Malaysian home improvement retailer Mr DIY has announced plans to open at least 1000 branches by 2020.

The announcement was made at the opening of its latest outlet at Paradigm Mall, its 440th local branch and 600th global branch. The brand currently operates 120 stores in Thailand, 40 in Indonesia, four in Brunei, and one each in Singapore and the Philippines.

Mr DIY head of marketing Andy Chin said: “We feel that our home improvement retail business model, offering a variety of goods at affordable prices, is suitable for better business growth in the country as well as the Asean market. At the end of this year, we target 700 global branches, and the number may reach 1000 or more by 2020. These will be based on an organic growth.”

He added that the company’s prospect of Asean-level expansion will be focused on Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines,” said Chin.

Mr DIY is the largest home appliance retailer in Malaysia with more than 20,000 SKUs.