List of Retail Companies in Estonia

Last updated 26 October 2026

There are 19,257 retail companies in Estonia, one in every 20 Estonian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 103 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in five of all retail firms are based in Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Narva and Viljandi. Below you find the largest retail firms in Estonia, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Estonian company database or through the Company Data API.

19,257 companies indexed · Data counted on 26 October 2026

Companies19,2571 in20 Estonian companiesCities1,305Largest cityTallinn 9,731Sole traders5%Employees1-4 (81%)Revenue$100-500K (53%)Email8%Phone15%Website17%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Selver AS	Estonia	Tallinn	Parnu Mnt 238	Harju Maakond	11624	*****.ee	1998	$720,979,934	2,906	Corporation	39	10379733
2	AS Alexela	Estonia	Tallinn	Roseni Tn 11	Harju Maakond	10111	*****.ee	1996	$647,803,194	473	Corporation	23	10015238
3	Maxima Eesti OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Aiandi Tn 13/2	Harju Maakond	12918	*****.ee	2001	$644,931,416	3,131	Corporation	1441	10765896
4	Aktsiaselts Olerex	Estonia	Tartu	Voru Tn 176	Tartu Maakond	50112	*****.ee	1996	$629,769,311	634	Corporation	N/A	10136870
5	Rimi Eesti Food AS	Estonia	Laagri	Saue Tee 10	Harju Maakond	76401	*****.ee	1997	$510,826,067	2,588	Corporation	732	10263574
6	Circle K Eesti Aktsiaselts	Estonia	Tallinn	Veskiposti Tn 2/1	Harju Maakond	10138	*****.ee	1997	$387,973,319	595	Corporation	6689	10180925
7	Aktsiaselts Og Elektra	Estonia	Tobia	Keskuse	Lääne-viru Maakond	44416	*****.ee	1996	$334,090,827	1,347	Corporation	N/A	10054238
8	AS Prisma Peremarket	Estonia	Tallinn	Mustakivi Tee 17	Harju Maakond	13912	*****.ee	1999	$240,725,385	622	Corporation	88	10569681
9	AS Terminal	Estonia	Kärkna	Tartu Terminal/1	Tartu Maakond	60513	*****.ee	1996	$231,029,279	253	Corporation	2	10171518
10	Neste Eesti Aktsiaselts	Estonia	Tallinn	Sopruse Pst 155	Harju Maakond	13417	*****.ee	1996	$221,316,946	55	Corporation	60	10167511
11	Harju Tarbijate Uhistu	Estonia	Tallinn	Saku Tn 6	Harju Maakond	11314	*****.ee	1997	$168,560,941	560		N/A	10347236
12	Lidl Eesti OU	Estonia	Tallinn	A. H. Tammsaare Tee 47	Harju Maakond	11316	*****.ee	2016	$157,970,273	510	Corporation	2	14131773
13	Jarva Tarbijate Uhistu	Estonia	Paide	Toostuse Tn 11	Järva Maakond	72720	*****.ee	1997	$141,451,213	711		N/A	10097762
14	Bauhof Group AS	Estonia	Tallinn	J. Smuuli Tee 41	Harju Maakond	11415	*****.ee	2000	$140,299,694	492	Corporation	1441	10636638
15	Tulundusuhistu Tartu Tarbijate Kooperatiiv	Estonia	Tartu	Riia Tn 2	Tartu Maakond	51004	*****.ee	1997	$136,891,858	597		4	10151355
16	Aktsiaselts Stokker	Estonia	Tallinn	Peterburi Tee 44/4	Harju Maakond	11415	*****.com	1996	$134,165,589	264	Corporation	6	10165452
17	Osauhing Aldar Eesti	Estonia	Rakvere	F. G. Adoffi Tn 11	Lääne-viru Maakond	44310	*****.ee	2009	$127,574,787	461	Corporation	7	11710650
18	A1m OU	Estonia	Võru	Pikk Tn 2a	Võru Maakond	65604	N/A	2017	$115,027,226	341	Corporation	2	14238403
19	Kaubamaja AS	Estonia	Tallinn	Gonsiori Tn 2	Harju Maakond	10143	*****.ee	2012	$109,397,342	603	Corporation	39	12305124
20	Aktsiaselts Antista	Estonia	Tallinn	Laki Poik 6	Harju Maakond	12918	*****.ee	1998	$103,721,442	248	Corporation	15	10508414
21	Rrlektus Aktsiaselts	Estonia	Tapa	Kauba Tn 3	Lääne-viru Maakond	45106	*****.ee	1996	$96,502,043	325	Corporation	2	10072791
22	Optimera Estonia AS	Estonia	Tallinn	Peterburi Tee 71	Harju Maakond	11415	*****.ee	2006	$93,629,723	492	Corporation	2	11269030
23	AS Decora	Estonia	Tartu	Riia Tn 193	Tartu Maakond	50411	*****.ee	1997	$91,866,690	285	Corporation	2	10150195
24	Saaremaa Tarbijate Uhistu	Estonia	Kuressaare	Tehnika Tn 5	Saare Maakond	93815	*****.ee	1996	$66,947,756	289		2	10044010
25	Poldma Kaubanduse Aktsiaselts	Estonia	Laagri	Parnu Mnt 505	Harju Maakond	76401	*****.com	1996	$62,952,242	349	Corporation	5	10103586

