Hearing the name hagebau, most people in Germany spontaneously think of hagebaumarkt DIY stores. Not a big surprise, since the retail division targeting the end user is well known to almost each and every citizen through radio adverts and television spots. However, hagebaumarkt DIY stores only make up one third of all hagebau locations. hagebau’s core business is the wholesale trade in which the Handelsgesellschaft für Baustoffe, the cooperation’s full name, has its roots. The hagebau headquarters is located in Soltau in northern Germany. 
 
Association of independent enterprises
hagebau is an association of independent small and medium sized trading companies with more than 1,000 locations in Germany – approximately 300 hagebaumarkt DIY stores and over 700 building materials, timber and tiles stores. All hagebau partners make their own, independent entrepreneurial decisions.
 
Soltau headquarters
The headquarters in Soltau in northern Germany serves as a service centre and supports each and every hagebau location in all entrepreneurial operations. On the one hand the associated traders buy goods via their headquarters, on the other hand they benefit from tailor-made concepts in fields like marketing, sales and distribution, IT or logistics.