Hemtex is a corporate retailer in home textiles and home furnishings, with a total of 162 stores in January 2016, of which 138 are in Sweden, 19 in Finland and 5 in Estonia. Of the stores, 145 were owned by the Hemtex Group and 18 by franchise companies.

Under a common brand, the stores sell home furnishing products with an emphasis on home textiles. Hemtex’s product areas are Sleeping, Bathing, Eating and Socializing. The Hemtex Group’s annual sales as of 31 December, 2014 amounted to a total of SEK 1,046 million.

From 23 October 2015 to 14 May 2019, Hemtex was a wholly owned subsidiary within the Ica group that sold Hemtex to the Norwegian home textile chain Kid ASA.

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