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11# Metcash <!--company-->
22 
33## Identity <!--identity-->
44name: Metcash
5+summary: ASX-listed Australian wholesaler to independent food, liquor and hardware retailers, owner of the IGA, Mitre 10 and Total Tools banners, with no parent company.
56legal_name: Metcash Limited
7+ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
8+ownership_source: ^gleif-parent
9+registered_address: 1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park NSW 2113, Australia
10+wikidata: Q23073728
611country: AU
712website: https://www.metcash.com/
813register_ids: LEI:25490065W4SN3LZMX216, AU-ACN:112073480
914<!--/identity-->
1015 
1116## Aliases <!--aliases-->
1217| name | type | locale | from | until |
1318| --------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
1419| Metcash Limited | legal | en | | |
1520| METCASH LIMITED | search | en | | |
1621<!--/aliases-->
1722 
1823## References <!--references-->
19−| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
20−| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
21−| gleif | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=Metcash%20Limited | GLEIF LEI record: METCASH LIMITED | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF | registry | | 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 | | CC0 | GLEIF | |
22−| mcsite | https://www.metcash.com/ | Metcash: home | 2026-09-17 | Metcash | manufacturer | | | | | | |
23−| cstore | https://www.c-store.com.au/new-community-co-label-iga-stores/ | New Community Co label launches at IGA stores | 2026-09-17 | Convenience & Impulse Retailing | publication | | | | | | |
24−| wikimetcash | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcash | Metcash | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
24+| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
25+| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
26+| gleif | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/25490065W4SN3LZMX216 | GLEIF LEI record: METCASH LIMITED | 2026-09-22 | GLEIF | registry | | 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 | | CC0 | GLEIF | |
27+| gleif-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/25490065W4SN3LZMX216/ultimate-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF: METCASH LIMITED ultimate parent reporting exception | 2026-09-22 | GLEIF | registry | | 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 | | CC0 | GLEIF | |
28+| gleif-direct | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/25490065W4SN3LZMX216/direct-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF: METCASH LIMITED direct parent reporting exception | 2026-09-22 | GLEIF | registry | | 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 | | CC0 | GLEIF | |
29+| mcsite | https://www.metcash.com/ | Metcash: home | 2026-09-22 | Metcash | manufacturer | | | | | | |
30+| mchistory | https://www.metcash.com/about-us/history/ | Metcash: History | 2026-09-22 | Metcash | manufacturer | | | | | | |
31+| cstore | https://www.c-store.com.au/new-community-co-label-iga-stores/ | New Community Co label launches at IGA stores | 2026-09-22 | Convenience & Impulse Retailing | publication | 2016-11-28 | | | | | |
32+| wikimetcash | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcash | Metcash | 2026-09-22 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
33+| wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073728 | Wikidata: Metcash Limited (Q23073728) | 2026-09-22 | Wikidata | catalogue | | Q23073728 | | CC0 | Wikidata | |
2534<!--/references-->
2635 
2736## About <!--about-->
28−Metcash Limited is Australia's largest grocery wholesaler and a service provider to independent retailers, listed on the ASX as MTS and headquartered at 1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park in Sydney.[^gleif] It trades through three divisions — food, liquor and hardware — and licenses banner brands including IGA, Home Hardware, Mitre 10, Total Tools, Cellarbrations and Thirsty Camel to independently owned stores.[^wikimetcash] The business began as Joe David's Sydney corner store in 1927, traded as Davids, was bought into by the South African Metro Cash & Carry in 1998 and took the Metcash name in 2000.[^wikimetcash] It owns the Community Co private label, launched for IGA stores in December 2016.[^cstore] GLEIF records the company under LEI 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 and Australian company number 112 073 480.[^gleif]
37+Metcash Limited is an Australian wholesaler and service provider to independent retailers in food, liquor and hardware, listed on the ASX as MTS and headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney.[^wikimetcash] Its divisions are Food, Liquor (Australian Liquor Marketers) and Hardware (Total Tools and Hardware Group), and it licenses banners it owns, including IGA, Home Hardware, Mitre 10, Total Tools, Cellarbrations and Thirsty Camel, to independently owned stores.[^wikimetcash] Its private labels include Black & Gold and Community Co,[^wikimetcash] the latter launched by Metcash Supermarkets for IGA stores from December 2016.[^cstore] The company has no parent: in the LEI register it reports that no other entity consolidates it in its accounts, either as direct or as ultimate parent.[^gleif-parent][^gleif-direct]
38+ 
39+The business traces to the corner store Joe David opened in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, in 1927, trading as Davids; a wholesale warehouse in Redfern followed in 1935, and Davids brought the IGA banner to Australia in 1988.[^mchistory] In 2000 Metcash Trading Limited replaced Davids Limited, its name acknowledging the South African Metro Cash & Carry, which was the majority shareholder until 2004.[^mchistory] Metcash bought Foodland Associated in 2005, took over the Franklins brand in 2010, brought in Mitre 10 from 2010 and acquired Total Tools in stages between 2020 and 2023.[^mchistory] The registered office at 1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park, and Australian company number 112 073 480 are as GLEIF records them.[^gleif]
2940<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Metcash <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Metcash
legal_name: Metcash Limited
country: AU
website: https://www.metcash.com/
register_ids: LEI:25490065W4SN3LZMX216, AU-ACN:112073480
<!--/identity-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name            | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Metcash Limited | legal  | en     |      |       |
| METCASH LIMITED | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                     | title                                         | accessed   | publisher                       | kind         | published | record_id            | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| gleif       | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=Metcash%20Limited | GLEIF LEI record: METCASH LIMITED             | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF                           | registry     |           | 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 |         | CC0          | GLEIF                  |          |
| mcsite      | https://www.metcash.com/                                                                | Metcash: home                                 | 2026-09-17 | Metcash                         | manufacturer |           |                      |         |              |                        |          |
| cstore      | https://www.c-store.com.au/new-community-co-label-iga-stores/                           | New Community Co label launches at IGA stores | 2026-09-17 | Convenience & Impulse Retailing | publication  |           |                      |         |              |                        |          |
| wikimetcash | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcash                                                   | Metcash                                       | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia                       | publication  |           |                      |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Metcash Limited is Australia's largest grocery wholesaler and a service provider to independent retailers, listed on the ASX as MTS and headquartered at 1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park in Sydney.[^gleif] It trades through three divisions — food, liquor and hardware — and licenses banner brands including IGA, Home Hardware, Mitre 10, Total Tools, Cellarbrations and Thirsty Camel to independently owned stores.[^wikimetcash] The business began as Joe David's Sydney corner store in 1927, traded as Davids, was bought into by the South African Metro Cash & Carry in 1998 and took the Metcash name in 2000.[^wikimetcash] It owns the Community Co private label, launched for IGA stores in December 2016.[^cstore] GLEIF records the company under LEI 25490065W4SN3LZMX216 and Australian company number 112 073 480.[^gleif]
<!--/about-->