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SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-AG

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-AG appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SPAR ist einer der bedeutendsten Lebensmittelhändler Österreichs. 1954 von Hans F. Reisch gemeinsam mit 100 selbstständigen Kaufleuten in Tirol gegründet, ist SPAR heute in ganz Österreich tätig und noch immer ein zu 100 Prozent privates österreichisches Unternehmen. Die SPAR Österreich-Gruppe ist ein mitteleuropäischer Handelskonzern und im Kerngeschäft auch in den Ländern Italien, Ungarn, Slowenien und Kroatien tätig; im Shopping-Center-Bereich zusätzlich…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party375%
Greens/EFA125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Lukas Mandl
2 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Sophia Kircher
1 meeting · EPP

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Dec 2025Lukas MandlOmnibus, EPBD, EUDR
3 Dec 2025Sophia KircherDecarbonisation of corporate fleets
9 Aug 2024Lukas MandlRule of Law, European Economy
8 Apr 2020Daniel FreundExchange with German retail companies about Situation in Hungary

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