- CEO
- Nompumelelo Thembekile Madisa
- Full Time Employees
- 131,326
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Address
- Bidvest House Johannesburg South Africa 2196
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 2010
- Business
- The Bidvest Group Limited (JSE: BVT, OTC: BDVSF) is a leading South African-based services, trading, and distribution company providing essential business-to-business products and solutions across consumer, pharmaceutical, industrial, and financial sectors; headquartered in Johannesburg and founded in 1988, the Group operates over 250 businesses employing more than 130,000 people primarily in South Africa with significant international presence in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Australia, Singapore, and other regions. Its diversified portfolio spans two main segments—business services and trading and distribution—structured through seven key divisions: Services South Africa (security, aviation security, coin processing, drones, air cargo, travel, hospitality, catering, laundry, and landscaping via brands like Bidvest Protea Coin, GPT, Rennies Travel, and Execuflora); Services International (integrated facilities management, cleaning, hygiene, pest control, waste management, and technical services via Noonan, PHS Group, Bidvest Facilities Management, Prestige, Steiner, and BIC Services); Freight (bulk liquid and dry terminals, logistics, port services, container handling, stevedoring, and marine services via Bidvest Tank Terminals, SABT, Bulk Connections, and Bidvest International Logistics); Financial Services (banking, fleet finance, foreign exchange, merchant services, insurance, and wealth management via Bidvest Bank, Compendium, FinGlobal, and Bidvest Insurance); Commercial Products (electrical, plumbing, power tools, PPE, packaging, materials handling, catering equipment, and leisure products via Voltex, Plumblink, Matus, Renttech, Vulcan, G Fox, Berzacks, and Yamaha); Branded Products (office products, furniture, automation, print, packaging, labelling, consumer appliances, and household goods via Waltons, Konica Minolta, Cecil Nurse, Silveray, Kolok, Lithotech, and Home of Living Brands); and Automotive (motor retail of 26 brands including Toyota, Ford, Nissan, and Mercedes-Benz, plus vehicle auctioneering via Bidvest McCarthy and Burchmores); the Group also holds a 58% stake in JSE-listed Adcock Ingram, a pharmaceutical manufacturer marketing healthcare, personal care, and homecare products like Panado and Citro-Soda to private and public sectors. Recent developments include the March 2025 completion of the acquisition of Citron Hygiene LP, a Canadian provider of washroom hygiene products and services serving 50,000 locations across Canada, the USA, and the UK following UK Competition and Markets Authority approval, enhancing international hygiene and facilities management capabilities; a November 2025 binding agreement with Access Bank Plc for the sale of a 100% equity stake in Bidvest Bank, expected to close in the second half of 2025 subject to regulatory approvals and enabling a merger to bolster SADC regional growth; and bolt-on acquisitions in the second half of fiscal 2025 such as E Group, a security services provider in Australia, alongside ongoing expansions in plumbing wholesaling, drone security, electric vehicle fleets, and solar installations across operations.