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Largest retail firms in Estonia

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Tallinn, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Maxima Eesti OU is the largest retail firm in Estonia by headcount. 103 firms employ 50 people or more; 64 employ 100 or more.

1Tallinn3,131 staff
2Tallinn2,906 staff
3Laagri2,588 staff
4Tobia1,347 staff
5Paide711 staff
6Tartu634 staff
7Tallinn622 staff
8Tartu597 staff
9Tallinn595 staff
10Tallinn560 staff

By employee size · 19,116 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	15,415	81%
5-9	3,145	16%
10-19	328	2%
20-49	125	0.7%
50-99	39	0.2%
100-199	18	<0.1%
200-499	34	0.2%
500-999	8	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

81% have 1 to 4 people; 125 have 20 to 49; 103 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	6,238	37%
$100K-$500K	8,892	53%
$500K-$1M	901	5%
$1M-$5M	640	4%
$5M-$10M	108	0.6%
$10M-$50M	81	0.5%
$50M-$100M	13	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	15	<0.1%
$500M+	5	<0.1%

53% between $100,000 and $500,000; 640 between $1M and $5M; 222 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Estonia

Of the 19,116 Estonian retail firms with a known headcount, 15,415 (81%) have one to four people, 3,145 have five to nine, 453 have ten to 49 and 103 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (8,892, 53%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Estonian companies

Micro under 1018,560 97%
Small 10 to 49453 2%
Medium 50 to 24991 0.5%
Large 250+12 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Estonian companies (97% have under ten staff).

222

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 114 more than $10 million.

1,263

firms were entered in 2026.

Retail firms in Tallinn

Tallinn has 9,731 retail companies and retail firms, 5.8% of all 168,501 Tallinn companies and 13% above the national share. Four in five Tallinn firms have fewer than five people; 57 have 50 or more. 837 new firms were entered in 2026, 0 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 7,634 · 79%
5-9: 1,706 · 18%
10-19: 185 · 2%
20-49: 68 · 0.7%
50+: 57 · 0.6%

Legal form

Sole traders: 254 · 3%
Partnerships: 268 · 3%
OÜ and AS: 9,154 · 94%
Other or none: 55 · 0.6%

Of the Estonian total: 50.5%
Of all Tallinn companies: 5.8%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 837
Entered 2025: 1,240
Of Estonia's 2026 entries: 66.3%

Old

Before 1990: 0 · 0%
1990 or later: 9,731 · 100%
Of Estonia's pre-1990 firms: 0%

Reachable

Email: 801 · 8%
Phone: 1,707 · 18%
Website: 1,633 · 17%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 2,691 · 31%
$100K-$500K: 4,854 · 57%
$500K-$1M: 540 · 6%
$1M and more: 494 · 6%

Largest

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Where in Estonia?

Tallinn has the most retail companies in Estonia (9,731), ahead of Tartu (1,082), Pärnu (557), Narva (472) and Viljandi (199). Together the five hold three in five of them. Relative to their size, Narva, Jõhvi and Tallinn have the most: 1.1 to 1.6 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

1,305 Estonian cities have at least one retail firm; 123 have ten or more; 639 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Retail firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 5.12. Narva has 1.6 times the national share.

