Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-Aktiengesellschaft; UNIMARKT Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG
BWB/Z-7178
On 17.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-Aktiengesellschaft intends to take over the following 23 UNIMARKT-retail premises by way of acquiring assets from UNIMARKT Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft in relation to the following retail premises: (1) Adnet, Adnet 400, 5421 Adnet, (2) Altaussee, Altaussee 160, 8992 Altaussee, (3) Bad Aussee, Ischlerstraße 317, 8990 Bad Aussee, (4) Feldbach / Thaller, Hauptplatz 22-25, 8330 Feldbach,
(5) Gallneukirchen, Dr.-Renner-Straße 1, 4210 Gallneukirchen, (6) Graz / Waltendorf, Waltendorfer Hauptstraße 121, 8042 Graz, (7) Hagenberg, Hauptstraße 69, 4232 Hagenberg, (8) Heiligeneich, Raiffeisenplatz 7, 3452 Atzenbrugg, (9) Hellmonsödt, Untere Gewerbezeile 1, 4202 Hellmonsödt, (10) Innermanzing, Gewerbepark Süd 1, 3052 Innermanzing, (11) Kuchl, Kellau 195, 5431 Kuchl, (12) Ludersdorf, Ludersdorf 193, 8200 Ludersdorf-Wilfersdorf, (13)
Maria Anzbach, Hauptstraße 570, 3034 Maria Anzbach, (14) Oberwölbling, Grimburgstraße 2, 3124 Oberwölbling, (15) Sebersdorf, Sebersdorf 312, 8272 Sebersdorf, (16) St. Michael im Burgenland, Oberwarterstraße 339, 7535 St. Michael im Burgenland, (17) Steyr / Christkindl, Aschacherstraße 25, 4400 Steyr, (18) Thal bei Graz, Thalstraße 301, 8051 Thal, (19) Weisskirchen, Stubalpenstraße 10, 8741 Weisskirchen, (20) Windischgarsten, Gleinkerseestraße
32, 4580 Windischgarsten, (21) Mürzzuschlag, Stadtplatz 6, 8680 Mürzzuschlag, (22) Schladming, Lendplatz 395, 8970 Schladming and (23) Grundlsee, Bräuhof 42, 8993 Grundlsee
The following Austrian NACE code is concerned: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 47 - Retail trade, G 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.01.2026.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
On 07.01.2026 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by two weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by two weeks, thus ending on 28.01.2026.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 29.01.2026 .