Who owns Hardware Haus?
Hardware Haus is owned by CPL Group (Papua New Guinea, PNGX: CPL), which has owned the brand since 2009.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: City Pharmacy Limited — Annual Report 2025, 16 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- City Pharmacy Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
- Origin
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Tools & hardware
- Parent ticker
- PNGX: CPL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hardware Haus
Hardware Haus is one of Papua New Guinea's largest hardware retailers, with more than ten outlets selling cement, bricks, pre-fabricated homes, power tools, chainsaws, plumbing and solar equipment, workwear and garden goods to homeowners and contractors alike. CPL Group bought the chain from Steamships Trading Company, the same conglomerate it had bought the Stop & Shop supermarkets from four years earlier, and it is now one of the two trading businesses the group kept when it left grocery in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Hardware Haus
Where Hardware Haus sits in CPL 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 CPL Group
CPL Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- City Pharmacy (1987)
- Real Rewards
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: CPL Group
CPL Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as PNGX: CPL.
CPL Group is Papua New Guinea's largest retailing network. Sir Mahesh Patel and the late Alan Jarvis opened a single shop called The Pharmacy at Garden City in Boroko, Port Moresby, in 1987 with four staff; the company listed on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange, bought the Stop & Shop supermarkets from Steamships Trading Company, and bought the Hardware Haus chain from the same seller four years after that. 2025 was the year it left the supermarket business: the sale of Stop & Shop to Taylor Pacific was concluded on 11 August 2025 after twenty years, and the group now describes itself as concentrating on health care, with hardware and a fashion joint venture alongside. It ended 2025 with 66 stores and 13 wellness clinics, revenue of K453.0 million against K500.5 million a year earlier, and profit before tax of K17.0 million after a K17.9 million loss in 2024, the year civil unrest in Port Moresby on 10 January cost it several stores and more than K90 million.
🇵🇬 Hardware Haus and other Papua New Guinean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 24 brands that began in Papua New Guinea. All of them are controlled from Papua New Guinea.
- Air Niugini — Air Niugini 🇵🇬
- Gala — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
- Hevilift — Hevilift 🇵🇬
- PNG Air — PNG Air 🇵🇬
- Gold Nuggets — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
- Hamamas — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hardware Haus?
The parent company of Hardware Haus is CPL Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Papua New Guinea.
Is Hardware Haus Papua New Guinean?
Yes. Hardware Haus originated in Papua New Guinea and its owner, CPL Group, is also headquartered in Papua New Guinea.
Since when has CPL Group owned Hardware Haus?
CPL Group has owned Hardware Haus since 2009.
Is Hardware Haus still owned by CPL Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Hardware Haus is still owned by CPL Group. 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] City Pharmacy Limited — Annual Report 2025 — City Pharmacy Limited, Annual report, published 16 March 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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