Woolworths Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Woolworths Group (ASX: WOW) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia that owns 7 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Woolworths Group is the largest supermarket operator in Australia, running about 1,130 Woolworths supermarkets there and 181 more in New Zealand, alongside the BIG W discount department stores and a majority stake in the Petstock pet chain. It shares a name with two unrelated companies: Woolworths Holdings in South Africa and the long-defunct F. W. Woolworth chains of Britain and the United States. It demerged its hotels and liquor business as Endeavour Group in 2021 and has since been selling down the shareholding it retained.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Woolworths Group Limited (also Woolworths Limited, WOW)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇺 Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia
- Founded
- 1924
- Tickers
- ASX: WOW
- Website
- www.woolworthsgroup.com.au
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Woolworths Group in numbers
- Woolworths Group owns 7 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is home, garden & diy with 4 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside Australia.
Everything Woolworths Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Pet & animal care (1)
- Petstock (55%)
Full portfolio, 7 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Woolworths Group in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- QNWEWQBS7HP85QHXQL92
- Registered name
- WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED (AU)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 17 November 2025
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Woolworths Group own?
Woolworths Group owns 7 consumer brands tracked here, including Woolworths, Woolworths New Zealand, Everyday Rewards, BIG W, Petstock and Healthylife.
Is Woolworths Group an Australian company?
Yes. Woolworths Group is headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia and was founded in 1924.
Who owns Woolworths Group?
Woolworths Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as WOW on the ASX.
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] Woolworths Group Annual Report 2026 — Woolworths Group Limited, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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