Tokmanni Oy has had a licensing agreement with SPAR International since January 2025. The granted licence gives Tokmanni the exclusive right to sell SPAR products and use the SPAR brand in Finland.

SPAR International brings together independent retailers. In 2025, the SPAR network comprised more than 13,800 stores in 48 countries around the world.

SPAR in Finland 

Tokmanni, which has had the licence to operate the SPAR brand exclusively in Finland since January 2025, started to sell its first SPAR products in every Tokmanni store in April 2025. In the future, our SPAR product selections will be expanded in all Tokmanni stores.

In addition, we have announced that we will brand our food departments in our 20 Tokmanni stores, which also have served is customers as full-range grocery stores, under the SPAR brand and concept in the coming years. The opening of our first EUROSPAR supermarket was celebrated under the same roof as our Tokmanni store in Ylöjärvi in ​​June 2025. In October 2025, the second EUROSPAR supermarket was celebrated under the same roof as our Tokmanni store in Masku. In November 2025, the third EUROSPAR supermarket in Finland and the first in Northern Finland and Lapland was celebrated in Tornio near the Finnish and Swedish border, once again under the same roof as our local Tokmanni store. More SPAR-related store openings are coming in Finland in 2026.

In addition, we will consider new store locations and stand-alone SPAR stores at a later stage.

In 2025, Tokmanni opened three EUROSPAR supermarkets under the same roof as our Tokmanni stores. The first one was opened in Ylöjärvi in Pirkanmaa in June, the second one in Masku in Southwest Finland in October, and the third one in Tornio in the Finnish Lapland in November.

In 2026, more EUROSPAR supermarket openings will be celebrated. Stay tuned!

SPAR store formats in general

Licenced SPAR operators around the world can adjust their retail proposition to meet specific customer needs in different markets. The formats are SPAR, SPAR Express, EUROSPAR and INTERSPAR. Read more about SPAR store formats below or on SPAR International’s website.

SPAR Express 

The SPAR Express format is designed for high footfall transit locations such as petrol stations, airports, bus & railway stations and city centres. These stores, which are the smallest in terms of selection and size, have a sales area of 100 to 300 m². 

SPAR 

The SPAR format is the original store concept and is the cornerstone of the food retail network. It is designed for local neighbourhoods in both urban and rural areas. These stores, which are the smallest in terms of selection and size, have a sales area of 200 to 1,000 m2. 

EUROSPAR 

The EUROSPAR is a supermarket format with sales area of between 1,000 and 3,000m2. The larger sales floor allows for a full-service assortment that is both large and varied in fresh foods, groceries and non-foods, but can also include a strong Food-to-Go offer.  

INTERSPAR 

The INTERSPAR is the largest retail formats, with a sales area in excess of 3,000m2. The format can be adapted to suit standalone, purpose-built sites as well as large shopping centres.