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Jumbo S.A.

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Jumbo
TypePublic
Athex: BELA
IndustryRetail
Founded1986
HeadquartersMoschato, Greece
Key peopleApostolos E. Vakakis (Chairman)
Revenue€ 1.232.904.830 (2025)[1]
€172.12 million (2020)[1]
€320.309.417 (2020)[1]
Total assets€1.872.429.412 (2025)[1]
Total equity€1.219 billion (2020)[1]
OwnerApostolos Vakakis (19.36%)
Number of employees
7,232 (2025)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website
Countries that have Jumbo store.

Jumbo Anonymi Etairia is a Greek company whose main operation is retail sale of toys, baby items, seasonal items, decoration items, books and stationery. The company was incorporated in 1986 and has its headquarters in Moschato, part of the Athens Urban Area.

Jumbo Group operates 87 stores, 55 of which are located in Greece, 6 in Cyprus, 10 in Bulgaria and 16 in Romania.[2] Furthermore, by 2025, the company had franchise agreements for 27 stores under the Jumbo brand in seven countries; with Balfin Group in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro, Veropoulos in North Macedonia and Serbia, and Fox Group in Israel. In 2026, Fox Group announced plans to bring the Jumbo brand to Canada through the acquisition of a former Toys "R" Us store.[3][4][5]

The company has been listed on the Athens Exchange since July 19, 1997, and since June 2010 it has participated in the FTSE/Athex 20 index.

Countries with Jumbo branches

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Country Year Opened Number of stores
Greece 1986 55[6]
Romania 2013 18[6]
Bulgaria 2007 10[6]
Albania 2011 9[7]
Kosovo 2014 7[8]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017 7[9]
Cyprus 1991 6[6]
Serbia 2016 6[10]
Israel 2023 5[11]
North Macedonia 2010 4[12]
Montenegro 2019 4[13]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ετησια χρηματοοικονομικη εκθεση για την οικονομικη χρηση 31.12.2020" [Annual financial report for the financial year 31.12.2020] (PDF) (in Greek). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "STORES-PREMISES < STORES". Jumbo. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Craig (9 December 2025). "Jumbo Value Chain to Open 1st Canadian Stores in 2026". Retail Insider. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Fox opening Jumbo Greece store in Rishon LeZion". Globes. 14 January 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Kurek, Dominik (24 June 2026). "Ontario court permits Toys 'R' Us Canada to sell itself to 3 buyers, including to current owner, but can the brand survive?". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "E-JUMBO To Επίσημο Ηλεκτρονικό Κατάστημα JUMBO". Jumbo (in Greek). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jumbo Albania" (in Albanian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jumbo Kosova" (in Albanian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Company Overview". jumbo.ba.
  10. ↑ "Jumbo Srbija | Sve za dom i porodicu!" (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "ג'מבו | Jumbo Greece - ג'מבו יוון | נתניה | אשדוד | אילת | חיפה | באר שבע". Jumbo Greece (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "verojumbo – Веро" (in Macedonian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Jumbo Montenegro" (in Montenegrin). Retrieved 22 April 2026.
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