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Brico is a Belgian construction market. The store mainly focuses on DIY items, but also sells garden items. The retail chain has more than 145 stores across the country, of which more than half (95 stores) are franchised. The first store opened in 1973 in Schoten. The name is derived from bricoler, the French word for tinkering. In the 1980s, the chain also launched two of its own brands, Stop and Bricobi. These brands have since evolved further into Central Park and Sencys. Brico was part of the GIB Group, which sold it in 2002 to the Dutch Vendex (now Maxeda). The former branches of Briko Depôt and Leroy Merlin have now also become part of Brico NV and transformed into BricoPlanit. These stores mainly focus on large DIY and decoration projects. Since 2006, a few BricoCity stores have also been set up. These are located in the center of several large cities (Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Liège, Leuven, ...) and are aimed at smaller projects.
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