as well as connections with professional execution companies offering various renovation services.
4. Design and Consulting Services: Professional consulting on building materials selection and design services for arranging dream homes or apartments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Merkury Sp. z o.o. is a Polish family-owned retailer and wholesaler of building and home improvement materials, selling more than 100,000 construction products across four affiliated locations in the Opole voivodeship. The company offers construction materials, floors and doors, windows and gates, and roof coverings/steel, complemented by construction consulting, interior design with 3D visualization, dedicated transport, and installation services for both professional builders and end customers.

Product overview

Merkury is a building materials retail company operating as a network of PSB Mrówka and PSB PROFI stores across Opole Voivodeship, Poland. The company offers over 100,000 building material products through multiple divisions: general building materials (core), floors and doors, windows and gates, and roof coverings and steel. Services include professional consulting, design with 3D visualization, transport delivery via own fleet, and installation. The company is part of the Polskie Składy Budowlane (PSB) group and operates under the Mrówka retail brand in Prudnik, Głuchołazy, and Głogówek, plus a PSB PROFI investments division in Opole.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Materials Supply
• Floors and Doors Department
• Windows and Gates Department
• Roof Coverings and Steel Products
• Construction Consulting Services
• Interior Design with 3D Visualization
• Transport and Delivery Service
• Installation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• One of the largest building materials wholesalers in Opole voivodeship

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Polskie Składy Budowlane (PSB)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2010Merkury joined the Polskie Składy Budowlane (Polish Building Materials Stores) group in 2010, becoming part of the Mrówka retail chain. This partnership provides access to a national network of building materials stores, shared brand recognition, and collective purchasing power.
• Wybieram ProjektminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Wybieram Projekt, a home design company. Merkury offers customers exclusive benefits including 10% discount on building materials and finishing materials, preferential interior visualizations, free bathroom visualization with bathroom equipment purchase, dedicated building materials advisor, transport to construction site, and remote order processing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bricomarché Polska: French DIY chain serving Polish consumers and small contractors. Comparable product categories (construction materials, tools, finishes) and similar dual focus on retail and trade customers.
• OBI Polska: German-headquartered DIY and home improvement chain with stores across Poland. Overlaps with Merkury in building materials, renovation, and trade-counter services, though at much broader national scale.
• Travis Perkins: UK-listed builders' merchant serving trade professionals across multiple categories (lumber, heavyside materials, interiors). Comparable in business model — trade-focused building materials distribution with adjacent showrooms and specialist divisions — though at far greater scale.
• Castorama Polska: Major UK-origin DIY and building materials retailer operating nationwide in Poland. Comparable to Merkury in core product categories (lumber, building materials, renovation products) but with significantly larger footprint, marketing budget, and assortment.
• Leroy Merlin Polska: Largest home improvement and building materials retail chain in Poland, part of the ADEO group. Directly comparable as a multi-category building materials retailer serving both DIY consumers and trade professionals, though at much greater national scale than Merkury.
• Saint-Gobain Distribution Polska: Distribution arm of Saint-Gobain in Poland, supplying building materials, insulation, and interior solutions. Comparable to Merkury in serving contractors and developers with construction materials at scale.

Direct peers

• Polskie Składy Budowlane (PSB Group): National cooperative of independent building materials retailers operating under the Mrówka and PROFI banners — of which Merkury is a member since 2010. Closely comparable in product mix, brand identity, and customer targeting; PSB is both parent network and a peer through its other franchise members.
• Majster Plus: Polish chain of building materials and home improvement stores. Comparable regional store model, assortment breadth, and trade-and-retail customer mix to Merkury.

Others

• DrewDom: Polish wood products specialist with whom Merkury runs a partner wood-sales desk in its Opole store. Comparable in serving construction/renovation customers with wood-based materials and represents an adjacent specialist rather than direct competitor.

Regional players

• Praktiker: DIY and building materials chain present in Central/Eastern Europe. Comparable core assortment of construction and renovation materials and similar mid-market positioning to Merkury.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/merkury.prudnik

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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