After signing an agreement with the European market leader B&Q in 2000; a 50-50% joint venture with English Kingfisher Group was established and store openings continued. Koçtaş now has stores in Optimum and M1 Shopping Malls in Adana; Serdivan Shopping Mall in Adapazarı; ikbal Outlet in Afyon; Ankamall, Çankaya 365, Gordion Shopping Malls and Eryaman in Ankara; Topçular, Dokuma, and Alanya in Antalya; Bodrum; Korupark, Nilüfer Carrefour Shopping Malls and Osmangazi in Bursa; Denizli; Edremit; Eskişehir; Gaziantep Forum Shopping Mall; Gebze Center; Bahçeşehir Akbatı Shopping Mall, Bayrampaşa Forum Shopping Mall, Ataşehir Brandium Shopping Mall, Beylikdüzü, Göztepe Optimum Shopping Mall, Kartal, Şişli Cevahir Shopping Mall, Vialand Shopping Mall, Yenibosna and Başakşehir Mall of istanbul in istanbul; Gaziemir Optimum Shopping Mall, Bornova, Balçova and Mavişehir in izmir; izmit, Başiskele and Gebze Center in Kocaeli; Forum and Optimall Shopping Malls in Kayseri; Piazza Shopping Mall in Kahramanmaraş; Konya; Kuşadası; Malatya; Mersin Forum Shopping Mall and Trabzon Forum Shopping Mall.