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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hardware |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Founder | Arthur Bunning, Robert Bunning |
| Headquarters | Burnley, Victoria, Australia |
Number of locations |  507 stores[1]
|
Area served | Australia, New Zealand |
Key people | Michael Schneider (CEO) |
| Revenue | A$17.8 billion (2022)[1] |
| A$2.2 billion (2022) | |
| Total assets | A$6.6 billion (2016) |
Number of employees | 53,000 |
| Parent | Wesfarmers |
| Website | www |
Bunnings Group Limited, trading as Bunnings Warehouse or Bunnings, is an Australian household hardware and garden centre chain.[2] The chain has been owned by Wesfarmers since 1994, and has stores in Australia and New Zealand.[3]
Bunnings was founded in Perth, Western Australia in 1886, by brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning, who had emigrated from England. Initially, a limited company focused on sawmilling, it became a public company in 1952 and subsequently expanded into the retail sector, purchasing several hardware stores. Bunnings began to expand into other states in the 1990s and opened its first warehouse-style store in Melbourne in 1994. As of 2022, the chain has 381 stores and over 53,000 employees.[4]
Bunnings has a market share of around 50 percent in the Australian do it yourself hardware market, with competing chains including Mitre 10, Home Hardware and various independent retailers around Australia.[5]
Bunnings runs community events outside or in its stores, including sausage sizzles and do it yourself workshops.
- ^ a b "2022 Full-year results". Wesfarmers. 26 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ Canning, Simon (4 April 2007). "Officeworks fits in the Bunnings shed". The Australian. News Limited. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Bunnings: Who we are". Wesfarmers Limited. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "2016 Full-year results – Wesfarmers" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Hardware giant Bunnings buys Adelaide Tools" Archived 4 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Financial Review, 11 October 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.