Who owns Davidsen?
Davidsen is owned by Kesko (Finland, Nasdaq Helsinki: KESKOA), which has owned the brand since 31 January 2024.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kesko Annual Report 2025, Kesko Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kesko Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Helsinki
- Origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Building materials
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Helsinki: KESKOA Nasdaq Helsinki: KESKOB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Davidsen
Davidsen is a Danish building and home improvement chain, mainly serving professional customers, with 23 stores mostly in Southern Denmark according to Kesko’s website. Kesko completed the acquisition of Davidsen Koncernen A/S on 31 January 2024, and in 2025 integrated three further Danish acquisitions into the Davidsen brand: Roslev Trælasthandel, CF Petersen & Søn and Tømmergaarden.
Ownership timeline of Davidsen
Where Davidsen sits in Kesko
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kesko
Kesko controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in building materials, and who owns them
The 100 brands in building materials on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is James Hardie, with 8; Kesko has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Bay | Fletcher Building | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| AZEK Exteriors | James Hardie | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Blenture | Votorantim Cimentos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Adbri | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Artevia | Holcim | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cacique Max | Loma Negra | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Alutions | Tecnoglass | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Tenigal | Ternium | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
About the owner: Kesko
Kesko is a publicly listed company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Helsinki: KESKOA and Nasdaq Helsinki: KESKOB.
Kesko is a Finnish trading company listed on Nasdaq Helsinki, with grocery trade, building and technical trade, and car trade divisions and some 1,700 stores in eight countries. Together with independent K-retailers it forms K Group; many K-branded stores are run by retailer entrepreneurs rather than by Kesko itself. In the Baltics and Belarus its building trade is handled by Kesko Senukai, a 50% joint venture, which is not listed here. Kesko imports and sells Volkswagen-group cars and runs Intersport stores in Finland, but does not own those marques.
🇩🇰 Davidsen and other Danish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 100 brands that began in Denmark. 25 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Davidsen among them.
- BR — Salling Group 🇩🇰
- Bang & Olufsen — Bang & Olufsen 🇩🇰
- BlueParrott — GN Group 🇩🇰
- HAY — MillerKnoll 🇺🇸
- Royal Copenhagen — Fiskars Group 🇫🇮
- 3-Stjernet — Atria 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Davidsen?
The parent company of Davidsen is Kesko, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is Davidsen Danish or Finnish?
Davidsen originated in Denmark, but it is owned today by Kesko, which is headquartered in Finland. So Davidsen is a Danish-origin brand under Finnish ownership.
Since when has Kesko owned Davidsen?
Kesko has owned Davidsen since 31 January 2024.
Is Davidsen still owned by Kesko?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Davidsen is still owned by Kesko. 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] Kesko Annual Report 2025 — Kesko Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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