Lokalföreningen Brösarp

What Lokalföreningen Brösarp does

Lokalföreningen Brösarp (legal name: Lokalföreningen i Brösarp) is a Swedish ekonomisk förening (economic association / cooperative) operating a single-location building materials, hardware, and garden supplies retail store in Brösarp, Skåne County, Sweden, founded in 1950. The company sells a broad catalog across eight product categories — building materials, wood products, electrical and plumbing supplies, walls/facades/roofs/floors, indoor environment, outdoor and garden, tools and machines, and windows and doors — supplemented by services including equipment and tool rental, construction consulting, paint color mixing, saw service, transport and delivery, and free loan trailers. It serves approximately 200 member-owners (the cooperative membership base) plus walk-in DIY consumers, professional builders and contractors, and local agricultural customers in the Skåne region.

The business operates a hybrid retail-and-e-commerce model through the lfbrosarp.se storefront, with pricing available in both VAT-inclusive retail and VAT-exclusive business modes. The technology layer consists of an e-commerce platform integrated with the physical store, plus a set of digital tools for professional builders: a PunchOut e-procurement integration, a climate calculation tool (Klimatkalkyl), a quote-generation tool (Offertverktyg), and a final-documentation tool (Slutdokumentation). The company has approximately 25 employees and no disclosed subsidiaries, parent company, or external institutional investors; it sources products through partnerships with Lantmännen (a Swedish agricultural cooperative) and Sveriges Fria Bygghandlare (Woody Bygghandel), which provide access to cooperative purchasing scale. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the company is not listed on any stock exchange.

Name

Lokalföreningen Brösarp

Legal name

Lokalföreningen i Brösarp

Website

https://lfbrosarp.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lokalföreningen Brösarp is a member-owned Swedish cooperative operating a single-location building materials, hardware, and garden supplies retail store in Brösarp, Skåne, serving ~200 cooperative members plus local DIY consumers, professional builders, and agricultural customers via physical storefront and e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Retail

NAICS

Hardware Retailers (44414), Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (423810)

SIC

Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070), Construction Machinery & Equip (3531)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction, Hardware & MRO Supply Clubs (Trades/Contractors) (CRAEAEAG)

Keywords

• Building materials retail
• Hardware store
• Garden supplies
• Tool rental services
• Construction consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Brösarp

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Retail product sales: Sale of building materials, tools, garden products, paint, and related hardware to members and customers through physical store and online platform.
2. Service fees: Revenue from services including equipment rental, construction consulting, color mixing, saw service, transport and delivery, and final documentation services.
3. Membership fees: As an economic association (ekonomisk förening), Lokalföreningen Brösarp has approximately 200 members who are part-owners of the cooperative.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lokalföreningen Brösarp is a cooperative hardware and building materials retailer selling construction materials, wood products, electrical and plumbing supplies, indoor/outdoor environment products, tools and machines, and windows and doors through a single physical store in Brösarp and an integrated e-commerce website. The company also offers value-added services including tool and equipment rental, construction consulting, paint color mixing, saw service, transport and delivery, and digital tools for climate calculation, quoting, final construction documentation, and PunchOut e-procurement.

Product overview

Lokalföreningen Brösarp is a building materials cooperative (byggvaruhandel) operating as a single-location hardware store in Brösarp, Sweden. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio organized into eight main categories: Building Materials (byggmaterial), Wood Products (träprodukter), Electrical & Plumbing (el & VVS), Walls/Facades/Roofs/Floors (vägg/fasad/tak/golv), Indoor Environment (innemiljö), Outdoor & Garden (utemiljö/trädgård), Tools & Machines (redskap/verktyg/maskiner), and Windows & Doors (fönster/dörrar). Beyond retail products, the company provides complementary services including equipment rental (uthyrning), construction advice (byggrådgivning), paint color mixing (färgbrytning), transport & delivery, saw service, and consulting. The company also offers digital tools including Slutdokumentation (final documentation), Offertverktyg (quote tool), Klimatkalkyl (climate calculator), and a PunchOut e-procurement solution. The store is an economic association with approximately 200 members and over 25 employees, sourcing products through partnerships with Lantmännen and Sveriges Fria Bygghandlare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LantmännencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Lantmännen provides access to a strong purchasing organization with a broad range of quality products at competitive prices. Lantmännen is a Swedish agricultural cooperative.
• Sveriges Fria BygghandlarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Sveriges Fria Bygghandlare (Woody Bygghandel chain) provides access to strong purchasing organization with a broad range of quality construction products at competitive prices.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Clas Ohlson: Nordic multi-category retailer with strong presence in tools, hardware, and home improvement — adjacent competitor for DIY and small-project purchases overlapping with Lokalföreningen Brösarp's assortment.
• Bauhaus Sverige: Large European DIY and building-materials retailer operating in Sweden with broad assortment across construction, tools, and garden — competes broadly with Lokalföreningen Brösarp across most retail categories.
• Hornbach: Pan-European DIY and building-materials hypermarket chain with Swedish operations — broad assortment and pro-friendly positioning create competitive overlap across most product categories.

Others

• Lantmännen: Swedish agricultural cooperative and Lokalföreningen Brösarp's explicit purchasing partner — comparable cooperative governance model and overlapping customer base in agriculture (lantbruk), though not a direct building-materials retailer.

Direct peers

• K-Rauta: Nordic building-materials and home-improvement chain serving both DIY consumers and trade professionals — comparable assortment and customer mix, though operating across a wider Nordic footprint.
• Jula: Nordic hardware and home-improvement chain with strong rural footprint and broad assortment of tools, garden, and building supplies — a close competitor for DIY and trade customers in similar catchments.
• Woody Bygghandel: Swedish chain of independent building-materials retailers that Lokalföreningen Brösarp explicitly partners with through Sveriges Fria Bygghandlare — directly comparable cooperative-style building-materials stores serving similar DIY and pro customers across Sweden.
• Beijer Byggmaterial: Major Swedish building-materials merchant focused on professional builders and contractors — directly comparable in product categories (lumber, building materials, tools) and in serving the trades customer segment.
• Byggmax: Sweden-headquartered discount building-materials retailer with broad DIY assortment and many stores — competes directly with Lokalföreningen Brösarp for DIY and small-pro customer spend, including in southern Sweden.
• Optimera Svenska: Swedish building-materials distributor serving professional builders, contractors, and industrial customers — comparable product range and pro-customer orientation, but with a distribution/wholesale rather than retail-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lokalforeningen.se
• Instagraminstagram.com/lfbrosarp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lokalf%C3%B6reningen-br%C3%B6sarp

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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