Who owns COMASA?
COMASA is owned by Grupo Melo (Panama, Latinex: MELO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Melo, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇦 Panama, Panama City
- Origin
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Tools & hardware
- Parent ticker
- Latinex: MELO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About COMASA
COMASA is the Melo group's construction materials and hardware business, selling building supplies through its own outlets in Panama. During 2025 it worked on reading the business analytically, aligning sales, inventory and profitability channel by channel, revising its assortment and replenishment policies, and putting a more disciplined and results-oriented operating structure in place.
Ownership timeline of COMASA
- Current owner Grupo Melo [1] reported
Where COMASA sits in Grupo Melo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in tools & hardware, and who owns them
The 45 brands in tools & hardware on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Hillman, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fas-n-Tite | Hillman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CLC Work Gear | Hultafors Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bahco | Snap-on | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hilti | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Erbauer | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Fiskars | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Emtek | Fortune Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Husky | The Home Depot | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama City, Panama. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as Latinex: MELO.
Empresas Melo is a Panamanian holding company whose businesses run from hatcheries and feed mills to hardware shops, pet stores, vehicle dealerships and a fried chicken chain. It describes itself as 100 per cent Panamanian, with more than seventy years of agro-industrial and commercial activity, and it employed 5,528 people at the end of 2025. Sales that year were $477.61 million, of which foods were 37.9 per cent, its retail warehouses 30.2 per cent, machinery and vehicles 20.0 per cent, restaurants 10.8 per cent and real estate 1.1 per cent; net income was B/.15.9 million, up 10 per cent on 2024.
🇵🇦 COMASA and other Panamanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Panama. 5 of them (38%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; COMASA is not one of them.
- Air Panama — Air Panama 🇵🇦
- Banistmo — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- ConnectMiles — Copa 🇵🇦
- Inteligo — IFS 🇵🇪
- La Chiricana — Dos Pinos 🇨🇷
- Toledano — CMI 🇬🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of COMASA?
The parent company of COMASA is Grupo Melo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama.
Is COMASA Panamanian?
Yes. COMASA originated in Panama and its owner, Grupo Melo, is also headquartered in Panama.
Is COMASA still owned by Grupo Melo?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, COMASA is still owned by Grupo Melo. 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] Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025 — Empresas Melo, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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