Spending power
TheGrid Corporate Spending Power index would rate purchasing capacity from registry, scale and activity signals.
Spending power
Brand profile · Wholesale Building Materials
HBT National Buying Group runs a Wholesale Building Materials operation from Melbourne, VIC. Privately held, at hbt.com.au. It holds one address on record, all in Australia. It employs 25 people, on the record. It lists garden, hardware and concrete among its specialties. The record links six similar brands, most of them in Wholesale Building Materials.
HBT is Australia's fastest growing buying group created for independent hardware, building suppliers, industrial, paint, garden and timber retailers.
We commenced operation in January of 1997 with 13 member stores. Since then we have grown consistently and as of July 2024 our members operate over 970 retail stores located throughout all the States and Territories of Australia.
We have deals in place with 500 national and local suppliers with the list continuing to grow.
All members are independently owned and operated businesses.
| Countries | 1 |
|---|---|
| Primary country | AU |
All codes: AU
TheGrid Corporate Spending Power index would rate purchasing capacity from registry, scale and activity signals.
Spending power
Hiring, headcount and registry-change signals, streamed to members.
Registry-filed capital and financial indicators, standardised by TheGrid.
4 employee profiles on record · names withheld.
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25 counted staff profiles at January 2026, inside the self-reported 11–50 band.
One address on record, Australia only. Primary: Melbourne, VIC.
None linked to this brand.
12 tags on the brand's own list, among them garden, hardware and concrete.
Six peer profiles on record: Stealth Group Holdings and Bowens.