OUR CREDO 

Furniture, lights, and home decor accessories deserve great design at competitive prices – with a touch of unconventionality. After all, furnishing has to be fun. Whether it is in a private or professional environment.

THE COMPANY

Kare Design GmbH – a leader in its market segment – is a privately owned company with international operations in the field of furniture, lighting and home decor accessories, based in Munich, Germany. With its ‘Joy of living’ slogan the company markets unconventional furnishing under its own KARE brand at an attractive price.

THE MISSION

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

Anything but boring!

Growing constantly since 1981:
More than 100 stores in over 50 countries

Ever since it was founded in 1981 KARE Design GmbH has registered steady growth thanks to its sense for strategy and new markets, backed by a product range of around 5,000 articles and an average of 2,000 new products every year. KARE collections with furniture, lighting and home accessories and especially the creative trend worlds attract the attention of consumers, business partners, contract furnishers and franchise partners across all borders.

Retail, wholesale, franchise system, e-commerce

The company is globally prominent with 100 franchise stores in over 50 countries, together with 100 premium shop-in-shop outlets and supplies thousands of international wholesale customers. KARE Design GmbH also has its own shops in Munich, Regensburg and Vienna. They include the ‘KARE Kraftwerk’ flagship store in Munich, which opened its doors in 2014 with a showroom area of 10,000 m², a contract furnishing studio and a restaurant with roof terrace – all housed in an industrial monument which is known throughout the city. In 2015 the flagship store received the German Retail Association’s ‘Shops of the Year’ award. The store in Munich's city center, which was redesigned in 2022, has recently also been awarded several prizes for its innovative concept. In Germany the trendsetter on the furniture market also sells its product range through its own online shop.


Subsidiaries for contract furnishing

Founding KARE Objekt GmbH subsidiary in 2016, the company created a solid base for the furnishing of commercial premises, ranging from restaurants to modular residential units.


To Contract Business

Participating at international trade shows

KARE presents its furnishing worlds and products at all the world’s main furniture fairs, such as Salone del Mobile in Milan, Maison & Objet in Paris, Ambiente in Frankfurt and imm in Cologne. In addition, the company organizes its own in-house exhibitions for its B2B customers in the 3,000 m² showroom at the company’s HQ in Garching-Hochbrück.


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OVER 40 YEARS "JOY OF LIVING": KARE TODAY

  • Own KARE furniture stores in Munich, Regensburg and Vienna/Austria
  • KARE Kraftwerk, award-winning flagship store with over 10,000 m² and restaurant in Munich
  • Over 200 KARE stores (franchise and shop-in-shop) in over 50 countries on four continents
  • Supplies thousands of furniture stores around the globe with KARE furniture, lighting and home accessories
  • B2B webshop www.kare-design.de for KARE retail partners
  • Own KARE online store in Germany
  • Subsidiary KARE Objekt GmbH for furnishing commercial properties
  • Well over 1 million fans on social media worldwide

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We at KARE love to turn the furniture world upside down. Again and again, anew.