Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
REWE Group; Übernahme von 21 Standorte der UNIMARKT Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG
BWB/Z-7180
On 18.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
REWE Group intends to acquire 21 branches of UNIMARKT Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG, Traun across Upper Austria (Andorf, Frankenmarkt, Gaspoltshofen, Gutau, Münzkirchen, Neuhofen, Neumarkt, Ort im Innkreis, Raab, Vöck-
labruck, Vöcklamarkt, Waldhausen and Weitersfelden), Styria (Anger, Eibiswald, Fernitz, Lebring, St. Oswald und St. Ruprecht) and Lower Austria (Hausmening and Zwettl).
Economic Sectors: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco; Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (en)
Update 28 January 2026: For internal corporate reasons, REWE has amended the merger notification so that it no longer includes the planned acquisition of the branch at Grazerstraße 30, 8403 Lebring. With regard to all other branches, the notification remains unchanged. The notification therefore now covers only 20 branches.
C - MANUFACTURING G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, 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 29.01.2026.
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.
Der Anmelder hat am 07.01.2026 gemäß § 11 Abs. 1a KartG die Verlängerung der Frist zur Stellung eines Prüfungsantrages um zwei Wochen beantragt. Mit dem fristgerecht zugestellten Antrag verlängert sich die Frist zur Stellung eines Prüfungsantrages durch die Amtsparteien um zwei Wochen. Somit endet die Frist am 29.01.2026.
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 30.01.2026 .