The company

Privately owned KARE Design GmbH is an international furniture, lighting and home accessories company and the market leader in its segment. Under the slogan "joy of living", the company develops and markets unconventional design interior furnishings at attractive prices under its own KARE brand. Today, the company has over 200 KARE shops in almost fifty countries.

Our mission

KARE helps people all over the world to emphasise their individuality and personality and to make their home a happy place. With this idea and an infinite variety of unique and inspiring products, styles and services, KARE creates an incomparable world of interior design.

Growth since 1981

Since it was founded in 1981, Kare Design GmbH has grown steadily thanks to its sense of strategy and new markets, supported by a range of around 5,000 items and an average of 2,000 new products a year.

KARE's collections of furniture, lighting and decorative accessories, and above all its creative ambiences in a variety of styles, attract the attention of consumers, furniture trade partners, professional interior designers and franchise partners.

Retail, wholesale, franchising, e-commerce

The company is present in almost 50 countries worldwide with over 100 franchise shops and 100 premium shop-in-shop outlets. The furniture company also supplies hundreds of furniture and design shops in Germany and around the world.

KARE Design GmbH has its own shops in Munich, Regensburg and Vienna/Austria. These include the "KARE Kraftwerk" flagship shop opened in 2014 in Munich with 10,000 square metres of exhibition space, a design planning studio and a restaurant with a rooftop terrace in a well-known industrial monument in the city. The Flagship Store was awarded the 'Shops of the Year 2015' prize by Handelsverband Deutschland. In Germany, the furniture market pioneer also markets its products via its own online shop.

International exhibitions

KARE presents its design worlds and collections at all the major furniture fairs such as Salone del Mobile in Milan, Maison & Objet in Paris, Imm in Cologne and Ambiente in Frankfurt. In addition, KARE organises its own trade fairs as hybrid shows for its B-to-B customers in the 3,000 square metre showroom at its headquarters in Garching-Hochbrück.

Fixtures and fittings subsidiary for professionals

With the establishment of the Objekt Gmbh subsidiary in 2016, the company has created a solid base in furnishing commercial premises, restaurants, hotels and even modular homes.

Over 40 years of "joy of living" - KARE today

  • Own KARE furniture shops in Munich, Regensburg and Vienna/Austria. The KARE City Studio in Munich has just celebrated its reopening with a new design and shop concept on 500 m² in Munich's dynamic city centre.
  • KARE Kraftwerk, award-winning flagship shop with over 10,000 square metres and restaurant in Munich
  • More than 200 KARE shops (franchises and shop-in-shops) in almost 50 countries on four continents
  • Hundreds of furniture shops worldwide with KARE furniture, lighting and home accessories
  • Own KARE online shop
  • Subsidiary KARE Objekt GmbH for furnishing commercial premises
  • More than one million fans on social networks worldwide