Woodie's

Woodie's
FormerlyWoodie's DIY
Pay Less DIY
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Home improvement
FoundedJune 1987; 37 years ago (1987-06) in Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland
Number of locations
35 [1] (2022)
Area served
Ireland
Products
RevenueIncrease 345.4 million [2] (2021)
Increase £50.9 million (2021)
Number of employees
1,400 (2022)
ParentGrafton Group
Websitewww.woodies.ie

Woodie's is an Irish DIY and home improvement retailing company.[3] Founded in 1987 in Walkinstown, Dublin and opening the first store in the same year, it is a part of Grafton Group plc. Woodie's is a nationwide company, having over thirty stores in Ireland.[4] It operationally merged with Atlantic Homecare, the consumer division of Heiton Group that was acquired by Grafton Group in 2005,[5] with all Atlantic Homecare stores eventually being rebranded as Woodie's after Atlantic Homecare entered examinership in 2012 [6]

  1. ^ "Woodies | Grafton Group plc". www.graftonplc.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ Brennan, Joe. "Record Woodie's DIY profits drive strong results for Grafton". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Woodie's". www.graftonplc.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Store Locator | Woodie's". Archived from the original on 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Atlantic Home Care Limited – Grafton Group plc". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Atlantic Homecare announces plans to close five stores".