ORSAY starts with 35 shops and 220 employees in Germany. The first shop is opened in Karlsruhe with 70 m² of sales area.

Construction of the ORSAY headquarters in Willstätt-Eckartsweier.

The initial number of employees doubles.

ORSAY's 10th birthday! The number of ORSAY shops rises to 58.

The 100th ORSAY shop opens its doors in the Franken Center in Nuremberg in Germany

The number of employees exceeds 1,000 for the first time.

ORSAY opens its first shop in the new federal states in Erfurt.

Building of the second ORSAY headquarters in Willstätt-Sand.

Opening of ORSAY's first shop in Austria in the Airport Center in Salzburg.

ORSAY's 20th birthday! The company now has 2,000 employees and 193 shops.

Expansion in central Europe: ORSAY's first shop in Switzerland is opened in Berne.

ORSAY expands to eastern Europe: ORSAY's first shop is opened in Poland in Czeladz.

ORSAY conquers the World Wide Web: ORSAY goes online at orsay.com.
The company continues to grow in eastern Europe and opens its first shop in Pilzen in the 1998 Czech Republic.

This is followed by ORSAY shops in Budapest in Hungary.

ORSAY celebrates its 25th anniversary!

The success in Poland means organisational changes: A new ORSAY headquarters to supervise the eastern European region is set up in Wroclaw.

ORSAY enters two new countries: Slovenia and Croatia, with shops in Ljubljana and Zagreb respectively. 

ORSAY’s 30th birthday!
There are now more than 400 shops throughout Europe and 4,000 employees worldwide.

ORSAY expands to five new countries: Slovakia, Ukraina, Russia, Latvia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

New shops in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.

Poland and Czech Republik celebrite their 10th anniversary!

New shops in Moldova, Malta and Kazakhstan. ORSAY has more than 550 shops in 21 countries worldwide.

Market entry in the Ukraine and in Kosovo. ORSAY has 580 shops in 22 countries.