Who owns Checkers Outdoor?
Checkers Outdoor is owned by Shoprite Group (South Africa, JSE: SHP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Shoprite Holdings Limited Integrated Report 2025, 1 October 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Shoprite Holdings Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa, Brackenfell, Cape Town
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Founded
- 2022
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Sportswear & footwear › Outdoor & workwear
- Parent ticker
- JSE: SHP
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Checkers Outdoor
Checkers Outdoor sells camping, braai and outdoor equipment, first as a department inside Checkers Hyper stores and now as a standalone chain, with eight new stores opened in the 2025 financial year. It is one of several non-grocery formats the group has built on the back of its supermarket footprint, alongside Petshop Science, Little Me, Uniq and the Medirite Plus pharmacies.
Ownership timeline of Checkers Outdoor
- Current owner Shoprite Group [1] reported
Where Checkers Outdoor sits in Shoprite Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Shoprite Group
Shoprite Group controls 19 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Uniq clothing by Checkers (2023)
Founded in the 2020s
- Checkers Little Me (2021)
- Forage and Feast (2020)
- Homegrown (2023)
- Petshop Science (2021)
Other brands in outdoor & workwear, and who owns them
The 52 brands in outdoor & workwear on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Clarus, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PG Golf | Acushnet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Black Diamond | Clarus | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Arc'teryx | Amer Sports | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Cannon | Johnson Outdoors | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kathmandu | KMD Brands | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Dickies | VF Corporation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Callaway Golf | Callaway Golf | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia | Columbia Sportswear | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Shoprite Group
Shoprite Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Brackenfell, Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 1979. Brandtree records 19 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: SHP.
The Shoprite Group is the largest retailer in Africa and the largest private sector employer in South Africa, with revenue of R252.7 billion and 168,939 employees in the year to June 2025. It began in 1979 when PEP Stores bought a grocery company of eight stores, called Shoprite, from the Rogut family, and now trades from 3,478 stores including franchises, segmenting the South African market between distinct supermarket banners rather than running one. It has been narrowing that focus: its two furniture chains are held for sale, and its Ghanaian and Malawian operations are classified as discontinued.
Shoprite Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇿🇦 Checkers Outdoor and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Checkers Outdoor is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Checkers Outdoor?
The parent company of Checkers Outdoor is Shoprite Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Checkers Outdoor South African?
Yes. Checkers Outdoor originated in South Africa in 2022 and its owner, Shoprite Group, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is Checkers Outdoor still owned by Shoprite Group?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Checkers Outdoor is still owned by Shoprite Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Shoprite Holdings Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Shoprite Holdings Limited, Annual report, published 1 October 2025; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [2] Shoprite Holdings: Checkers Outdoor — Shoprite Holdings Limited, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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