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. The SPAR network comprises approximately 14,000 stores in around 50 countries around the world.

SPAR in Finland 

Our Tokmanni variety discount retail chain has had the licence to operate the SPAR brand exclusively in Finland since January 2025. In April 2025, we started to sell its first SPAR products in every Tokmanni store and in Tokmanni’s online store. In the spring of 2026, Tokmanni sold almost 200 different SPAR products. In the future, our SPAR product selections will be further expanded in all Tokmanni stores as well as in online store.

In addition, we announced in early 2025 that we will renew the food departments of our 20 Tokmanni stores that already sell fresh food to embrace the international SPAR brand 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 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. In March 2026, our fourth EUROSPAR supermarket and the first in the Uusimaa region was celebrated in Järvenpää. In May 2026, our fifth EUROSPAR supermarket arrived for the first time in Raatekangas in Joensuu, North Karelia. In June 2026, our sixth EUROSPAR supermarket was celebrated in Iisalmi, North Savo.

Our first EUROSPAR supermarkets serve their customers under the same roof as our Tokmanni stores. Together, the Tokmanni stores and the EUROSPAR supermarkets form very comprehensive Tokmanni-EUROSPAR store entities in terms of product range.

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 EUROSPAR supermarkets under the same roof as Tokmanni stores in Ylöjärvi, Masku, and Tornio.

In 2026, the first EUROSPAR supermarket was celebrated in Järvenpää in March, the second in Raatekangas in Joensuu in May, and the third in Iisalmi in June.

More EUROSPAR supermarkets will be celebrated later in 2026. 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 3,000 m². 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 3,000 m². The format can be adapted to suit standalone, purpose-built sites as well as large shopping centres.