Bunnings
Bunnings is a retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products, servicing home and commercial customers in Australia and New Zealand. They have 511 locations, including large warehouse stores, smaller format stores and trade centres.[1][15] Bunnings employs more than 53,000 staff.[1]
In January 2016, Home Retail Group accepted an offer from Wesfarmers to acquire the British home improvement retailer and garden centre Homebase for $704 million. Stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland began to be rebranded as Bunnings following the takeover.[16] However, following Wesfarmer's sale of Homebase to Hilco in May 2018, it was reported that the 24 stores already converted would return to the Homebase branding.[17]
Kmart
Kmart is a discount department store retailer in Australia and New Zealand. Kmart has 323 stores around Australia and New Zealand, employing approximately 38,000 staff.[1] Kmart Tyre & Auto Service is no longer a part of Kmart after parent Wesfarmers sold the auto division to Continental for $350 million.[18] Kmart Tyre and Auto has since been rebranded by Continental to MyCar.[19]
Target is a mid-level department store retailer in Australia, which operates 124 stores. Target employs more than 10,000 staff.[1] Target Australia has no connection to the American retailer of the same name.
Officeworks
Officeworks is a retailer and supplier of office products for home, business and education in Australia. It operates 173 stores and employs around 8,800 staff.[1]
In 2019, Officeworks group acquired Geeks2U, an Australian provider of on-site information, communication and technology services.[20]
Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers
Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) produces and markets chemicals, fertilisers and gas products. WesCEF employs more than 1,300 staff.[1]
WesCEF has ammonia and ammonium nitrate production facilities in Western Australia, 50% of QNP ammonium nitrate production facilities in Queensland, sodium cyanide production facilities in Western Australia, PVC resin and specialty chemicals production facilities in Victoria, LPG and LNG production facilities in Western Australia and fertiliser production and importation facilities in Western Australia.
WesCEF businesses include CSBP (originally formed from Cuming, Smith & Co. in 1964), Australian Vinyls, AGR (75% stake), QNP (50% stake), Covalent Lithium (50% stake), Kleenheat, Modwood and Evol LNG.[21][22]
Industrial and Safety
Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety provides industrial and safety products and services in Australia and New Zealand.[23] It employs 3,100 staff.[1]
On 1 December 2014, Wesfamers Industrial and Safety completed the acquisition of the Workwear Group of Pacific Brands for $180 million.[24]
Its businesses include Blackwoods (including NZ Safety Blackwoods, Bullivants and Cm3), Workwear Group (including the brands King Gee, Hard Yakka, Stubbies, Bates, Wolverine, Totally Workwear, NNT and Incorporate Wear) and Coregas.[23]
The division's 32 New Zealand stores are now all branded as NZ Safety Blackwoods.
Wesfarmers Health
Wesfarmers acquired Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) in March 2022 for $740 million.[28] API would form the basis of a new healthcare division of Wesfarmers, Wesfarmers Health. They employ around 3,000 staff.[1]
In June 2023, Wesfarmers reached an agreement to buy InstantScripts for $135 million.[28] In late 2024, Wesfarmers Health launched Atomica, a pilot beauty store concept.[29] In June 2025, Wesfarmers Health acquired the Pharmacy 4 Less Group (which operates pharmacies under the Pharmacy 4 Less and Your Chemist Shop brands) after the group went into voluntary administration in April that year.[30]
Wesfarmers OneDigital
In August 2019, Catch Group, operator of the online shopping website Catch.com.au, was acquired by Wesfarmers for $230 million.[31][32] On 21 January 2025, Wesfarmers announced that Catch.com.au would cease trading as of 30 April 2025.[33]
Other businesses
Wesfarmers has 100% interest in many other subsidiaries across Australia, New Zealand, India, New Caledonia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Bermuda and Singapore. These include BBC Hardware, Fosseys, Howard Smith, Loyalty Pacific, Tyremaster, Viking Direct and World 4 Kids.[15]
Other activities
Wesfarmers has a 50% interest in investment house Gresham Partners plus interests in Gresham Private Equity Funds, 50% interest in Wespine, a plantation softwood sawmill in Dardanup and a 24% interest in BWP Trust which mainly owns Bunnings Warehouses tenanted by Bunnings Group Limited.