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By county 18 counties

County	Firms	%
Harju Maakond	12,105	63%
Tartu Maakond	1,750	9%
Ida-Viru Maakond	1,033	5%
Pärnu Maakond	936	5%
Lääne-Viru Maakond	471	2%
Viljandi Maakond	401	2%
Rapla Maakond	321	2%
Saare Maakond	318	2%
Võru Maakond	295	2%
Jõgeva Maakond	222	1%

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How many retail companies are there in Estonia?

Retail companies and retail firms in Estonia

19,257

26 October 2026

There are 19,257 retail companies and retail firms in Estonia in our data (26 October 2026). That is one in every 20 Estonian companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,263 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 18,913 98%
Head offices: 344
Branch offices: 0

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 47. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 47.

17,785 of the 19,257 are OÜ and AS (92%); 916 are sole traders. They come from e-Business Register (äriregister) and our Estonian register data, through the Company Data API.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 12 retail firms for every one of the fashion companies in Estonia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	19,257	17%	80%
Wholesale Companies	16,292	22%	85%
E-Commerce Companies	6,034	10%	98%
FMCG Companies	2,088	25%	76%
Fashion Companies	1,637	17%	74%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	5,180,213	179.6
The USA	4,232,239	66.3
Italy	978,432	139.3
South Africa	775,083	100.7
The UK	684,014	77.4
Estonia	19,257	51.2

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Sole traders or OÜ: how they are organised

One in twenty-one Estonian retail firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all Estonian companies. Nine in ten are OÜ and AS.

Sole traders (FIE)9165%
Partnerships4062%
OÜ and AS17,78592%
No form on record or other1500.8%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 344
Branches: 0

All Estonian companies: 7% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 78% OÜ and AS.

How reachable are they?

Retail firms are easier to reach than the average Estonian company: 15% list a phone number and 17% a website.

Email1,604 8%
Phone2,798 15%
Website3,299 17%

Grey line: all Estonian companies (email 6%, phone 12%, website 14%).

The full list with these fields is in our Estonian company database.

Newcomers in Estonia in 2026

1,263 retail firms were entered in the Estonian register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 1,912 in 2025. Estonia as a whole saw 18,095 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 7.0% of the inflow.

8692022
1,3882023
1,6192024
1,9122025
1,2632026 so far

1,180 of this year's 1,263 are OÜ and AS.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Tallinn10 staff
2Tallinn10 staff
3Tiskre10 staff
4Tallinn10 staff
5Tallinn10 staff

The oldest firms in Estonia

Our data holds 0 Estonian retail firms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 0 from before 1990.

1995
1. Kiviõli
1995
1. Tallinn
1996
1. Tobia
1996
1. Tartu
1996
1. Tallinn
1996
1. Võlsi

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Frequently asked questions

How many retail companies are there in Estonia?

There are 19,257 retail companies and retail firms in Estonia in our data, counted on 26 October 2026. That is one in every 20 Estonian companies.

Which is the largest retail firm in Estonia?

Maxima Eesti OU in Tallinn, with 3,131 staff. By revenue Selver AS in Tallinn leads with $721.0 million a year.

Which Estonian city has the most retail companies?

Tallinn, with 9,731, ahead of Tartu (1,082), Pärnu (557), Narva (472) and Viljandi (199). Relative to its size, Narva has the most: 1.6 times the national share.

How many retail firms are there in Tallinn?

9,731, which is 5.8% of all 168,501 Tallinn companies and 13% above the national share.

How big is a typical retail firm?

Small. 81% of the 19,116 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 103 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Estonian retail companies sole traders or companies?

One in twenty-one (916) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 92% (17,785) are OÜ and AS.

How many retail firms started in 2026?

1,263 were entered in the Estonian register so far in 2026, after 1,912 in 2025. 1,180 of them are OÜ and AS.

What is the oldest retail firm in Estonia?

Aktsiaselts Kivioli Kaubahoov in Kiviõli, 1995, followed by Stockmann Aktsiaselts in Tallinn (1995) and Aktsiaselts Og Elektra in Tobia (1996). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers retail companies?

Estonian retail companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 47. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 47.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 19,257 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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