Bunnings to absorb Wesfarmers industrial, workwear businesses
Bunnings Group will take control of workwear supplier Workwear Group and industrial distributor Blackwoods, from parent Wesfarmers next month.
The transfer is part of a Wesfarmers restructure to consolidate businesses serving trade, construction and industrial customers.
Hard Yakka, KingGee and NTT Uniforms – the latter which supports corporate and government clients – are amongst the apparel brands soon to be owned by Bunnings, care of the Workwear Group deal.
Blackwoods meanwhile, with 45 stores and six distribution centres, is an established industrial and safety supply manufacturer and supplier, servicing construction, infrastructure, manufacturing and mining clients.
Bunnings ventures into supplies, uniforms, safety
The move will extend Bunnings’ reach into the uniform and safety apparel sector, the latter where it will compete with RSEA, which is privately held, with some 95 stores in Australia and New Zealand (continues below).
It also comes at a time traditional clothing retailers enter the workwear sector including recently Asics.
“This transition will improve Bunnings’ ability to serve small to medium sized customers by offering greater access to Blackwoods’ extensive product range and national fulfilment capabilities,” Bunnings managing director, Mike Schneider, said.
“Blackwoods and Workwear Group will continue to operate as standalone businesses and will retain their customer-facing brands…with Blackwoods continuing to service large enterprise customers,” according to the executive.
“The Industrial and Safety businesses will transition to Bunnings on 1 July 2026, and their financial contributions will be included in Bunnings’ results for the first half of the 2027 financial year,” a statement for the group added.
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