Who owns Builders Mart?
Builders Mart is owned by Choppies (Botswana, BSE: CHOP-EQO), which has owned the brand since 2023.[1]
Choppies owns 76% of Builders Mart rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Choppies Enterprises Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Choppies Enterprises Limited (76% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇼 Botswana, Gaborone
- Origin
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- BSE: CHOP-EQO JSE: CHP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Builders Mart
Builders Mart sells building materials, tools, hardware, plumbing and electrical goods, aimed at middle and lower-middle-income customers and concentrated in rural Botswana, where Choppies calls it a well-known name. It came with the 76 per cent stake in Kamoso Africa in 2023 and accounts for the group's 28 hardware stores. The first Namibian branch opened during the year to June 2025, held through a separate wholly owned company rather than through Kamoso.
Ownership timeline of Builders Mart
Where Builders Mart sits in Choppies
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Choppies
Choppies controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Choppies (2003)
- Dealers Cash & Carry (2025)
- Liquorama
- On The Go
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15; Choppies has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
About the owner: Choppies
Choppies is a publicly listed company headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana, founded in 1986. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as BSE: CHOP-EQO and JSE: CHP.
Choppies is one of the largest retailers in southern Africa, holding what it calls a significant leading position in Botswana's retail sector, where it began in 1986 with a single shop in Lobatse called Wayside Supermarket. In the year to 30 June 2025 it ran 287 stores — 174 grocery, 85 liquor and 28 hardware — across Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, with seven distribution centres and 11,393 employees. It listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange in 2012 and took a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2015, then spent the following decade retreating from an over-extended expansion, leaving South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania in 2020 and selling its Zimbabwean business in 2025. Own-label accounts for 22 per cent of what it sells, supplied in part by milling, grain packaging and tissue operations it owns.
🇧🇼 Builders Mart and other Botswanan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 11 brands that began in Botswana. All of them are controlled from Botswana.
- Air Botswana — Air Botswana 🇧🇼
- Astar — Sefalana 🇧🇼
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Builders Mart?
The parent company of Builders Mart is Choppies, a publicly listed company headquartered in Botswana.
Is Builders Mart Botswanan?
Yes. Builders Mart originated in Botswana and its owner, Choppies, is also headquartered in Botswana.
Since when has Choppies owned Builders Mart?
Choppies has owned Builders Mart since 2023.
Is Builders Mart still owned by Choppies?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Builders Mart is still owned by Choppies (76% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Choppies Enterprises Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Choppies Enterprises Limited, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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