Who owns Dulux (Australia and New Zealand)?
Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) is owned by Nippon Paint (Japan, TSE: 4612), which has owned the brand since 21 August 2019.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nippon Paint Holdings — Corporate Profile and History, Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Paint & coatings
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4612
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dulux (Australia and New Zealand)
In Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea the Dulux paint brand belongs to DuluxGroup, the Australian company Nippon Paint bought outright on 21 August 2019 and delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange. Nippon Paint describes DuluxGroup as a marketer and manufacturer of premium branded paint, coatings and home improvement products and says Dulux holds the largest decorative paint share in Australia. This is a territorial record for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; Dulux in Nigeria is recorded under another owner.
Ownership timeline of Dulux (Australia and New Zealand)
- 2019 – present Nippon Paint [1] reported
Where Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) sits in Nippon Paint
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nippon Paint
Nippon Paint controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Dunn-Edwards (1925)
- Filli Boya
- Nippon Paint (1881)
Other brands in paint & coatings, and who owns them
The 38 brands in paint & coatings on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is RPM, with 6; Nippon Paint has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Oleum | RPM | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Krylon | Sherwin-Williams | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux | AkzoNobel | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Behr | Masco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| MAGNAT | Śnieżka | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Asian Paints | Asian Paints | 🇮🇳 India |
| Craftsman | Stanley Black & Decker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PebbleTec | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
About the owner: Nippon Paint
Nippon Paint is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan, founded in 1881. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4612.
Nippon Paint Holdings is a Japanese paint and coatings group whose roots go back to Komyosha, founded in Tokyo in 1881. It became a holding company in 2014 and describes itself as an asset assembler: it grows by acquiring paint businesses and leaving them to run themselves. Its own company history records Dunn-Edwards (United States, 2017), Betek Boya (Turkey) and DuluxGroup (Australia) in 2019, the Asian joint ventures with Wuthelam and PT Nipsea in 2021, Cromology and JUB in 2022 and AOC in 2025. Dulux in Australia and New Zealand belongs to this group. The Dulux brand in Nigeria is recorded separately under another owner.
Nippon Paint: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇦🇺 Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 203 brands that began in Australia. 59 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dulux (Australia and New Zealand)?
The parent company of Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) is Nippon Paint, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) Australian or Japanese?
Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) originated in Australia, but it is owned today by Nippon Paint, which is headquartered in Japan. So Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) is an Australian-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Since when has Nippon Paint owned Dulux (Australia and New Zealand)?
Nippon Paint has owned Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) since 21 August 2019.
Is Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) still owned by Nippon Paint?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) is still owned by Nippon Paint. 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] Nippon Paint Holdings — Corporate Profile and History — Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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